You would think our species has progressed to enjoy exclusively high-brow characters, but no, as if it’s 2012 all over again, the internet cannot get enough of that blunt, R-rated teddy bear Ted.
TED Talks are a great way to pass the time and learn something. The six you’ll find here deal with loneliness, creativity, and crisis – perfect for these trying times.
You can learn plenty from smashing TED Talks to the face, but every now and again they can crack you up, too. This comedian’s long con is quite brilliant.
Residing in an unknown location in Russia, the famous whistle blower Edward Snowden made an appearance in Vancouver via a robotic mobile camera. In his TED speech “Here’s how we take back the Internet,” Snowden speaks about surveillance, Internet freedom and PRISM.
Israeli prankster and sitcom writer, Nimrod Kamer lives a parallel life in which he falsifies information on celebrity WikiPedia pages, and then offers to change the information back to the previous iteration, for cash.
Steve Case is a highly respected individual for many reasons, but most importantly because he is the co-founder of America Online, or AOL as you might know it.
This story of a talking toy and a boy is very Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin, but Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane has taken it a step further, going beyond the innocence of childhood and delivering a down-and-dirty modern twist in his feature film directorial debut, Ted.
They made a robot seagull. It flies by flapping its robot seagull wings. I mean yes this is a huge breakthrough in terms of flight engineering, but even if that’s not your jam, you’re going to want to take a look at the awesome two-metre wide flying robot on display at TEDGlobal.