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Jamie Paik
Origami robots that reshape and transform themselves
13:11
Ivan Poupyrev
Everything around you can become a computer
7:27
Skylar Tibbits
A new way to "grow" islands and coastlines
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Rob Reid
How synthetic biology could wipe out humanity -- and how we can stop it
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Sarah Sze
How we experience time and memory through art
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Stefan Al
Will there ever be a mile-high skyscraper?
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Christoph Keplinger
The artificial muscles that will power robots of the future
10:45
Majd Mashharawi
How I'm making bricks out of ashes and rubble in Gaza
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Débora Mesa Molina
Stunning buildings made from raw, imperfect materials
7:38
Aparna Mehta
Where do your online returns go?
4:52
Alex Gendler
What would it be like to live on the moon?
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Alan Stern
The journey to Pluto the farthest world ever explored
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Christian Wolmar
How the world's first metro system was built
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Vishaan Chakrabarti
How we can design timeless cities for our collective future
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Rodin Lyasoff
How autonomous flying taxis could change the way you travel
14:15
Jennifer Wilcox
A new way to remove CO2 from the atmosphere
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Gwynne Shotwell
SpaceX's plan to fly you across the globe in 30 minutes
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Ian Firth
Bridges should be beautiful
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Gordon McEwan
The rise and fall of the Inca Empire
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Linda Elkins-Tanton
Why is NASA sending a spacecraft to a metal world?
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Federico Rosei
Can 100% renewable energy power the world?
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Anouk Wipprecht
Clothing as emotional interface
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Andrew Dent
To eliminate waste, we need to rediscover thrift
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Amit Kalra
3 creative ways to fix fashion's waste problem
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Fan Zhang
What in the world is topological quantum matter?
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Carrie Nugent
The first asteroid ever discovered
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Fashion has a pollution problem -- can biology fix it?
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Anais Rassat
Is it possible to create a perfect vacuum?
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Tania Douglas
To design better tech, understand context
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Christian Benimana
The next generation of African architects and designers
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Bill Robertson
Inside the not-so-small world of a miniature maker
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Rolf Landua
Could we create dark matter?
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Mia Nacamulli
When is water safe to drink?
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Sajan Saini
Will we ever be able to teleport?
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Mia Nacamulli
How does fracking work?
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Ashwini Bharathula
How to squeeze electricity out of crystals
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