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curated list 
September 19, 2015

Innovations that made expensive things cheap

This playlist, curated by TED, is courtesy of TED.com. It comprises 9 talks with a total running duration of about 1 hours and 23 minutes.

Talks in this playlist:

Shai Reshef: An ultra-low-cost college degree

Amos Winter: The cheap all-terrain wheelchair

David Lang: My underwater robot

Joshua Silver: Adjustable liquid-filled eyeglasses

Jane Chen: A warm embrace that saves lives

Michael McDaniel: Cheap, effective shelter for disaster relief

R.A. Mashelkar: Breakthrough designs for ultra-low-cost products

Manu Prakash: A 50-cent microscope that folds like origami

Krista Donaldson: The $80 prosthetic knee that’s changing lives

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Talks in this playlist

Amos Winter: The cheap all-terrain wheelchair

Amos Winter: The cheap all-terrain wheelchair

David Lang: My underwater robot

David Lang: My underwater robot

Jane Chen: A warm embrace that saves lives

Jane Chen: A warm embrace that saves lives

Shai Reshef: An ultra-low-cost college degree

Shai Reshef: An ultra-low-cost college degree

R.A. Mashelkar: Breakthrough designs for ultra-low-cost products

R.A. Mashelkar: Breakthrough designs for ultra-low-cost products

Michael McDaniel: Cheap, effective shelter for disaster relief

Michael McDaniel: Cheap, effective shelter for disaster relief

Manu Prakash: A 50-cent microscope that folds like origami

Manu Prakash: A 50-cent microscope that folds like origami

Krista Donaldson: The $80 prosthetic knee that’s changing lives

Krista Donaldson: The $80 prosthetic knee that’s changing lives

Joshua Silver: Adjustable liquid-filled eyeglasses

Joshua Silver: Adjustable liquid-filled eyeglasses

Other talks

  • Jon Gosier: The problem with “trickle-down techonomics”

    Jon Gosier: The problem with “trickle-down techonomics”

  • Lian Pin Koh: A drone’s-eye view of conservation

    Lian Pin Koh: A drone’s-eye view of conservation

  • Chris Burkard: The joy of surfing in ice-cold water

    Chris Burkard: The joy of surfing in ice-cold water

  • Alex Steffen: The route to a sustainable future

    Alex Steffen: The route to a sustainable future

  • Janine di Giovanni: What I saw in the war

    Janine di Giovanni: What I saw in the war

  • Carolyn Steel: How food shapes our cities

    Carolyn Steel: How food shapes our cities

  • Vikram Patel: Mental health for all by involving all

    Vikram Patel: Mental health for all by involving all

  • John Francis: Walk the earth … my 17-year vow of silence

    John Francis: Walk the earth … my 17-year vow of silence

  • Ben Saunders: To the South Pole and back — the hardest 105 days of my life

    Ben Saunders: To the South Pole and back — the hardest 105 days of my life

  • Lemon Andersen: Please don’t take my Air Jordans

    Lemon Andersen: Please don’t take my Air Jordans

  • Dean Ornish: Healing through diet

    Dean Ornish: Healing through diet

  • Dan Buettner: How to live to be 100+

    Dan Buettner: How to live to be 100+

  • Michel Laberge: How synchronized hammer strikes could generate nuclear fusion

    Michel Laberge: How synchronized hammer strikes could generate nuclear fusion

  • Yasheng Huang: Does democracy stifle economic growth?

    Yasheng Huang: Does democracy stifle economic growth?

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