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    Tuesday TED Talk: A funny look at the unintended consequences of technology

    Comedian and co-host of the Star Talk radio podcast with Neil deGrasse Tyson. His TED Talk focuses on the funnier side of technology and how it should work for us, but explores what happens when it doesn't. Covered in the talk are topics like social media, AI, driverless cars, robots and more. There's a lot of negative stories in the media these days, so take some time...

    Tuesday TED Talk: Elon Musk talks about the future below, on and above earth.

    Recently Elon Musk sat down with Chris Anderson to discuss his newest ambitious project digging tunnels under Los Angeles, the latest from Tesla and SpaceX as he continues his endevour to transition the human race to a multiplanitary species, taking us to Mars. This is the talk where Musk shows off his bold vision to dig underground tunnels below cities and have parking bays that...

    Tuesday TED Talk: The future of flying robots and precision farming

    Drones, flying robots, whatever you call them, drones are here and about to get a whole lot smarter. During a TED Talk in Pennsylvania, Vijay Kumar and his team have created autonomous aerial robots inspired by honeybees. These make some very interesting assumptions that dramatically differ from the consumer drones we have today. Instead of being concerned about avoiding collisions, these expect it and much...

    Watch TEDx Sydney stream live, right from your desk

    TEDx is an independently organised branch of the awesome TED.com. Today’ TEDx is being held in Sydney and if you can’t be there in person, you can watch the live stream, for free. If your someone who loves to learn, loves to be inspired by other’s stories, then this should be on your screen today. The live stream is embedded below for your...

    Watch the 20 most popular TED Talks of all time right here

    Watching TED Talks can be one of the most inspiring and entertaining ways to spend your down time. Now with more than 1600 talks, TED are releasing the 20 most watched presentations of all time. The short, succinct talks are packed full of amazing facts by people who lead their industries of science, business, technology, art and much much more. Please take some...

    Tuesday TED Talk: Why I fell in love with monster prime numbers

    They're millions of digits long, and it takes an army of mathematicians and machines to hunt them down -- what's not to love about monster primes? Adam Spencer, comedian and lifelong math geek, shares his passion for these odd numbers, and for the mysterious magic of math. Australia’s own, radio host Adam Spencer fills Sydney's drive-time mornings with smart math and science talk. It's great...

    Tuesday TED Talk: How can Formula 1 racing help babies

    During a Formula 1 race, a car sends hundreds of millions of data points to its garage for real-time analysis and feedback. So why not use this detailed and rigorous data system elsewhere, like ... at children’s hospitals? Peter Van Manen tells us more. In a Formula 1 car, there are an insane amount of componentry that comes together to achieve the best...

    Tuesday TED Talks: The surprising seeds of a big-data revolution in healthcare

    Collecting global health data was an imperfect science: Workers tramped through villages to knock on doors and ask questions, wrote the answers on paper forms, then input the data -- and from this gappy information, countries would make huge decisions. Data geek Joel Selanikio talks through the sea change in collecting health data in the past decade -- starting with the Palm Pilot...

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    Tuesday TED Talk: A funny look at the unintended consequences of technology

    Comedian and co-host of the Star Talk radio podcast with Neil deGrasse Tyson. His TED Talk focuses on the funnier side of technology and how...

    Tuesday TED Talk: Elon Musk talks about the future below, on and above earth.

    Recently Elon Musk sat down with Chris Anderson to discuss his newest ambitious project digging tunnels under Los Angeles, the latest from Tesla and...

    Tuesday TED Talk: The future of flying robots and precision farming

    Drones, flying robots, whatever you call them, drones are here and about to get a whole lot smarter. During a TED Talk in Pennsylvania,...
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