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curated list 
August 28, 2015

Toys!

This playlist, curated by TED, is courtesy of TED.com. It comprises 12 talks with a total running duration of about 2 hours and 09 minutes.

Talks in this playlist:

Caleb Chung: Playtime with Pleo, your robotic dinosaur friend

Jon Mooallem: How the teddy bear taught us compassion

Jay Silver: Hack a banana, make a keyboard!

Brenda Romero: Gaming for understanding

Paola Antonelli: Why I brought Pac-Man to MoMA

Arvind Gupta: Turning trash into toys for learning

David Merrill: Toy tiles that talk to each other

Ayah Bdeir: Building blocks that blink, beep and teach

Saul Griffith: High-altitude wind energy from kites!

McKenna Pope: Want to be an activist? Start with your toys

Hillel Cooperman: Legos for grownups

BLACK: My journey to yo-yo mastery

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Talks in this playlist

Arvind Gupta: Turning trash into toys for learning

Arvind Gupta: Turning trash into toys for learning

Ayah Bdeir: Building blocks that blink, beep and teach

Ayah Bdeir: Building blocks that blink, beep and teach

BLACK: My journey to yo-yo mastery

BLACK: My journey to yo-yo mastery

Brenda Romero: Gaming for understanding

Brenda Romero: Gaming for understanding

Caleb Chung: Playtime with Pleo, your robotic dinosaur friend

Caleb Chung: Playtime with Pleo, your robotic dinosaur friend

David Merrill: Toy tiles that talk to each other

David Merrill: Toy tiles that talk to each other

Hillel Cooperman: Legos for grownups

Hillel Cooperman: Legos for grownups

Jay Silver: Hack a banana, make a keyboard!

Jay Silver: Hack a banana, make a keyboard!

Jon Mooallem: How the teddy bear taught us compassion

Jon Mooallem: How the teddy bear taught us compassion

McKenna Pope: Want to be an activist? Start with your toys

McKenna Pope: Want to be an activist? Start with your toys

Paola Antonelli: Why I brought Pac-Man to MoMA

Paola Antonelli: Why I brought Pac-Man to MoMA

Saul Griffith: High-altitude wind energy from kites!

Saul Griffith: High-altitude wind energy from kites!

Other talks

  • Cameron Russell: Looks aren’t everything. Believe me, I’m a model.

    Cameron Russell: Looks aren’t everything. Believe me, I’m a model.

  • Daniel Suarez: The kill decision shouldn’t belong to a robot

    Daniel Suarez: The kill decision shouldn’t belong to a robot

  • Omar Ahmad: Political change with pen and paper

    Omar Ahmad: Political change with pen and paper

  • Tom Wujec: Learn to use the 13th-century astrolabe

    Tom Wujec: Learn to use the 13th-century astrolabe

  • John Searle: Our shared condition — consciousness

    John Searle: Our shared condition — consciousness

  • Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story

  • Tim Berners-Lee: The next web

    Tim Berners-Lee: The next web

  • Ken Robinson: How schools kill creativity

    Ken Robinson: How schools kill creativity

  • Kristen Ashburn: The face of AIDS in Africa

    Kristen Ashburn: The face of AIDS in Africa

  • Stewart Brand: 4 environmental ‘heresies’

    Stewart Brand: 4 environmental ‘heresies’

  • Alison Jackson: An unusual glimpse at celebrity

    Alison Jackson: An unusual glimpse at celebrity

  • Rodney Brooks: Why we will rely on robots

    Rodney Brooks: Why we will rely on robots

  • Jimmy Carter: Why I believe the mistreatment of women is the number one human rights abuse 

    Jimmy Carter: Why I believe the mistreatment of women is the number one human rights abuse 

  • Barat Ali Batoor: My desperate journey with a human smuggler

    Barat Ali Batoor: My desperate journey with a human smuggler

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    Sugata Mitra’s 5 favorite education talks

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    Isaac Mizrahi: Talks that are in fashion

  • Mikko Hypponen: 9 talks on tech … and fish

    Mikko Hypponen: 9 talks on tech … and fish

  • Damon Lindelof: 5 talks I sent to friends

    Damon Lindelof: 5 talks I sent to friends

  • Glenn Close: The talks that moved me

    Glenn Close: The talks that moved me

  • Stefan Sagmeister: My all-time favorites

    Stefan Sagmeister: My all-time favorites

  • Wang Lifen: 5 highly quotable talks

    Wang Lifen: 5 highly quotable talks

  • Ken Robinson: 10 talks on education

    Ken Robinson: 10 talks on education

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto: On music and more

    Ryuichi Sakamoto: On music and more

  • Björk: 6 talks that are music to my ears

    Björk: 6 talks that are music to my ears

  • Steve Case: 10 unforgettable talks

    Steve Case: 10 unforgettable talks

  • Andrew Bastawrous’s playlist

    Andrew Bastawrous’s playlist

  • Robert Simpson’s playlist

    Robert Simpson’s playlist

  • Bono: 8 talks that give me hope

    Bono: 8 talks that give me hope

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