Computers and code are terribly behind inunderstanding real 3D space. We need to be able to xercise six degrees of freedom to navigate in the 3D space. G-speak allows John to do exactly that. He demonstrates the Minority Report dream: Equipped with 3 screens, a table top screen, gloves and tracing cameras, John navigates through a large data set, flies through strings of images, collaborated with two team member to pull apart a 3-dimensional object, zips through old movies and extracts individual moving cast members unto a table, producing a strange mix of animated people out of various movies …

Everyone attending TED Active was invited to propose a TED speech, we are looking at the results right now. It is true, everyone is amazingly smart. Sebastion breaks down patterns of a successful TED speech, from frequently used sentences to best colors to wear (vibrant blue). Talks about Pecha Kucha, about the parallels between dolphins and children and the respect for a young creative mind, about love and happiness, and about what happens when you set up a fake World Trade Organization website (the Yes Men). What the world need now it that level …

Suspended animation: The ability of animals to slow down vital processes to almost no vital actions at all and remain in this state until processes are evoked to return to normal vital functionality. In humans we have seen suspended animation when hit with extreme cold. Life processes in individuals have slowed down to undetectable pulse and heart beat and have come back to life when brought into the warm. But we cannot actively reduce our metabolic rate to below base rate. Is there a way to evoke suspended animation? Hydrogen sulfide. It is found in the human …

Ted fellow Rachel Armstrong: We are currently focusing our efforts on designing zero-emission self-sustainable buildings. But we forget that building in the first place has a negative effect on the environment in the first place. The answer lies in protocells. With this chemical process, i.e. a paint can be applied to a building, that will grow the building's lime stone shell.

We are in a moment in time where science is on the verge of truly preventing infectious diseases around the world and end suffering. The power of vaccines is like a whisper, they eliminated small pocks, polio, etc. by pre-training one's own immune system (antibodies) to recognize and defeat specific viruses much faster than if left untrained. But viruses mutate, and each new mutation needs it's own vaccination. Is there a vaccine against HIV? HIV is one of the most mutating viruses, and developing one vaccine against this virus has not yet been accomplished, though it is possible. …

Navigate the web as it is actually meant to be navigated, not from page to page, but from information/interest to interest. Instead of being trapped in data, we can actually extract the knowledge we are seeking. Pivot.

The idea of computation. Mathematica7 visualizes computation processes. Like simple algorithms that create structural patterns. But upon writing an algorithm that generated an arbitrary shape, Wolfram had to invent a new type of science. One "killer app" of this is WolphramAlpha. A computation system to answer questions, changing the way of delivering computated things. The Wolfram Demonstration Project is a free resource of visualizations of physics. But what Steven Wolfram is really trying to do is find a hole in existing physics.

Andrew Bird plucks his violin... he whistles... he hits a few keys on the xylophone, he plays the violin. As he does a new thing, the previous sound continues as a just created sound loop. Then he plays more violin, and sings. What the world always needs is music.

We invent. Nathan invents technology, for fun, for profit, for humanity. Examples include a small container that can eliminate vaccination spoilage (since vaccinations need to be kept cold, in hotter developing counties, vaccines frequently spoil), that keeps content cool for six months, using less than 0.5 Watts. A big global problem is malaria. 27 people will die of Malaria while Nathan is speaking. Nathan is prototyping three devices for early diagnosis, and they also developed the first malaria super computer, monitoring spread of Malaria, mosquito population, and seasonality. The goal is to stop mosquitoes from flying by shooting …