TECHNOLOGY
ENTERTAINMENT
DESIGN
Aimee Mullins (Athlete and Actor):
Running on high-tech legs (1998)
How my legs give me super-powers (2009)
Al Gore (Climate-change prophet):
15 ways to avert a climate crisis (2006)
New thinking on the climate crisis (2008)
Al Gore warns on latest climate trends (2009)
Amy Tan (Novelist): Where does Creativity Hide
(2008)
Arthur Benjamin (Mathematician):
Lighting Calculations and other "Mathemagic" (2005)
Arthur Benjamin's formula for changing math education (2009)
Benjamin Wallace (Author): Does happiness have a price tag?
(2008)
Bill Strickland (Social innovator): Rebuilding America, One Slide Show at a Time
(2002)
Blaise Aguera y Arcas (Software architect): Jaw-dropping Photosynth Demo
(2007)
Bruce McCall (Humorist): Nostalgia for a future that never happened (2008)
Catherine Mohr (Roboticist): Surgery's past, present and robotic future (2009)
Charles Moore (Oceanographer): Sailing the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (2009)
Clay Shirky (Advocate for Internet cooperation):
How Twitter can make history (2009)
Dan Ariely (Behavioral economist):
Why we think it's OK to cheat and steal (sometimes) (2009)
David Bolinsky (Medical animator): Fantastic voyage inside a cell
(2007)
David Gallo (Oceanographer):
Underwater astonishments (2007)
The deep oceans: a ribbon of life (2008)
David Hoffman (Filmmaker): Catch Sputnik mania!
(2007)
David Perry (Game designer):
Will videogames become better than life?
(2006)
David Pogue (Technology columnist):
When it Comes to Tech, Simplicity Sells (2006)
A 4 Minute Medley on The Music Wars (2007)
Cool new thing you can do with your mobile Phone (2008)
Dr. Dean Ornish (Physician, author):
Healing and other Natural Wonders (2004)
The World Now Eats (and Dies) Like Americans (2006)
Your Genes are not Your Fate (2008)
Don Norman (Cognitive scientist and design critic):
The three ways that good design makes you happy (2003)
Eva Vertes (Student, cancer researcher): My dream about the future of medicine
(2005)
Garrett Lisi (Physicist): A beautiful new theory of everything
(2008)
George Dyson (Historian of science):
The birth of the computer
(2003)
Gever Tulley (Tinkerer): Glever Tully teaches life lessons through tinkering (2009)
Greg Lynn (Designer): How calculus is changing architecture
(2005)
Hans Rosling (Global health expert; data visionary):
Debunking Third-World Myths with the Best Stats You've Ever Seen
(2006)
New insights on poverty and life around the world (2007)
Hans Rosling on HIV: New facts and stunning data visuals (2009)
Howard Rheingold (Digital visionary): Way-new Collaboration
(2005)
Jacek Utko (Newspaper designer): Can design save the newspaper? (2009)
J.J. Abrams (Filmmaker): The Mystery Box
(2007)
Jacek Utko (Newspaper Designer): Can design save the newspaper?
Jane Poynter (Biospherian): Life in Biosphere 2 (2009)
Jeff Han (Human-computer interface designer):
Unveiling the genius of multi-touch interface design (2006)
Jennifer 8. Lee (Reporter):
Who was General Tso? and other mysteries of American Chinese food (2008)
Jill Bolte Taylor (Neuroanatomist): My stroke of insight (2008)
Jimmy Wales (Founder of Wikipedia): How a Ragtag Band Created Wikipedia
(2005)
John Wooden (Coach): Coaching for people, not points (2001)
Johnny Lee (Human-computer interaction researcher):
Creating Tech Marvels out of a $40 Wii Remote
(2008)
Jonathan Harris (Artist, storyteller, Internet anthropologist):
The Web's Secret Stories
(2007)
The Art of Collecting Stories (2005)
Joseph Pine (Writer and Veteran Consultant): What do Consumers Really Want? (2004)
Joshua Klein (Hacker): The Amazing Intelligence of Crows
(2008)
Kamal Meattle (Business owner and activist): How to grow your own fresh air (2009)
Sir Ken Robinson (Creativity expert): Do schools kill creativity?
(2006)
Malcolm Gladwell (Writer): What we can Learn from Spaghetti Sauce
(2004)
Mark Bittman (Food writer): What's wrong with what we eat
(2007)
Matthew Childs (Marketer, Rock Climber):
Matthew Childs' 9 life lessons from rock climbing (2009)
Mena Trott (Blogger; cofounder, Six Apart): Building a friendlier world through blogs (2006)
Michelle Obama (First Lady of the United States): Michelle Obama's plea for education (2009)
Pattie Maes & Pranav Mistry (Researcher):
Unveiling the "Sixth Sense," game-changing wearable tech (2009)
Paul Sereno (Paleontologist): What can fossils teach us?
(2005)
Paul Stamets (Mycologist): 6 Ways Mushrooms Can Save the World
(2008)
Peter Reinhart (Baker): The art of baking bread
(2008)
Ray Zahab (Endurance runner): Ray Zahab treks to the South Pole (2009)
Richard St. John (Marketer, success analyst): What Leads to Success
(2005)
Rob Forbes (Designer): Ways of seeing
(2006)
Robert Full (Biologist):
How engineers learn from evolution (2002)
Secrets of Movement, from Geckos and Roaches (2005)
Learning from the gecko's tail (2009)
Robert Lang (Origamist): Idea + Square = Origami
(2008)
Scott McCloud (Cartoonist): Understanding comics
(2005)
Seth Godin (Marketing Expert): Sliced bread and other marketing delights
(2003)
Siegfried Woldhek (Illustrator): The True Face of Leonardo Da Vinci?
(2008)
Saul Griffith (Inventor): Inventing a super-kite to tap the energy of high-altitude wind (2009)
Tony Robbins (Life coach; expert in leadership psychology):
Why we do what we do, and how we can do better (2006)
Vilayanur Ramachandran (Brain expert): A Journey to the Center of Your Mind
(2007)
Yochai Benkler (Legal expert): Open-source Economics
(2007)
Yves Behar (Designer): Creating objects that tell stories (2008) |