Top 11 TED talks

Johnny Lee demos Wii Remote hacks | Video on TED.com

Johnny Lee: Creating tech marvels out of a $40 Wii Remote

Hans Rosling shows the best stats you've ever seen | Video on TED.com

Hans Rosling: Debunking third-world myths with the best stats you've ever seen

Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity | Video on TED.com

Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?

Jill Bolte Taylor's powerful stroke of insight | Video on TED.com

Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight

Stephen Hawking asks big questions about the universe | Video on TED.com

Stephen Hawking: Asking big questions about the universe

Cameron Sinclair on open-source architecture | Video on TED.com

Cameron Sinclair: TED Prize wish: Open-source architecture to house the world

Tony Robbins asks why we do what we do | Video on TED.com

Tony Robbins: Why we do what we do, and how we can do it better

Helen Fisher tells us why we love, cheat | Video on TED.com

Helen Fisher: The science of love, and the future of women

Matthieu Ricard on the habits of happiness | Video on TED.com

Matthieu Ricard: Habits of happiness

Rick Warren on a life of purpose | Video on TED.com

Rick Warren: Living a life of purpose

Dan Dennett's response to Rick Warren | Video on TED.com

Dan Dennett: A secular, scientific rebuttal to Rick Warren

Talks Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight

Jill Bolte Taylor's powerful stroke of insight | Video on TED.com

Talks Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight

Johnny Lee: Creating tech marvels out of a $40 Wii Remote

Johnny Lee demos Wii Remote hacks | Video on TED.com

Johnny Lee: Creating tech marvels out of a $40 Wii Remote

About this talk

Building sophisticated educational
tools out of cheap parts, Johnny Lee demos his cool Wii Remote hacks,
which turn the $40 video game controller into a digital whiteboard, a
touchscreen and a head-mounted 3-D viewer.

Lakshmi Pratury: The lost art of letter-writing

TED | Talks | Lakshmi Pratury: The lost art of letter-writing (video)

Lakshmi Pratury: The lost art of letter-writing

Dan Gilbert: Why are we happy? Why aren't we happy?

TED | Talks | Dan Gilbert: Why are we happy? Why aren't we happy? (video)

Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice

TED | Talks | Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice (video)

In a friendly, high-speed presentation, Will Wright demos his newest game, Spore, which promises to dazzle users even more than his previous masterpieces.

Performer and web toymaker Ze Frank delivers a hilarious nerdcore standup routine, then tells us what he’s seriously passionate about: helping people create and interact using simple, addictive web tools.

"83% percent of the world population lives in a scociety without independent press"

Belgrade-based journalist Sasa Vucinic explores the power of a free press to bolster democracy-building and shares his vision (since realized) for publicly traded securities that support independent media in developing countries.

Majora Carter is a visionary voice in city planning who views urban renewal through an environmental lens. The South Bronx native draws a direct connection between ecological, economic and social degradation. Hence her motto: "Green the ghetto!"

With her inspired ideas and fierce persistence, Carter managed to bring the South Bronx its first open-waterfront park in 60 years, Hunts Point Riverside Park. Then she scored $1.25 million in federal funds for a greenway along the South Bronx waterfront, bringing the neighborhood open space, pedestrian and bike paths, and space for mixed-use economic development.

Bill Strickland tells a quiet and astonishing tale of redemption through arts, music, and unlikely partnerships.

Richard St. John: Secrets of success in 8 words, 3 minutes