Creatures on the beach: Theo Jansen on TED Dutch sculptor Theo Jansen shares the story of his “Strandbeests,” eerily lifelike kinetic sculptures that he has built from plastic tubes, old lemonade bottles and plastic ties. He hopes that these artificial life forms, as he calls them, will one day survive on their own, crawling the beaches of Holland. (Recorded March 2007 in Monterey, California. Duration: 8:25.) Watch Theo Jansen’s talk on TED.com, where you can download it, rate it, comment on it and find other talks and performances. Read more about Theo Jansen on TED.com. NEW: Read the transcript >> I would like to tell you about a project which I started about 16 years ago, and it’s about making new forms of life, and these are made of this kind of tube: (points to construction of conduit tubing) electricity tube, we call it in Holland, and we can start a film about that and we can see a little bit backwards in time. (Narration:) Eventually these beasts are going to live in herds on the beaches. (walking animal “Animaris Ondula”)
The 20 most-watched TED Talks as of August 2012 TEDTalks The 20 most-watched TEDTalks (so far) Today, on the fifth birthday of TEDTalks video, we’re releasing a new list of the 20 most-watched TEDTalks over the past five years — as watched on all the platforms we track: TED.com, YouTube, iTunes, embed and download, Hulu and more … What a great, mixed-up group this is! Playlist The 20 most popular TED Talks, as of December 2013 UPDATED: To see all these talks at one click, check out our updated Playlist: The 20 Most Popular Talks of All Time.
100 Websites You Should Know and Use (updated!) In the spring of 2007, Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH, gave a legendary TED University talk: an ultra-fast-moving ride through the “100 websites you should know and use.” Six years later, it remains one of the most viewed TED blog posts ever. Time for an update? We think so. Below, the 2013 edition of the 100 websites to put on your radar and in your browser. To see the original list, click here. And now, the original list from 2007, created by Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH.