Showing posts with label TED talk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TED talk. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

The MacGyver of Africa !

At 14, young William Kamkwamba built an electricity-producing windmill from found materials and scrapyard parts such as a broken bicycle, tractor fan, melted plastic pipes, bamboo and used copper wires, working from rough plans he found in a library book.

Enjoy his story on his blog with a short movie awarded at Pangea day

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity

Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we're educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence.


Et si il reste quelque chose apres l'ecole, t'as l'ESA ensuite pour agoniser !

Dan Gilbert asks, Why are we happy?

Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our "psychological immune system" lets us feel truly happy even when things don’t go as planned.

Matthieu Ricard on the habits of happiness

What is happiness, and how can we all get some? Biochemist turned Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard says we can train our minds in habits of well-being, to generate a true sense of serenity and fulfillment.