Looking for great TED Talks about Innovation?

Here are some of our favorite TED Talks celebrating the innovations and thought leaders reshaping what’s possible. Around the world, people are developing incredible innovations these are some of the ones we suggest you check out!

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The Best Way to Improve the World Around Us

14 minutes

[ Business ]

By Dr. Lynda

Here is a TED Talk that could be a prescription for solving many of the world's most vexing problems! What if we emulated some of the quirkier characteristics of the most original thinkers and idea people?
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Turning Apples into Ears: Creativity in the Lab

20 minutes

[ Art ]

By Liesl Ulrich-Verderber

What if we let creativity and play mix with science? Here's a lab that is doing just that, and in doing so coming up with incredible discoveries, like the ability to turn apples into ears...
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The Playful History of Innovation

9 minutes

[ Design ]

By Liesl Ulrich-Verderber

How is the flute the great-grandfather of the computer? Here's a look at the playful history of innovation to give you a little perspective for the future!
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Image: People looking through paper microscopes

How Paper Tools will Change the World

14 minutes

[ Conspiracy of Goodness ]

By Liesl Ulrich-Verderber

When it comes to innovations that will change the world, shouldn't we consider how many hands will have access to them? Check out this brilliant TED Talk from Manu Prakash, one of the remarkable brains behind the paper technologies of the future that will revolutionize how we think about science!
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The Magic of the Washing Machine

11 minutes

[ Conservation & Sustainability ]

By Liesl Ulrich-Verderber

After seeing this TED Talk you will never look at your washing machine in the same way again! It's time we celebrated this amazing technology!
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Image: Close-up photo of algae

Sustainable Energy from Algae and Much More!

17 minutes

[ Conservation & Sustainability ]

By Dr. Lynda

As we argue about the future of our fuel sources, we may be swimming right past the answer! Algae can produce Sustainable Energy and much more!
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Solving Old Problems by Studying New Species

14 minutes

[ Animals ]

By Liesl Ulrich-Verderber

How can studying new species lead to a brighter future? Here's a great reminder that inspiration is all around us, we just have to search for connections!
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Image: Slender spartan sculpture of a woman standing a remote shallow water

Omniprocessor: Tap Water from Our Toilets?

15 minutes

[ Conservation & Sustainability ]

By Bob Gorman

Have you heard about a brilliant innovation - the Omniprocessor - that may change the lives of billions of people, in fact all of us eventually? This is "the challenge of progress" at it's messy best!
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Image: A humanoid robot playing ping pong

ISAAW: Unbelievable Robots!

18 minutes

[ Education Enrichment ]

By Dr. Lynda

Do you have any robots in your life yet? Maybe at your workplace? How about in your home? If not now, you soon will! While pop culture makes that future seem dark, there is actually so much wonder in what's going on right now! Take a look...
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