March 2011
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WatchWATER INK
To mark World Water Day, on March 22nd Solidarités International and its agency BDDP Unlimited will roll out a campaign to build awareness of the scourge of undrinkable water. Today, it is estimated that 3.6 million people, including 1.5 million children under the age of 5, die every year of diseases borne by unhealthy water, making it the world’s leading cause of death. Yet the public...
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“Use art to turn the world inside out”
– - Inside Out Project
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WatchThe Market [HD]
Before I start, I just want to mention that the song (cover for Crazy) featured in this video is out of this world.
Bangkok’s Maeklong Market has been in existence for decades. It remained relatively undisturbed until the later creation of the Maeklong Railway and, contrary to what you might see in the United States and in other parts of the world, there was no eminent domain...
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WatchJill Bolte Taylor’s stroke of insight
MY FAVOURITE TED TALK SO FAR
Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions — motion, speech, self-awareness — shut down one by one.
An ASTONISHING story.
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“The earth turned to bring us closer. It turned on itself and in us, until it...”
– Paul Rivers - 21 Grams
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WatchUsing Our Practical Wisdom
In an intimate talk, Barry Schwartz dives into the question “How do we do the right thing?” With help from collaborator Kenneth Sharpe, he shares stories that illustrate the difference between following the rules and truly choosing wisely.
Amazing !
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Bruce Bueno de Mesquita predicts...
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WatchBruce Bueno de Mesquita predicts Iran’s future
A consultant to the CIA and the Department of Defense, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita has built an intricate computer model that can predict the outcomes of international conflicts with bewildering accuracy. He uses mathematical analysis to predict (very often correctly) such messy human events as war, political power shifts, Intifada … After a...
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“Most of us end up going out the way we came in, kicking and screaming.”
– Izzi - The Fountain
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Life Lessons from Big Cats
Beverly + Dereck Joubert live in the bush, filming and photographing lions and leopards in their natural habitat. With stunning footage (some never before seen), they discuss their personal relationships with these majestic animals — and their quest to save the big cats from human threats.
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WatchPattie Maes Demos The Sixth Sense
This demo, from Pattie Maes‘ lab at MIT (and spearheaded by her student Pranav Mistry), was the buzz of TED2009. Sixth Sense is a wearable device with a projection screen that paves the way for profound, data-rich interaction with our environment.
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It made me think of Minority Report, I was really impressed when I saw...
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Watch30 Years of BAD Pictures [HD]
Some of the highlights of Bruce Dale’s 30 year career at National Geographic including 10 trips to China beginning in the late 1970’s, the hologram cover for the 100th anniversary edition, and mounting a camera on the tail of a jumbo jet for in-flight photographs.
THIS IS IMPRESSIVE.
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WatchKurz und Schön Opener
A video produced for the opening sequence of the shortfilm competition “kurzundschön” (Short & Nice).
This is the kind of videos you can watch over and over again without getting bored. It’s just so unique and the composition is so beautiful that you feel transported into another world.
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“If you can understand how people think then, for a brief moment, you can control...”
– Magician Franz Harary
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Lena Horne | Epictetus | Herb Caen | George Bernard Shawe
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