👁Why a sausage can do what your gloves cannot
🧠Charles Wallace and Sajan Saini
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣In 2010, South Korea experienced a particularly cold winter. People couldn't activate their smartphones while wearing gloves, so they began wielding snack sausages— causing one company to see a 40% rise in sausage sales. So, what could sausages do that gloves couldn't? In other words, how do touchscreens actually work? Charles Wallace and Sajan Saini dig into the science of touchscreens. [Directed by Luis Torres, Mr. Flama, narrated by Addison Anderson].
🌐Page on TED.com

#TED_Ed #technology #education #animation #invention #design #engineering #innovation

💡Join to get more TED Talks: @DailyTED1

👁How AI could empower any business
🧠Andrew Ng
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣Expensive to build and often needing highly skilled engineers to maintain, artificial intelligence systems generally only pay off for large tech companies with vast amounts of data. But what if your local pizza shop could use AI to predict which flavor would sell best each day of the week? Andrew Ng shares a vision for democratizing access to AI, empowering any business to make decisions that will increase their profit and productivity. Learn how we could build a richer society – all with just a few self-provided data points.
🌐Page on TED.com

#technology #AI #data #business #entrepreneur #engineering #machine_learning #innovation #software

💡Join to get more TED Talks: @DailyTED1

👁Why do beavers build dams?
🧠Glynnis Hood
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣Nestled in the forests of Canada sits the world's longest beaver dam. This 850-meter-long structure is large enough to be seen in satellite imagery and has dramatically transformed the region, creating a pond containing 70 million liters of water. But dams of any size can have huge impacts on their environment. So how exactly do beavers build these impressive structures? Glynnis Hood investigates. [Directed by Keegan Thornhill, narrated by Alexandra Panzer, music by Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio].
🌐Page on TED.com

#education #animation #animals #TED_Ed #science #biology #engineering #biodiversity #biomimicry

💡Join to get more TED Talks: @DailyTED1

👁The Taj Mahal: A monument to eternal love
🧠Stephanie Honchell Smith
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣It's 1631. Mumtaz Mahal, beloved wife of Emperor Shah Jahan, is giving birth to their 14th child. A healthy girl is born, but Mumtaz dies soon after. Sobbing uncontrollably, the emperor decides to build a tomb worthy of his queen: a replica of paradise to embody their love and project the power of the Mughal Empire for all time. Stephanie Honchell Smith details the construction of the Taj Mahal. [Directed by Jeff Le Bars, Jet Propulsion, narrated by Alexandra Panzer, music by Stephen LaRosa].
🌐Page on TED.com

#TED_Ed #education #engineering #animation #ancient_world #design #architecture #history

💡Join to get more TED Talks: @DailyTED1

👁How do airplanes actually fly?
🧠Raymond Adkins
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣By 1917, Albert Einstein had explained the relationship between space and time. But, that year, he designed a flawed airplane wing. His attempt was based on an incomplete theory of how flight works. Indeed, insufficient and inaccurate explanations still circulate today. So, where did Einstein go wrong? And how exactly do planes fly? Raymond Adkins explains the concept of aerodynamic lift. [Directed by Michael Kalopaidis, Zedem Media, narrated by Addison Anderson].
🌐Page on TED.com

#animation #TED_Ed #physics #education #science #history #flight #engineering #math

💡Join to get more TED Talks: @DailyTED1

👁How does your smartphone know your location?
🧠Wilton L. Virgo
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣GPS location apps on a smartphone can be very handy when mapping a travel route or finding nearby events. But how does your smartphone know where you are? Wilton L. Virgo explains how the answer lies 12,000 miles over your head, in an orbiting satellite that keeps time to the beat of an atomic clock powered by quantum mechanics. [Directed by Nick Hilditch, narrated by Addison Anderson].
🌐Page on TED.com

#design #engineering #technology #TED_Ed #invention #innovation #animation #telescopes #science

💡Join to get more TED Talks: @DailyTED1

👁The year without summer
🧠David Biello
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣In 1815, Mount Tambora erupted and its emissions spread across the globe, blotting out the sun for almost an entire year. This wreaked havoc on agriculture, leading to famines all across the Northern hemisphere. It was the year without summer— one of the darkest periods in human history. So why are some modern researchers considering repeating it? David Biello digs into geoengineering. [Directed by Léon Moh-Cah, Andi Concha, Na Na Na Studio, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Stephen LaRosa].
🌐Page on TED.com

#animation #climate_change #TED_Ed #education #engineering #natural_resources #natural_disaster #science

💡Join to get more TED Talks: @DailyTED1

👁1816: The year with no summer
🧠David Biello
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣In 1815, Mount Tambora erupted and its emissions spread across the globe, blotting out the sun for almost an entire year. This wreaked havoc on agriculture, leading to famines all across the Northern hemisphere. It was the year without summer— one of the darkest periods in human history. So why are some modern researchers considering repeating it? David Biello digs into geoengineering. [Directed by Léon Moh-Cah, Andi Concha, Na Na Na Studio, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Stephen LaRosa].
🌐Page on TED.com

#animation #climate_change #TED_Ed #education #engineering #natural_resources #natural_disaster #science

💡Join to get more TED Talks: @DailyTED1

👁This is what happens when you hit the gas
🧠Shannon Odell
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English | 🇹🇷Turkish

👣In 2015, two men drove a Volkswagen across the US on just over 100 gallons of fuel. Their 81-mile-per-gallon performance doubled the car's estimated fuel rating, and set the record for the lowest fuel consumption ride of a diesel car. The duo were experts in techniques that maximize fuel efficiency. So, how did their strategy save fuel? Shannon Odell explores what's going on beneath a car's hood. [Directed by Kevin Hermann, AIM Creative Studios, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by André Aires].
🌐Page on TED.com

#animation #TED_Ed #education #engineering #design #innovation

💡Join to get more TED Talks: @DailyTED1

👁Could AI give you X-ray vision?
🧠Tara Boroushaki
🗣Subtitle: 🇬🇧English

👣What if a robot could find and deliver your lost phone? AI researcher Tara Boroushaki presents how she's using wireless signals and sensors to create AI-powered goggles with "X-ray vision," creating a dynamic new tool with applications from improving efficiency in commercial warehouses to aiding emergency rescues.
🌐Page on TED.com

#robots #technology #AI #science #innovation #engineering #invention #TEDx

💡Join to get more TED Talks: @DailyTED1