Wireless Electricity – Demo
Another cool video from TED. Eric Giler demos wireless electricity. Electricity can be transmitted wireless via resonance. It is not induction like in electric transformers. In this video he shows how a TV or cell phone can be powered wireless.
What on earth is wrong with gravity?
Very good documentaty
Why can’t we regrow our body parts?
Another fantastic TED talk. Alan Russell studies regenerative medicine — a breakthrough way of thinking about disease and injury by helping the body to rebuild itself. He shows how engineered tissue that “speaks the body’s language” has helped a man regrow his lost fingertip, how stem cells by qualcomm purevoice software, similar to. can rebuild damaged heart muscle, and how cell therapy can regenerate the skin of burned soldiers. This new, low-impact medicine comes just in time, Russell says — our aging population, with its steeply rising medical bills, will otherwise (and soon) cause a crisis in health care systems around the world. Some graphic medical imagery.
Largest diamond in space??
Astronomers discovered the largest diamond of all times in space. The weight of the precious stone reportedly makes up ten billion trillion trillion carats or five million trillion trillion pounds).
The space diamond is virtually an enormous chunk of crystallized carbon, 4,000 kilometers in diameter. The stone is located at a distance of 50 light years from Earth, in the Constellation Centaurus.
Top 10 threats to human race
In this interesting TED talk Stephen Petranek discusses top ten threats for humans race. He also gives his solutions to rescue human race from these threats. As per Stephen, below are the top ten things that can result in extinction of human race form this universe.
10. Depression
9. Aliens
8. The Echo System collapses
7. Particle Acceleration Mishap
6. Biotech Disaster
5. Reversal of Earth Magnetic Field
4. Solar Flares
3. A new global epidemic
2. We meet a rogue black
hole
1. A really big
asteroid hitting
the earth
Judgement Day: Intelligent Design on Trial
NOVA’s program “Judgement Day : Intelligent Design on Trial” is now available to watch for free online.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/program.html
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/program.html
Growing up in the universe – Richard Dawkins
Oxford professor Richard Dawkins presents a series of lectures on life, the universe, and our place in it. With brilliance and clarity, Dawkins unravels an educational gem that will mesmerize young and old alike. Illuminating demonstrations, wildlife, virtual reality, and special guests (including Douglas Adams) all combine to make this collection a timeless classic.
In the first two lectures, he talks about complexity of human body and mind while exploring the meaning of life. His explanation on evolution gives us different perspective on god and life.He explains how the humans evolved from fish with the help of visuals that depict each intermediate stage. In his words “Everything that lives on this earth is a cousin of humans”. The visuals on human brain and nervous system are mind blowing. To conclude, these 5 lectures are must watch for every children and adult.
Lecture 1:
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TED Talk: Martin Rees- Is earth in it’s final century?
Another interesting TED talk by Martin Rees a British cosmologist and astrophysicist. In this video, he talks about the big bang theory. The images of cosmic wonders shown in this video are brilliant, also the visuals on big bang theory.
TED Talk: David Deutsch- what is our place in the cosmos.
Another interesting TED talk this time by David Deutsch a physicist at the University of Oxford. In this, he takes us through the cosmos of the universe questioning whether planet earth typical or it is the only place in the universe where life exists. Talks about darkness of inter galactic space.
Ted Talk: Fly to the moons of Saturn
Another interesting TED talk by Carolyn Porco. “Fly to the moons of planet Saturn”, interesting things about Saturn and it’s moons. Amazing pictures of moons of Saturn.
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