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TEDxKids @SMU 2011 – A Snapshot
TEDxSMU-Kids from Jim Young on Vimeo. Thanks to long-time TEDster and TEDxSMU Steering Committee member Jim Young for creating this awesome video of TEDxKids @SMU for us!
Read moreTEDxSMU Tuesday 9.13.11
This week, we watched the unforgettable Ben Dunlap talk from TED2007. His talk, which reflects on the multitude of Hungarian mentors in his life, is touching and woven with stories bearing delicate, powerful messages. You’ll want to clear your mind for the next 18 minutes and give yourself over to Ben Dunlap. The following quote from Kurt [...]
Read moreTEDxSMU Tuesday 8.30 – Mikko Hypponen
Thanks to everyone who joined us for the first TEDxSMU Tuesday of the Fall Semester. We had a great group and a lively discussion on the ins and outs of Internet security and cyber terrorism after watching this fascinating talk by Mikko Hypponen. Links from our discussion: A history of Stuxnet Pwn2Own Contest at CanSecWest [...]
Read moreWant to give a talk at TEDxSMU?
Ever wanted to give your own Talk at TEDxSMU? Now’s your chance! We’re crowdsourcing a talk this year. Use the form below to send us your greatest idea for a Talk, and we’ll invite the top 12-15 submissions to give a 3-minute version of the Talk at our TEDxSMU Auditions. The audience will vote on [...]
Read moreTEDxSMU Announces a Salon Event
New Event! TEDxSMU Salon China: Artists Behind the Wall – 9.21.11, 7PM In partnership with the Nasher Sculpture Center Nasher Sculpture Center Director Jeremy Strick and Melissa Chiu, Director, Asia Society and Museum, discuss the current state of affairs in China as it relates to artistic freedom and expression, including the latest on the high-profile [...]
Read moreTEDxSMU Tuesday 7.26.11
Author Elizabeth Gilbert On Creativity: Malcolm Gladwell says genius isn’t a singular trait in his TEDTalk. Sir Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity in his TEDTalk.
Read moreTEDxSMU Tuesday 7.19.11
Paul Root Wolpe, Emory Center for Ethics Genetically Engineered Animals Beefalo Beefalo are a fertile hybrid offspring of domestic cattle, Bos taurus, and the American bison, Bison bison (generally called buffalo in the US). The breed was created to combine the characteristics of both animals with a view towards beef production. Geep A sheep–goat chimera [...]
Read moreTEDxSMU Tuesday 7.5.11
Rajesh Rao Probabilistic Analysis of an Ancient Undeciphered Script, IEEE Computer, 2010 Entropic Evidence for Linguistic Structure in the Indus Script, Science, May 2009 Indus Valley Civilization (aka Harappan Civilization, the Indus-Sarasvati or Hakra Civilization) Indus Valley Civilization, Wikipedia “The Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) was a Bronze Age civilization (3300–1300 BCE; mature period 2600–1900 [...]
Read moreTEDxSMU Tuesday 6.28.11
Janine Benyus Biomimicry Institute Biomimicry Guild AskNature.org Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature (book) E.O. Wilson’s Encyclopedia of Life Companies Using Biomimicry in Design Calera Corporation Sequestering CO2 in the Built Environment Sharklet Technologies Sharklet™ is the world’s first technology to inhibit bacterial growth through pattern alone. The antimicrobial Sharklet surface is comprised of millions [...]
Read moreTEDxSMU Tuesday 6.21.11
Rabbi David Stern Rabbi Abraham Heschel Abraham Joshua Heschel was a Polish-born American rabbi and one of the leading Jewish theologians and Jewish philosophers of the 20th century. Rabbi Heschel marched with Martin Luther King, Jr. in Selma in 1965. Heschel later wrote, “When I marched in Selma, my feet were praying.” Man’s Search for [...]
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