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Ariel Shamir: The Vision of the Image

natalie — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:58:48 +0000

Image manipulation has been around since the beginning of photography but as a timely process in the hands of an expert. Watch as Ariel Shamir demos simple tools for the rest of us.

Shimon Steinberg: Bugs are Good for You

natalie — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:54:27 +0000

How many of you out there are bug lovers? You may well become one by the end of the talk as Shimon Steinberg makes an enthusiastic case for using bugs as biological plant protection.

Paul Pablos Holman: Hacking the Future

natalie — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:53:28 +0000

Laser beams killing mosquitos & used for crop protection, a tube in the ocean to suppress hurricanes, an idea for reversing global warming. Welcome to inventions at hacker Paul (Pablos) Holman’s lab.

PS Stay watching to the end for an extra.

Shimon Schocken: The Science of Rehabilitation

natalie — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:59:30 +0000

What happens when a Computer Science Professor, Shimon Schocken, takes a group of juvenile delinquents mountain biking once a week? A program for profound psychological and mental change.

Hedy Schleifer: The Power of Connection

natalie — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:57:30 +0000

In this funny, moving and engaging talk, Clinical Psychologist Hedy Schleifer shares her adventures in the art of listening, and how to cross the bridge between us.

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there — Rumi

Itay Talgam: The Art of Rehearsal

natalie — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:56:56 +0000

Itay Talgam is back with an entertaining talk on leadership and the art of rehearsal – the art of letting go.

Asaf Avidan: Mojo Love

natalie — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:56:47 +0000

Musician Asaf Avidan, accompanied by The Mojos’ cellist, Hadas Kleinman, weaves us in a blanket of song and story. Magical.

Ehud Shapiro: Uncovering The Human Cell Lineage Tree

natalie — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:56:32 +0000

Inside all of us is a cell lineage tree – the history of how our body grows from a single cell (the fertilized egg) to 100 trillion cells. In this fascinating talk, Ehud Shapiro explains why uncovering this map holds the key to curing cancer, diabetes and more.

Martin Rapaport: Fair Trade – An End to Exploitation

natalie — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:56:08 +0000

Where does stuff come from? Are we responsible for it? What do we do about it? Martin Rapaport makes a passionate case for how our choice as consumers offers a solution to end the exploitation.

Bruno Giussani: Ideas About Spreading Ideas

natalie — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:55:33 +0000

How do idea spread? TED’s European Director, Bruno Guissani, shares some of the lessons of the TED organization.

Dave Levy: Behind the Scenes of Photo Realistic Animation

natalie — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:55:10 +0000

Turn up the sound as Snowball Studio’s Dave Levy takes you into the virtual world of 3D animation.

Oded Vardi: High Technology Culture Challenges

natalie — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:54:00 +0000

As language is the cornerstone of culture, new media entrepreneur Oded Vardi candidly teaches us the meaning of common Hebrew phrases in English and the source of many cultural glitches.

Adina Tal: Nalaga’at Vision

natalie — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:50:45 +0000

Adina Tal shares her funny and inspiring tale of how she went from never meeting a deaf or blind person to starting the only deaf-blind theater in the world: Nalaga’at in Jaffa, Israel.

Noa Wertheim: Vertigo Vision

natalie — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:42:55 +0000

An electrifying performance by the Vertigo Dance Company followed by inspiring Noa Wertheim, Vertigo’s founder, who tells of her journey to dance and her responses to the world we live in.

You can find Vertigo Dance Company performing at Suzanne Dellal, Tel-Aviv

Birth of the Phoenix | Mana | White Noise

A Trilogy- three pieces by Vertigo’s choreographer & artistic director Noa Wertheim

Birth of the Phoenix 2.8 Mon. | 21.00

White Noise 3.8 Tues. | 21.00

Mana 4.8 wed. | 21.00

Tickets at Suzanne Dellal centre, Tel-aviv: 03-5105656

Karen Tal: Thriving On Turmoil

natalie — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:34:03 +0000

In this talk School Principal Karen Tal shares how to create an educational miracle – academic success in the most unlikely school. Watch as she takes us on a virtual tour of the Bialik-Rogozine School, with 800 students from 48 different nations, many refugees without legal status, and explains how to navigate through the turbulent waters of social and political unrest to steer the school towards remarkable success.

Haim Shafir: The Paradox of Creativity

natalie — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:20:40 +0000

In this interactive talk Haim Shafir shows us how to ‘un-trap’ our creative block.

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Jane Poynter: Life in Biosphere 2

natalie — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:29:09 +0000

“Is life this malleable? Can you take this biosphere that is evolved on a planetary level…and will it survive?”

Jane Poynter candidly discusses her 2 year stint living in “Biosphere 2″ a man-made biosphere designed to model planet earth, only…smaller. So that we might one day be able to live in hostile environments – or even another planet.
(I also recommend listening for the story of Jane’s rake).

This talk is from TEDxUSC. And is also the first TEDx talk to be released by TED (via the TED blog)!!
Like TEDxTelAviv, TEDx events are being launched all over the world, from Sydney to Capetown, Qatar to Fiji. And of course here. You can find a full list of TEDx events here.

Looking forward to “spreading ideas” on “thriving on turmoil” with you all from this side of the world later this year! (You can keep updated with TEDxTelAviv by signing up on the top right)

TEDxTelAviv – Thriving on Turmoil

maya — Sat, 09 May 2009 15:57:52 +0000

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