On November 15th, Berlin was treated to the 1000th TEDx event worldwide, as the German capital held its second major TEDx conference: TEDx Berlin 2010 - "Fantastic Reality: How We Shape Our Future". The symposium marked a milestone in the…
From Nina Gaissler's robotic jellyfish, Raúl Rojas' self-driving car, or to René Schuster stating that there are six billion mobile phones in the world, yet only 4.2 billion toothbrushes; TEDxBerlin’s Future 3.0 presented an…
Professor Stephen Hawking asks some big questions about our universe - How did the universe begin? How did life begin? Are we alone? He then discusses how we might go about answering them.
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Taylor Wilson believes nuclear fusion is a solution to our future energy needs and that kids can change the world. He knows something about both of these aspects; When he was 14, he built a working fusion reactor in his parents' garage.…
John Boswell of the "Symphony of Science" came to TED2012 and made this remix of the speakers onstage (and on TED.com). To read more about every speaker in this video, visit the TED Blog at http://blog.ted.com.
New videography techniques have opened up the oceans' microscopic ecosystem, revealing it to be both mesmerizingly beautiful and astoundingly complex. Marine biologist Tierney Thys teamed up with Christian Sardet (CNRS/Tara Oceans), Noé…
Alexander Voigt began research and development of stand-alone photovoltaic in 1985 when there was no market for the field of renewable energy. Today he enables whole energy economies, which are based 100 percent on renewables and therefore CO2 free.
Daniela Schiffer helps people make their own energy. The co-founder of the German startup changers.com explains why protecting climate is as hard as stop smoking – and how men nevertheless do have fun with it.
Why can’t Nigeria be like Norway? With 20 years experience in and around the oil industry journalist and consultant Johnny West claims a simple policy tool, that can switch the situation of countries in which natural resources are produced…
Bio-inspired robots and technology are paving the way to a technological future that is more in synch with nature. Nina Gaissert presents the fascinating developments that are currently taking place, which are shaping a future that is…
Growing your own cartilage, your own bones and ligaments - an idea that is not as impossible as it seems. Nina Tandon talks "transplants made to order", how this will revolutionise drug trials and the global donour issue.
A car without a driver? That is the car of the future and it is transforming the transportation landscape in urban areas. Raúl Rojas, a Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at the Freie Universtität Berlin has developed such an…
This talk 'happened' during a spontaneous interview with Hans Rosling, the famous TED speaker. Hans joined us at the TEDxSummit 2012 in Doha, takign place from April 15th to the 20th in Qatar for another memorable TED talk on global…
August 31st looks to be promising! Get ready to enjoy an overload of inspiration and discover the spirit of TED with some of today's brightest minds mapping out our tomorrow in fields such as technology, education and design.
This year TEDxBerlin held its fourth conference: While the United Nations convened for the Rio+20 conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil, TEDxBerlin "Thinking Change“ took place at the Google headquarters in the German capital in…
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