Competitive/Collaborative Programming Class

TED Talks

TED Talks are a wonderful opportunity to get a brief glimpse into a topic. I wish I made time to watch one every day.

• Computing
  • A brief history of chess
  • Why is algebra so hard? The answer is surprisingly simple
  • What would happen if we upload our brains to computers?
  • Meet the inventor of the electronic spreadsheet
  • How computer memory works
  • How do hard drives work?
  • The future of flying robots
  • A brain in a supercomputer
• Math
  • The magic of Fibonacci numbers
  • A performance of "Mathemagic"
  • Teach statistics before calculus!
  • Meet the inventor of the electronic spreadsheet
  • Math Class Needs a Makeover
  • What's an algorithm?
  • Why do competitors open their stores next to one another?
  • Let my dataset change your mindset
  • What's the difference between accuracy and precision?
  • Math is the Hidden Secret to Understanding the World
  • The mathematical secrets of Pascal's triangle
• Drones
  • The astounding athletic power of quadcopters
  • Meet the dazzling flying machines of the future
  • The future of flying robots
  • Quadcopters join the circus, in this magical video from Raff D’Andrea and Cirque du Soleil
• Misc
  • The surprising habits of original thinkers
  • Are you a giver or a taker?
  • Teachers need real feedback
  • Teach teachers how to create magic
  • Two nerdy obsessions meet — and it's magic
  • How to speak so that people want to listen
  • Playing "Pink Noise" on guitar
  • Do schools kill creativity?
  • How Arduino is open-sourcing imagination
  • Cheap, effective shelter for disaster relief
  • Why dieting doesn't usually work
  • The art of puzzles
  • How great leaders inspire action
  • Inside the mind of a master procrastinator