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Procrastinating? We’ve got just the thing! The YTT have pulled together a series of TED Talks that they LOVE. Grab some popcorn and get comfy, because you’re about to get seriously inspired by these amazing engineering projects.
What is this TED talk about?
Debbie Sterling is an engineer and founder of GoldieBlox, a toy company out to inspire the next generation of female engineers. She has made it her mission in life to tackle the gender gap in science, technology, engineering and math.
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What is this TED talk about?
Computers are everywhere however rather than just a device, this TED talks show how computers represent an environment that can use digital information and provide tangible results.
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What is this TED talk about?
A prosthetic device for above-knee amputees which combines best-in-class technology with an affordable price tag for people of all incomes.
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What is this TED talk about?
This Ted talk is about how engineers, scientists and artists came to together to create a 3 story metal sphere called the AlloSphere. Arts, science and engineering all being molded into one great way to understand our universe. It allows us to see and hear things we were never able to comprehend before.
What’s awesome about it?
This TED talk allows to see, hear and truly study the human brain, artificial nature, multi-centre hydrogen bond, hydrogen atom and many more to come. This gives us the availability to widen our knowledge of many objects we could have never studied before. It takes you inside this object and truly allows you to understand it and build upon by recreating it in a larger size in the AlloSphere.
How did it inspire you?
It inspired me by allowing me to see how people in engineering are working together with many others to widen our knowledge of everything and anything. It opens up my mind to the fact that anything is possible and as we grow so does our ability to truly understand this universe and everything within it.
What surprised you?
What surprised me was that we are so far into understanding ourselves and everything around us. Such ground breaking research is being done around us every day and we know nothing of it. Our society needs to become more involved in furthering ourselves as well as honouring those who are advancing our knowledge every day.
Did you ever have an idea about developing something yourself that solves a problem in the world? Tell us all about it
I have never come up with a specific idea or product to aid in solving problems around the world but I do believe in the protection of our environment. Although I have never created anything myself I do try in my daily efforts to help protect our environment and solve our everyday issues.
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Procrastinating? We’ve got just the thing! The YTT have pulled together a series of TED Talks that they LOVE. Grab some popcorn and get comfy, because you’re about to get seriously inspired by these amazing engineering projects.
What is this TED talk about?
This TED Talk was about the creation of an extensive Rube Goldburg machine that was used in a viral music video.
What’s awesome about it?
It was great seeing the music video after Adam Sadowsky explained all the difficulties in making the machine because knowing just how hard it was to make that machine made it that much cooler seeing it in action.
How did it inspire you?
Seeing how much fun it was makes me realize that there are so many ways to enjoy yourself and be entertained without keeping your face glued to a screen. (Which is ironic because I had my face glued to the screen throughout that whole video)
What surprised you?
Even though Adam Sadowsky explained how complicated the machine was, I was still blown away at how extensive it was. While watching the machine work, I kept thinking about how hard so many people worked for so long, just for a few seconds of footage.
Did you ever have an idea about developing something yourself that solves a problem in the world? Tell us all about it
When I was young I thought about creating zip lines between high rises as fun and faster way to get from one to another. I used to try this out by tying up string across the house and making my barbies ride in baskets.
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Procrastinating? We’ve got just the thing! The YTT have pulled together a series of TED Talks that they LOVE. Grab some popcorn and get comfy, because you’re about to get seriously inspired by these amazing engineering projects.
What is this TED talk about?
This TED talk is about tissue engineering. Scientists and engineers have been able to harvest skin cells and force them back into the embryonic stem cell stage. They can then choose what type of tissue to create (e.g. brain, liver, heart) out of these stem cells. They can then test different drugs on the tissues. This could potentially be the future of medicine, where drugs could be engineered specifically to your DNA so that your healthcare is personalized and works perfectly for you with very few side effects.
What’s rad about it?
This tissue engineering is amazing because it offers the possibility of a future of personalized medicine, where drugs could be tested specifically with your DNA to see if they work for you. This would reduce the need for animal and human testing, would save a lot of money, and would ensure the best healthcare possible. It offers so much hope for the treatment of so many diseases! There’s also the “cool factor” of it…how cool is it that they can create living, functioning heart tissue that actually beats!?
How did it inspire you?
This video was so inspiring because it was just so cool! I never knew that engineers could do things like this. I’ve always had an interest in the human body/medicine, but this opened my eyes to a whole new revolutionary technology that has the potential to change the world! I’m inspired to learn more about the topic.
What surprised you?
I was surprised that it was an engineer who created this concept! My perception was that engineers build and develop things that help society in general (devices, bridges, transportation, etc) and that doctors develop new biological medical technology. It was fascinating to learn that engineers can create things like this!
Did you ever have an idea about developing something yourself that solves a problem in the world? Tell us all about it
I have absolutely no idea how I would do it, but I would love to develop something that helps cure cancer in a way that doesn’t affect the rest of the body, something that is a better alternative to chemotherapy. I heard about this one study where they were trying to kill cancer cells by injecting the tumor with a virus. I’d like to help develop something like that that could help so many people who are suffering.
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