A prosthetic arm that “feels” – Todd Kuiken
Physiatrist and engineer Todd Kuiken is building a prosthetic arm that connects with the human nervous system — improving moti...
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Freeing energy from the grid – Justin Hall-Tipping
What would happen if we could generate power from our windowpanes? In this moving talk, entrepreneur Justin Hall-Tipping shows the m...
Learning from a barefoot movement – Bunker Roy
In Rajasthan, India, an extraordinary school teaches rural women and men — many of them illiterate — to become solar eng...
How to spot a liar – Pamela Meyer
On any given day we’re lied to from 10 to 200 times, and the clues to detect those lie can be subtle and counter-intuitive. Pa...
The day I turned down Tim Berners-Lee – Ian Ritchie
Imagine it’s late 1990, and you’ve just met a nice young man named Tim Berners-Lee, who starts telling you about his pro...
What do babies think? – Alison Gopnik
“Babies and young children are like the R&D division of the human species,” says psychologist Alison Gopnik. Her res...
Trusting the ensemble – Charles Hazlewood
Conductor Charles Hazlewood talks about the role of trust in musical leadership — then shows how it works, as he conducts the...
We can recycle plastic – Mike Biddle
Less than 10% of plastic trash is recycled — compared to almost 90% of metals — because of the massively complicated pro...
The generation that’s remaking China – Yang Lan
Yang Lan, a journalist and entrepreneur who’s been called “the Oprah of China,” offers insight into the next gener...
Battling bad science – Ben Goldacre
Every day there are news reports of new health advice, but how can you know if they’re right? Doctor and epidemiologist Ben Go...