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March 5th, 2013
Seven TED 2013 videos you don’t want to miss
Conference focuses on young innovators, education issues
7. To This Day Project: Shane Koyczan. Koyczan, a 36-year-old spoken word poet, has attracted more than 5.5 million views of his anti-bullying animated talk. Read more here.
6. Richard Turere (age 12): My invention that outsmarted lions. Turere, who lives in Kenya, invented a light system that stops lions from killing herds. Read more here.
5. Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao: Breaking down plastics using soil bacteria. Wang and Yao, two Canadian teens, discovered a bacteria in their local river that can break down plastics, which could have a massive impact on eroding landfills. Read more here.
4. We Must Change the Culture of Science and Teaching: Freeman Hrabowski. Though Hrabowski’s talk isn’t yet available from TED, this video captures the basis of Hrabowski’s 2013 talk. Read more on his TED Talk here.
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atoney68
March 10, 2013 at 10:32 pm
After watching Jack Andraka’s talk, I am awed by his intelligence, persistence and at what he was able to accomplish. I know there are more young people out there with a lot to give society and we should find ways to give them the tools to do so. However, I also saw a young man who has maturing to do. Here is a someone who never said thank you for the applause, who never talked about how he couldn’t have accomplished any of it without the scientists who had done work before him–let alone the research scientist who allowed him time and lab space. He spoke with derision about his biology teacher and her (implied) ridiculous notion of respecting her class. Clearly, Jack is brilliant. Just as clear is his lack of understanding of and respect for others. Isn’t there a place for those things along side his medical breakthrough in our culture?