{"id":13717,"date":"2010-11-23T19:23:14","date_gmt":"2010-11-23T17:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=13717"},"modified":"2017-09-05T22:40:46","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T20:40:46","slug":"20-must-see-ted-videos-for-computer-science-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/11\/23\/20-must-see-ted-videos-for-computer-science-people\/","title":{"rendered":"20 must see TED videos for Computer Science people"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mastersincomputerscience.com\/\">Masters in Computer Science<\/a> collected and described <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mastersincomputerscience.com\/20-must-see-ted-speeches-for-computer-scientists\/\">20 must see TED videos for Computer Scientists<\/a>. \u00a0I \u00a0previously saw some of these, but it&#8217;s nice to have them all handy in one place. \u00a0If you prefer TED&#8217;s video player, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mastersincomputerscience.com\/20-must-see-ted-speeches-for-computer-scientists\/\">click through<\/a> to get the list. \u00a0I personally like YouTube better. \u00a0So I collected <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/view_play_list?p=1F2FED49D6BCE12C\">all these videos into a public playlist<\/a>, which you can watch, bookmark, and share.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EF692dBzWAs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent&#038;listType=playlist&#038;list=PL1F2FED49D6BCE12C\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Contents:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>George Dyson: The birth of the computer<\/li>\n<li>Kwabena Boahen: Making a computer that works like the brain<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Han: Unveiling the genius of multi-touch interface design<\/li>\n<li>Paul Debevec animates a photo-real digital face<\/li>\n<li>Stephen Wolfram: Computing a theory of everything<\/li>\n<li>Dennis Hong: My 7 species of robot<\/li>\n<li>Gary Flake: is Pivot a turning point for web exploration?<\/li>\n<li>Margaret Wertheim: The beautiful math of coral (and crochet)<\/li>\n<li>Lalitesh Kattragadda: Making maps to fight disaster, build economies<\/li>\n<li>Henry Markram: Supercomputing the brain&#8217;s secrets<\/li>\n<li>David Hanson: Robots that &#8220;show emotion&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>JoAnn Kuchera-Morin: Tour the AlloSphere, a stunning new way to see scientific data<\/li>\n<li>Paul Rothemund: The astonishing promise of DNA folding<\/li>\n<li>Torsten Reil: Using biology to make better animation<\/li>\n<li>David Merrill: Siftables, the toy blocks that think<\/li>\n<li>Alan Kay: A powerful idea about teaching ideas<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Hawkins: Brain science is about to fundamentally change computing<\/li>\n<li>Peter Hirshberg: The Web and TV, a sibling rivalry<\/li>\n<li>Blaise Aguera y Arcas: Jaw-dropping Photosynth demo<\/li>\n<li>Tim Berners-Lee: The year open data went worldwide<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Masters in Computer Science collected and described 20 must see TED videos for Computer Scientists. \u00a0I \u00a0previously saw some of these, but it&#8217;s nice to have them all handy in one place. \u00a0If you prefer TED&#8217;s video player, click through to get the list. \u00a0I personally like YouTube better. \u00a0So I collected all these videos &hellip; 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