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Watch This Hilarious, Yet Absolutely Amazing Video of Flying Robots Playing...
When I think of flying robots, music doesn’t spring forth into my mind – it’s more rise-of-the-machines-type stuff sadly. Then again I don’t work in a robotics lab at the University of Pennsylvania –...
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When Spinning Beach Balls of Death Attack in Real Life
Improv Everywhere! They're the best. Especially when they pull off large-scale pranks at events used to a certain degree of solemnity and self-importance. Like, say, TED.
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Faking a Giant Dance Troupe Is Easy With a 60-Foot Kaleidoscope
So what do you do when you need to shoot a giant perfectly-choreographed dance troupe performing when you only have a handful of dancers? Well that’s easy. You just construct a gigantic sixty-foot tall...
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How To Thoroughly Dry Your Hands With Just One Piece of Paper Towel
You don’t always walk away from a TED Talk feeling like you’ve learned something useful, but this time you will. Joe Smith presents a simple but incredibly useful technique that guarantees you can dry...
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The One Place That Needs More Censorship
This week’s Internet-based teapot tempest swirled around the venerable TED talks, which were accused by one presenter of censoring his talk because he spoke truth to power and talked about income...
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The Onion’s TED Talks Parodies: Way Smarter Than the Real Thing
TED Talks! What was once a proud educational lecture series long ago descended into a smug parade of increasingly ridiculous ideas. They’ve never been more ripe for skewering. Thank goodness The Onion...
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The Onion’s First TED Talk Parody Is Freaking Hilarious (Because It Seems So...
Wouldn’t it be great if we could run cars off compost? That’s not the topic of a TED Talk, but, sadly, that small nugget of an idea is all you would need to be granted the freedom to pontificate before...
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The Onion Explains Social Media More Accurately Than Anyone Has Before
The Onion’s TED parody series rolls on, with what may be the best—and most scathing—round yet. The target this time? Social media, a joyous place where ideas are a waste of time, and talent is...
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Watch a Man Disappear Before Your Eyes
Chinese artist Liu Bolin does a wonderful job of hiding himself in all kinds of locations, but this video reveals exactly how he does it. A time-lapse taken at this year’s TED conference, it shows...
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What TED Talks Will Be Like When the Zombie Apocalypse Arrives
“In the wake of the zombie apocalypse, innovative ideas have become more important than ever. Watch and take note on how to survive the ‘human apocalypse’ in a special DED Talk presented by a zombie...
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A Crash Course in How Genomes are Sequenced
Everyone’s heard of DNA, genetics and genome sequencing, but you might not actually know exactly how scientists go about making it all happen. This TED Ed video explains, nicely and simply, how it...
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