Teens: Compare your stats with kids around the worldTED speaker Rick Smolan is asking students between the ages of 13 and 18 to become “Data Detectives” for a new project he’s unveiling today — and that he will talk about at TEDYouth this Saturday. By answering a 20-question online survey, teenagers will help build a data set that will let then compare themselves to […]
4 talks on making electronics funInstead of simply coloring with crayons, imagine a drawing session with special paper and pens that let you create light-up circuits out of doodles. Or instead of old-fashioned construction paper cut-outs, creating a pop-up book with working lights. In this talk from TEDYouth 2011, electrical engineer Leah Buechley describes how she and her team at […]
TEDYouth livestream on Saturday, Nov. 17TEDYouth livestreams! In English: http://new.livestream.com/tedyouth/en In Spanish: http://new.livestream.com/tedyouth/es In Arabic: http://new.livestream.com/tedyouth/ar On Saturday, Nov. 17, more than 20 speakers, performers and kids will take the stage at TEDYouth, a TED event for high school students. It happens 1-6pm Eastern in New York, and it’ll be livestreamed for free — and translated into Spanish and Arabic! […]
Meet 9 awesome TEDYouth teens, from a claymation animator to a speed stackerAt TEDYouth, music producer Young Guru will talk about the future of hip hop, Curiosity rover flight director Bobak Ferdowsi will explain how the heck he got a two ton machine to Mars and science writer Carl Zimmer will present his favorite parasite. But at this event — taking place on November 17 at the […]
