ted.com is amazing. AMAZING. Go check it out.
Lecture picks:
Blaise Aguera y Arcas demonstrates Photosynth This is so amazing that the crowd gasps and give Blaise a standing ovation after his talk. He demonstrates new software that is able to create three-dimensional models of known landmarks by compiling many photos. These aren't professional high-resolution images either - these are images compiled from a flickr search. The size of the data isn't an issue in this program. The model is infinitely scaleable, and each photo used in the compilation is tagged with its location on the model.
Eva Vertes on the future of science I haven't seen this yet but it sounds fascinating. Eva Vertes was 19 when she delivered this lecture, and had already been involved in discovering a potential cure for Alzheimers. She is now investigating cancer. She's described as approaching medicine "like a designer" - questioning the given and proposing very creative potential solutions to the problems of these two diseases.
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