Can Recycling Prevent Malaria? - Wangari Maathai

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Motherboard Meets the Atomic Trucker - Part 1

06/29/2009 - 12:53pm

SEE MORE ON VBS TV: www.vbs.tv John Coster-Mullen takes a break from trucking to build his own nuke. John Coster-Mullen drives a truck for a living and reverse-engineers America's early nuclear weapons in his spare time. Last year he published a book on how to build your own atom bomb. SEE MORE ON DELL LOUNGE: www.delllounge.com

Hi-Shredability - North by New York

06/25/2009 - 1:26pm

Watch more surf videos on VBS.TV www.vbs.tv Brad Gerlach and Chris Christensen take their bikes up the craggy New England coast on a hunt for surf and partake in the Northeastern tradition of making a crackhead rap for the camera. Watch more surf videos on VBS TV

Motherboard Meets The Electrophobes

06/24/2009 - 5:03pm

SEE MORE ON VBS TV: www.vbs.tv Electromagnetic Hyper-Sensitivity is the umbrella term for a host of weird medical conditions supposedly brought on by an allergy to the electric fields emitted by all the electronic gadgets and dealies we surround ourselves with. A lot of doctors think that it's bullshit, but a lot of EHS sufferers think that they're bullshit. We think... well, we're really not sure what we think. So we went to Britain to chat up a couple of doctors on different sides of the ...

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06/24/2009 - 4:56pm

SERIES STARTS ON VBS TV: 6/29 Despite the fact that even Pakistan has worked out how to make their own nukes by this point, the blueprints for America's first atomic bombs remain a closely guarded state secret, available only to high-ranking officials in the Department of Energy. At least they were until a truck driver from Waukesha, Wisconsin figured them out on his own and built an exact replica of the bomb that leveled Hiroshima in his garage. Working from old photos and the recollections ...

Stelarc: The Man with Three Ears

06/16/2009 - 1:59pm

WATCH THE REST ON VBS TV www.vbs.tv Stelarc is not interested in explaining what he is. On this edition of Motherboard, VBS meets Stelarc, a Greek weirdo who lives in Australia and has been screwing with his body in the furtherance of art, technology, and cyborg rights.

Arthur Benjamin's formula for changing math education

06/29/2009 - 9:18am

www.ted.com Someone always asks the math teacher, "Am I going to use calculus in real life?" And for most of us, says Arthur Benjamin, the answer is no. He offers a bold proposal on how to make math education relevant in the digital age.tedtalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck ...

Ray Zahab treks to the South Pole

06/26/2009 - 9:11am

www.ted.com Extreme runner Ray Zahab shares an enthusiastic account of his record-breaking trek on foot to the South Pole -- a 33-day sprint through the snow.tedtalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on ...

Katherine Fulton: You are the future of philanthropy

06/26/2009 - 9:06am

www.ted.com In this uplifting talk, Katherine Fulton sketches the new future of philanthropy -- one where collaboration and innovation allow regular people to do big things, even when money is scarce. Giving five practical examples of crowd-driven philanthropy, she calls for a new generation of citizen leaders.tedtalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes ...

Paul Collier's new rules for rebuilding a broken nation

06/24/2009 - 9:41am

www.ted.com Long conflict can wreck a country, leaving behind poverty and chaos. But what's the right way to help war-torn countries rebuild? At TED@State, Paul Collier explains the problems with current post-conflict aid plans, and suggests 3 ideas for a better approach.tedtalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore ...

Philip Zimbardo prescribes a healthy take on time

06/22/2009 - 9:28am

www.ted.com Psychologist Philip Zimbardo says happiness and success are rooted in a trait most of us disregard the way we orient toward the past, present and future. He suggests we calibrate our outlook on time as a first step to improving our lives.tedtalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change ...

Can Recycling Prevent Malaria? - Wangari Maathai

06/29/2009 - 5:10pm

Complete video at: fora.tv Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai argues that a community-based approach may succeed in reducing waste while also curbing the spread of malaria. She explains that mosquitoes often breed in pools formed in litter and, if Africans began reusing plastic, they could destroy many malaria breeding grounds. ----- Wangari Muta Maathai is the founder of the Green Belt Movement, which, through networks of rural women, has planted over 30 million trees across Kenya since 1977 ...

Bill Gates Sr. Calls for Competition in Public K-12

06/29/2009 - 3:21pm

Complete video at: fora.tv Bill Gates, Sr. calls for more competition in the US public school system. Gates says, "We have very low expectations of our public education system...if we set our expectations higher, we would perform at a higher level." ----- "To me, global poverty is a humanitarian issue. People are dying, and we can save them - and that ought to be enough." These words from the senior Bill Gates illustrate his commitment to "showing up" for his life and improving the lives of ...

How to House 8 Billion People - Paul Romer

06/29/2009 - 1:27pm

Complete video at: fora.tv Economist Paul Romer speculates how much land it would take to house 8 billion people or more. He says finding the land is easy, the challenge "will be to rethink things we've taken for granted, about rules and how rules change." ----- This talk was the first in a series of public discussions of an idea that Paul Romer has been working on for two years. His economic theory of history explains phenomena such as the constant improvement of the human standard of ...

Could Energy Policy Solve the Economic Crisis?

06/29/2009 - 11:57am

Complete video at: fora.tv David Goldstein of the Natural Resources Defense Council argues that the root cause of the economic crisis is "directly related to bad energy efficiency policy." Goldstein calls for fixing energy efficiency in order to stifle inflation, boost the savings rate, and create jobs. ----- David Goldstein of the Natural Resources Defense Council takes a look at the energy use of new appliances like refrigerators compared to the continued energy inefficiency of suvs ...

Beer - The Right Way to Pour and Taste

06/26/2009 - 6:55pm

Complete video at: fora.tv Dave mclean, owner and brewmaster of San Francisco's Magnolia Pub and Brewery, gives a craftsman's take on the proper way to enjoy a beer. "We usually mindlessly open our beers and pour them, and don't think too much about it," he says. ----- Most of the time when we order up some beers, we're just happy to put that life-giving elixir into our bellies, especially after a rough work week. But it isn't often that we actually consider how the delicious beer is created ...

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