What's the key to using alternative energy, like solar and wind? Storage, so we can have power on tap even when the sun's not out and the wind's not blowing.
In this talk MIT professor Donald Sadoway takes to the blackboard to show us the future of large-scale batteries that store renewable energy.
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson takes us into his office at the Hayden Planetarium in New York City. From a Saturn lamp Tyson made as a kid to his van Gogh pillow, Tyson has a lot of universe-themed paraphernalia. Tyson highlights some of his collection, and talks about what his journey to science stardom has been like.
Couchorama is a short film about the Diaper Dilemma made by Jacqueline Farmer.
Taylor Wilson believes nuclear fusion is a solution to our future energy needs, and that kids can change the world. And he knows something about both of those: When he was 14, he built a working fusion reactor in his parents' garage. Now 17, he takes the TED stage at short notice to tell his story.
Minds of Modern Mathematics is the app created by IBM to describe as mathematicians and mathematics have shaped the world we live. An interactive journey through the centuries (almost 1,000 years) to discover how mathematics has influenced music, science, art, architecture and culture.
An animated, distorted, shaded, interactive map to help convey how different countries fit into the climate change picture – both the causes and the risks. It was created as an entry for the World Bank’s Apps for Climate competition.
The site was created by Duncan Clark and Robin Houston under the banner of Kiln, a project focusing on interesting new ways of presenting information.
