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Jamie Oliver’s Crusade for Children’s Health

Jamie Oliver takes the stage at the TED conference to share his goal to inspire a movement with enough momentum to educate children about food, encourage families to begin cooking again and to inspire people to fight the epidemic of obesity that has taken root in every place that the western has gained popularity.

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Why Even Sliced Bread Wasn’t that Great at First

In this video, best-selling author and founder of Squidoo, Seth Godin, explains why tried-and-true marketing techniques no longer work. Godin points out that a public that is bombarded with a daily barrage of products and information has little choice but to ignore all but the most bizarre and unusual offerings.

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How Food Shapes Our Cities

In this video, Carolyn Steel explores the unbreakable connection between food and cities and explains why that connection is endangered by modern food production and distribution methods. Steel is the author of “Hungry City: How Food Shapes Our Lives,” and is a well-known lecturer on the connection between food and urban design.

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3 Problems That Inhibit Humanity

Have you ever considered what life would be like if you could overcome your limitations? Nick Bostrom, an Oxford philosopher and transhumanist, speaks about humanity’s biggest problems. In Bostrom’s appearance on TEDTalks, he explains the different factors that inhibit mankind. He also explains what might be done to alter humanity’s future.

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Ultrasound Technology Makes Non-Invasive Surgery a Reality

This video explains the basic principles behind a new type of non-invasive surgery. Magnetic Resonance guided Focused Ultrasound, as the new technology is officially called, is a revolutionary technology that looks as though it was lifted directly from the pages of a science fiction novel.

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Patent Application Process: What You Need to Know

Anyone who has a prototype gathering dust on a shelf or a breakthrough idea they want to protect should watch Katherine White’s UCVideo presentation on the patent review process. White, a patent attorney and former University of California graduate student, takes the mystery out of the patent review process.

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The Transformation of the Internet to Person-Centered Interactions

The popularity of social media networks, including the internationally favored Facebook, has prompted the creation of new business models looking to take advantage of new social options. Sheryl Sandberg says, it is now all about people.

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The Genetics of Humanness: Human-Specific Signaling Networks

The Genetics of Humanness: Human-Specific Signaling Networks, a presentation by Genevieve Konopka of the University of Texas, is a portion of a multi-part symposium sponsored by CARTA. Konopka examines the uniqueness of humans, even among other primates, at the level of the brain.

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Synthetic Happiness Is Real Happiness

We tend to think that synthetic happiness (the happiness we manufacture when we don’t get exactly what we want) will never come close to the feeling of natural happiness, but Harvard psychologist Dan Gilbert says that is absolutely not true.

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How to Prevent Financial Meltdowns

The financial crisis is an experience no one wants to relive. What can we learn from the recent financial meltdown that will help us prevent them in the future? Tim Harford is a well-known economist and author who points out the lessons we all need to learn.

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