{"id":1831,"date":"2009-09-13T22:02:11","date_gmt":"2009-09-14T03:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webliminal.com\/webliminalblog\/?p=1831"},"modified":"2009-09-18T07:29:55","modified_gmt":"2009-09-18T12:29:55","slug":"some-ted-talks-to-savor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webliminal.com\/webliminalblog\/interesting-web-sites\/some-ted-talks-to-savor","title":{"rendered":"Some TED talks to savor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/webliminal.com\/images\/sidepics\/sp183.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin-left: 22px; margin-right: 22px;\" src=\"http:\/\/webliminal.com\/images\/sidepics\/cwdata\/sp183.jpg\" alt=\"Niagara Falls, Canada\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>I often use TED talks as videos in my classes to motivate students, to give them a point of view that I can&#8217;t express. Here are a few to savor and to note.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/kevin_kelly_on_the_next_5_000_days_of_the_web.html\">Kevin Kelly on the next 5,000 days of the web | Video on TED.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">At the 2007 EG conference, Kevin Kelly shares a fun stat: The World Wide Web, as we know it, is only 5,000 days old. Now, Kelly asks, how can we predict what&#8217;s coming in the next 5,000 days?<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/kevinkelly\">kevinkelly<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/5000\">5000<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/web3.0\">web3.0<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/semanticweb\">semanticweb<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/web\">web<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/web2.0\">web2.0<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/ted\">ted<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ray_kurzweil_on_how_technology_will_transform_us.html\">Ray Kurzweil on how technology will transform us | Video on TED.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Inventor, entrepreneur and visionary Ray Kurzweil explains in abundant, grounded detail why, by the 2020s, we will have reverse-engineered the human brain and nanobots will be operating your consciousness.<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/singularity\">singularity<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/nanotechnology\">nanotechnology<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/trends\">trends<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/kurzweil\">kurzweil<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/index.php\/talks\/jacek_utko_asks_can_design_save_the_newspaper.html\">Jacek Utko designs to save newspapers | Video on TED.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Jacek Utko is an extraordinary Polish newspaper designer whose redesigns for papers in Eastern Europe not only win awards, but increase circulation by up to 100%. Can good design save the newspaper? It just might.<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/newspapers\">newspapers<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/redesign\">redesign<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/graphicdesign\">graphicdesign<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/journalism\">journalism<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/interface\">interface<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/design\">design<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/news\">news<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/publishing\">publishing<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/tim_berners_lee_on_the_next_web.html\">Tim Berners-Lee on the next Web | Video on TED.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">20 years ago, Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. For his next project, he&#8217;s building a web for open, linked data that could do for numbers what the Web did for words, pictures, video: unlock our data and reframe the way we use it together.<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/web2.0\">web2.0<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/history\">history<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/timberners-lee\">timberners-lee<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/linked-data\">linked-data<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/semantic_web\">semantic_web<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/semanticweb\">semanticweb<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/web3.0\">web3.0<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/html\">html<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/internet\">internet<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html\">Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry demo SixthSense | Video on TED.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">This demo &#8212; from Pattie Maes&#8217; lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry &#8212; was the buzz of TED. It&#8217;s a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment. Imagine &#8220;Minority Report&#8221; and then some.<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/inspiration\">inspiration<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/augmentedreality\">augmentedreality<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/interactiondesign\">interactiondesign<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/mobile\">mobile<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/sixthsense\">sixthsense<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/wearable\">wearable<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/design\">design<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/interface\">interface<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jeff_han_demos_his_breakthrough_touchscreen.html\">Jeff Han demos his breakthrough touchscreen | Video on TED.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Jeff Han shows off a cheap, scalable multi-touch and pressure-sensitive computer screen interface that may spell the end of point-and-click.<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/multitouch\">multitouch<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/ui\">ui<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/hci\">hci<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/ted\">ted<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/computer\">computer<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/interface\">interface<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/clifford_stoll_on_everything.html\">Clifford Stoll on &#8230; everything | Video on TED.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">liberal arts<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/ted\">ted<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/stoll\">stoll<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I often use TED talks as videos in my classes to motivate students, to give them a point of view that I can&#8217;t express. 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