Phenomenal photographer and co-founder of the “Day in the Life” series, Rick Smolan, shows TEDMED some of the most vivid scenes from his own life. Take a peek inside the personal world of one of humanity’s most perceptive observers.
Tag Archives: TEDMED 2011
Andrew Dawson: How do we know we’re moving?
Dawson, a choreographer and performance artist, portrays the experience of one man’s loss of proprioception, a sense of where our bodies are in space. How do we maintain humanness without a physical presence?
John Wynn: Don’t fight death too hard
An awareness of our own mortality can push us to strive and suceed socially, but at what cost? John Wynn’s illuminating talk, like Steve Job’s famed Stanford commencement speech, poses important questions about how we spend our precious time on earth.
Alexander Tsiaras: The body visual
If you could see inside your body, what would it tell you? The founder, along with Deepak Chopra, of The Visual MD showcases the virtual-reality website, which uses videos and detailed graphics to show diseases and treatment effects.
Bill Doyle: Zapping cancer cells with electric fields
A new approach to shrinking or slowing tumors, Tumor Treating Fields, uses electric fields to interrupt cancer cell division, with few or no side effects. Could this revolutionize cancer treatment?
Andrew Dawson: Beauty in motion, despite disability
Can we ever understand the experience of a person who has lost the use of his or her hand, let alone the ability to move most of her body? Dawson, a performance artist, choreographer and Feldenkrais movement therapist, makes us see.
Lance Armstrong: Why I went public with my cancer
After he was cleared of cancer, Lance Armstrong’s doctor presented him with the “obligation of the cured” — to help raise awareness of the disease and help those suffering from it. Lance, listened, and how. He tells oncologist David Agus how LIVESTRONG was born.
Ashley Dombkowski: We are family
Wouldn’t it be fun to find out you’re related to, say, Meryl Streep? Or Michael Jordan? Ashley Dombkowski of 23andMe talks about how genetic testing can reveal surprising family connections, and may change the way we think about our fellow humans.
Diana Nyad on drinking the Kool-Aid that is TEDMED
Our favorite extreme-dream endurance swimmer, inspiration, and all-around dynamo, Diana Nyad, wrote a wonderful piece for HuffPost about her talk at TEDMED 2011.
In it, she says:
I’ve been a public speaker for 35 years now but hit the Mt. Everest of conferences when I spoke for the TEDMED group this past October. The concept is 50 speakers — the most forward-thinking mavericks on our planet. Each one gets only 15 minutes. Each one is unique, powerful and leaves your mind significantly expanded.
Fun with fungi
For a bit of Friday fun, watch this film on the magic of mushrooms, which may play a role in understanding human consciousness and in sustaining our planet.This is the first in a collaboration of TED speaker Louie Schwartzberg of Blacklight films (Movingart.tv) and TEDMED 2011 speaker Paul Stamets of Fungi Perfecti (fungi.com). We’ll also be releasing the video of Stamets at TEDMED in the next few weeks. Enjoy!