Paul MacCready — aircraft designer, environmentalist, and lifelong lover of flight — talks about his long career. After his record-breaking work on human-powered aircraft in the 1970s, with the Gossamer… Read more »
Another interesting talk on the brain. This one is by Vilayanur Ramachandran, Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition and Professor with the Psychology Department and Neurosciences Program at… Read more »
This is a video worth watching. Such an eloquent speaker. Other talks on TED (ideas worth spreading) are interesting too. Note: for some reason the video doesn’t play in the… Read more »
President Pratibha Patil has been given an embarrassing reception in Brazil and Mexico. In Mexico, her appearance at the Senate was cancelled and in Brazil, she had a 15-member audience…. Read more »