TEDxTalks » Billy Collins: Everyday moments, caught in time

Combining dry wit with artistic depth, Billy Collins shares a project in which several of his poems were turned into delightful animated films in a collaboration with Sundance Channel. Five of them are included in this wonderfully entertaining and moving

TEDxTalks » Jer Thorp: Make data more human

Jer Thorp creates beautiful data visualizations to put abstract data into a human context. At TEDxVancouver, he shares his moving projects, from graphing an entire year’s news cycle, to mapping the way people share articles across the internet. Jer Thorp’s

TEDxTalks >> Marco Tempest: A magical tale (with augmented reality)

If you don’t watch this video then go to this link: marco_tempest Marco Tempest’s imaginative combination of computer-generated imagery, quick-cut video and enthusiastic stage presence has earned him a place in the pantheon of great illusionists. At 22, the Swiss magician

TEDxTalks » Mick Mountz: The hidden world of box-packing

About the SPEAKER: Mick Mountz is the founder and CEO of Kiva Systems, a company dedicated to finding high tech solutions that make inventory fulfillment fast, cheap and efficient. About the TALK: We make millions of online purchases daily, but who

TEDxTalks >>> Clay Shirky: Why SOPA is a bad idea

About the SPEAKER: Clay Shirky believes that new technologies enabling loose ­collaboration — and taking advantage of “spare” brainpower — will change the way society works. About this TALK: What does a bill like PIPA/SOPA mean to our shareable world?