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How simple ideas lead to scientific discoveries

Adults Creativity
Adam Savage walks through two spectacular examples of profound scientific discoveries that came from simple, creative methods anyone could have followed -- Eratosthenes' calculation of the Earth's circumference around 200 BC and Hippolyte Fizeau's measurement of the speed of light in 1849.

Superman With a GoPro

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Fly with Superman featuring GoPro.

Walking Contest

Adults Creativity
Walking is a competitive sport, taking place inside your head and your head only. This video "Walking Contest" is a dramatization of an unspoken sidewalk struggle.

Gift - Singapore Drama Short Film

Adults Creativity
A son confronts the resentment towards his father only to realize his true intentions.

Beatbox brilliance: Tom Thum at TEDxSydney

Adults Creativity
Tom Thum: Armed with just a microphone, Thum pushes the limits of the human voice to create incredible soundtracks of impossible beats and phenomenal sounds, with scratched vinyl, the Michael Jackson back-catalogue, the didgeridoo and an entire fifties jazz band amongst his vocal repertoire.

Yellow (Cover) - Coldplay

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YouTuber Austin Criswell shares his golden voice with the world with a cover of "Yellow" by Coldplay. Truly awesome.

Can You Solve This?

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How do you investigate hypotheses? Do you seek to confirm your theory - looking for white swans? Or do you try to find black swans? I was startled at how hard it was for people to investigate number sets that didn't follow their hypotheses, even when their method wasn't getting them anywhere.

Fresh Guacamole by PES

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The 2013 Academy Award Nominated film by PES. Fresh Guacamole is the shortest film ever nominated for an Oscar.

Amazing piano performance

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Little boy's amazing piano performance is inspirational

Amazing Performance by man drumming on buckets

Adults Creativity
When you think of a street performer playing drums on a bucket, you'd expect to be dealing with some kind of charity case. Instead, this guy plays better on buckets that a lot of professional drummers play in bands! Watch the video to witness some mind blowing skill.

Athletes Jump Rope - Rope Skipping for Speed

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Meet the king of jump ropes: Buddy Lee!

Ryan Holladay: To hear this music you have to be there. Literally

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The music industry has sometimes struggled to find its feet in the digital world. In this lovely talk, TED Fellow Ryan Holladay tells us why he is experimenting with what he describes as "location-aware music." This programming and musical feat involves hundreds of geotagged segments of sounds that only play when a listener is physically nearby.

Get Every Last Bit Out Of Bottles Of Lotion, Mayo, And Even Glue

Adults Creativity
Watch never-before-seen videos of an MIT-developed lubricant called LiquiGlide that makes anything--syrup, ketchup, paint--slide right out of the bottle so you don't waste a drop. The applications start in the kitchen, but they extend into almost every industry. More Videos

Finger Tutting?

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The King of Fingers is BACK again! Now Crazier then Ever!

Life Size Lego Car Powered by Air

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The Super Awesome Micro Project: A full sized Lego car, with an engine made from Lego that runs on air.

Midday Traffic Time Collapsed and Reorganized by Color

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The source footage for this video is a 4-minute shot from the Washington Street bridge. The aim is to reveal the color palette and color preferences of contemporary San Diego drivers in addition to traffic patterns and volumes. There are no CG elements, these are all real cars that have been removed from one sample and reorganized.

WestJet Christmas Miracle: real-time giving

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Thanks to a team of merry WestJetters and the power of technology, we've learned that miracles really do happen.

This Guy Is The God Of Dealing Cards

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Eliot Slevin shows off his awesome card tricks. His friends probably yell at him all the time, "Damn it, Eliot! Just deal the cards!"

Cut onion without crying

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Jack Scalfani shows you the secret to cutting an onion without crying.

How To Peel A Banana Like A Monkey

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I'm posting this video in the hopes that it will help other people discover the joys of peeling a banana. I had never known about this method before a friend showed me.

Little Drummer Boy

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Pentatonix's A Capella Cover Of "Little Drummer Boy" Will Get You In The Holiday Spirit.