Tag: TED

Innovating to Zero

Filed in National by on February 21, 2010 1 Comment

This is a talk by Bill Gates at the TED conference discussing the need and the challenges of getting enough renewable energy to power not only those who are energy rich now, but those who need to be energy rich. He does a nice job here, I think, in contextualizing the problem, then spends a good deal of time talking about Terrapower.

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Late Night Video: Don’t Eat The Marshmallow

Filed in National by on June 26, 2009 1 Comment

Joachim de Posada (in this short video) discusses the study of delayed gratification on children. Another video from the TED series.

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