Hören, sehen, fühlen, schmecken, riechen – unsere fünf Sinne. Tagein, tagaus nehmen wir damit unsere Umgebung wahr. Doch, was ist, wenn es mehr gibt? Worte können dies nicht beschreiben – David Eagleman und seine “senory vest”! Our five senses – […]
Social Media – viele von uns haben eine virtuelle Persönlichkeit aus Status-Updates, Tweets, Likes,etc. generiert, welche alle in der Cloud gespeichert sind. Für immer? Adam Ostrow stellt eine große Frage: Was passiert mit deiner virtuellen Persönlichkeit, wenn du stirbst? Könnte […]
Achievements in sports seem to get more and more extreme every year. Records are being shattered and the top results aren’t being reset back to zero; no, on the contrary: limits keep being pushed. But is it really all about […]
TEDx Linz: Innovative Talks zum ersten Mal in Linz Am 21. Juni 2013 fand das spannende Format der TED-Talks das erste Mal in Linz statt. Im stimmungsvollen Ambiente der voestalpine Stahlwelt präsentierten Unternehmer, Wissenschafterinnen sowie Entertainer in 18-minütigen Talks ihre […]
Does texting mean the death of good writing skills? John McWhorter posits that there’s much more to texting — linguistically, culturally — than it seems, and it’s all good news.
Carl Honoré is an award-winning journalist, author and TED speaker. He is also a globetrotting ambassador for the Slow Movement. The Wall Street Journal called him “an in-demand spokesman on slowness.”
When is the last time you did absolutely nothing for 10 whole minutes? Not texting, talking or even thinking? Mindfulness expert Andy Puddicombe describes the transformative power of doing just that: Refreshing your mind for 10 minutes a day, simply […]
Modern buildings with floor-to-ceiling windows give spectacular views, but they require a lot of energy to cool. Doris Kim Sung works with thermo-bimetals, smart materials that act more like human skin, dynamically and responsively, and can shade a room from […]
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.