Are flexible electronics in our future?: Stephanie Lacour & Jamie Paik
At TEDxHelvetia, Stephanie Lacour and Jamie Paik share a novel new “soft” robotic material incorporating flexible electronic circuits. Based on the paper folding art of origami, these robotic sheets can fold into almost any shape imaginable, and might someday provide stretchable screens for smartphones, or muscle support for patients after facial surgery. (Filmed at TEDxHelvetia)
Each week, we choose four of our favorite talks, highlighting just a few of the enlightening speakers from the TEDx community, and its diverse constellation of ideas worth spreading. Browse all TEDxTalks here »
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Friday video break: TEDxPlainpalais “kind of” does the Harlem Shake.
The Harlem Shake has taken a while to get to Switzerland, says TEDxPlainpalais organizer Wael Jabi, but in February, the TEDx’ers at this Geneva, Switzerland TEDx event tried it anyway.
Before you head home for the weekend, enjoy what the team at TEDxPlainpalais likes to call a “kind of” Harlem Shake.
The moral questions of new warfare: Yves Daccord
We know what cybercrime looks like, but what about cyber war? At TEDxHelvetia, Yves Daccord gives us a glimpse into a future where citizens are unaware of the actions of governments, where war is possible without soldiers, and where humanity has an entirely different set of moral questions to ponder. (Filmed at TEDxHelvetia)
Each week, we choose four of our favorite talks, highlighting just a few of the enlightening speakers from the TEDx community, and its diverse constellation of ideas worth spreading. Browse all TEDxTalks here »
The TEDxCERN 2013 venue: the Globe of Science and Innovation
You may have heard of CERN — the European Organization for Nuclear Research — or as it’s more commonly known, the home of The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator.
CERN and its LHC are famous for their role in the recent discovery of what very likely is the Higgs boson, a particle crucial to the standard model of physics, but — now — CERN will be the home to another exciting first: their first TEDx event.
On May 3, 2013, Europe’s massive particle physics laboratory will bring together thinkers of all kinds to examine our universe and provide some insight into why the study of it matters.
“Science is everywhere,” says TEDxCERN’s organizers. “Our lives as individuals and our survival as a society depend on its its thoughtful development. In order to move into a more robust future we need to inspire even more young people to become part of a new generation of scientists; we need to celebrate and encourage scientific thinking, and to above all convey that science matters to everyone.
“Going beyond particle physics, TEDxCERN will provide a stage for the expression of science in multiple dimensions and disciplines, unveiling a world in which physics intersects with other multi-dimensional disciplines and thought.”
Thirteen speakers will grace the TEDxCERN stage, including
George Church, who helped initiate the Human Genome Project;
the “father of grid computing” Ian Foster; 18-year-old grand prize winner of the 2012 Google Science Fair, Brittany Wenger; renowned philosopher John Searle; TEDster and molecule-3D-printing-master Lee Cronin; Planck Collaboration team member and winner of the 2012 RAS Fowler Prize, Hiranya Peiris; and Zehra Sayers, chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee for SESAME (Synchrotron light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East).
The TEDxCERN will take place in Switzerland at CERN — in the laboratory’s beautiful Globe of Science and Innovation (pictured above). The event will also be webcast live at several different venues across the globe, including a special TEDxAthens event.
For information on how to host your own TEDxCERN livestreaming event, visit the Simulcast page on TEDxCERN’s website.
For updates on TEDxCERN, you can follow them on Facebook or Twitter.
(Globe photo by Flickr user davidpc_)
