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[ Dance ]
Dancin Power
Can dance change lives? The organization Dancin Power proves that it can, and is helping to transform the lives of chronically ill children. Here are some of their incredible and uplifting stories!
7 minutes
[ Animals ]
Rewilding: What if We Had the Giants Back?
By Dr. Lynda
Have you heard much about “megafauna,” the other giants that roamed the earth after the dinosaurs. It turns out they can teach us a lot about rewilding, a process to recover balance in the natural world.
6 minutes
So, You Want to Start a New Country?
You know how some people have the hubris to think you can just start up your own country? We get some very entertaining AND interesting insight today on why that might be a little more complicated than you think!
10 minutes
[ Art ]
Simple Wonders with Brock Davis’s Photography
By Dr. Lynda
There are special people who can take us on a brilliant, little journey by exploring the very essence of things. Take a look at what can be done with food sculpture, photography, and a side order of humor.
19 minutes
[ Business ]
Can Advertising, at it’s Best, Actually “Expand” Us?
By Dr. Lynda
Every time I see a advertisement that engages, entertains, and expands me in some way I want to track down the creator and shake their hand! Why interrupt and annoy us with advertising schemes, when creativity is so powerful?
18 minutes
[ Conservation & Sustainability ]
One Teenager, Changing the World for Many
By Dr. Lynda
At age 14, Easton LaChappelle met a 7 year old girl who had a prosthetic arm. The limb could only open and close, and yet it cost $80,000. He thought he could do better, and do it for under $1,000. He set to work in his bedroom, and later the family garage.
15 minutes
[ Design ]
Fun Theory
By Dr. Lynda
Check out an initiative called “Fun Theory”, where engineering and good design is inspiring us to make MUCH better choices!
10 minutes
[ Conservation & Sustainability ]
Brilliant: Plastic Bottle Schools!
By Dr. Lynda
Innovation at its best may be when someone takes something we have a lot of and transforms it sustainably into something we need that is scarce. Take a look at this wonder!
38 minutes
[ Happiness & Hope ]
Nurturing Our Playful Impulse
By Dr. Lynda
Have you ever wished you worked in one of those innovative ‘think tank’ environments? Turns out that play is critical to the human experience. Forward this posting to your boss!
6 minutes
[ Animals ]
One Kind of Compassion: Dog Retirement Home
By Dr. Lynda
Human beings seem to be hard-wired for compassion, despite what the negative 24-hour news cycle tells us. Take a look!
17 minutes
[ Conservation & Sustainability ]
Kimberly Bryant: Black Girls Code
By Dr. Lynda
Who do you picture when you think of a computer programmer, game designer, IT professional? Not a woman of color? Let Kimberly Bryant inspire you!
20 minutes
[ Design ]
99% Invisible
A podcast can soak into the fiber of our being so quietly and comfortably. Without images to dominate the pace and color the meaning of information, we are free to use our own imaginations and experiences to shape what we retain.
14 minutes
[ Animals ]
Rats Becoming Our Heroes?
By Dr. Lynda
What potential are we missing by ignoring the “untouchable” things? Let’s start with the amazing abilities of rats to save millions of lives! Really!
10 minutes
[ Curators' Best ]
Lucky Iron Fish: Simply Brilliant
By Dr. Lynda
How lucky can an iron fish be? It’s not just a charming cultural icon anymore! This is amazing!
8 minutes
[ Business ]
Teaching the Homeless to Code
By Dr. Lynda
Could knowing how to code change your life? Think not?… Take a look at the possibilities! What about teaching the homeless to code? This one is amazing.
14 minutes
[ Design ]
Self-Organizing Robots
By Dr. Lynda
Self-Organizing robots! Can robots have “Selves”? It’s a curious concept when you stop to think about it, but the important thing is what amazing things they can do! Take a look at our future!
6 minutes
[ Art ]
When Art, Science and Sport Combine…
By Dr. Chuck
Once in a great while, we come across the work of an innovator that crosses over many genres. No matter your passion – science, art, sports, philosophy, photography, dance – you will find this extraordinary innovator’s work is mind-bending.
14 minutes
[ Art ]
Fun With Levitation: A Do-It-Yourself Guide
By Dr. Lynda
Levitation. Think it’s possible? Today we look at Tokyo artist Haryashi Natsumi’s incredible levitation photography work on top of some of our own, as well as a quick “how-to” video so you can join in the fun when we challenge you to share your own wonderful photography technique that anyone can do with a friend anywhere.
12 minutes
[ Design ]
How Tall Can We Build Our Tallest Skyscrapers?
By Dr. Lynda
From the ancient Egyptian pyramids to the World Trade Center towers, these have all been the biggest structures on Earth. So… how far can we go?
13 minutes
[ Innovation ]
Donate Your Voice: VoiceID Technology as Unique as Fingerprints
By Dr. Lynda
Imagine not having a voice, or sharing the same computer generated voice as Stephen Hawking? Can’t we do better? In her TEDtalk, Rupal Patel thinks we can.
20 minutes
Empowering Homeless People: One Stitch at a Time
By Dr. Lynda
Detroit resident Veronika Scott grew up in a broken home… and grew determined to end the sadness of the needy and homeless. Hear about her organization, The Empowerment Plan, as well as her coat/sleeping bag invention, in today’s feature.
