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TEDx connexions: Emma Bruns

Last year, Emma Bruns proved that if you have an interesting idea, it’s all you need to be on the TEDxAmsterdam stage. Only 22 at the time, Emma is a medical resident who charmed the audience not only with her stunning red dress, but also with

By Lieke Voermans on July 27, 2010 2 comments

VIDEO: Bjarke Ingels on Yes is More

TEDxAmsterdam: Bjarke Ingels from TEDxAmsterdam on Vimeo. Danish architect Bjarke Ingels is the principal of the architecture firm BIG, based in Copenhagen. An alumnus of Rem Koolhaas’  OMA practice, Ingels takes a similar approach: experimenting

By Monique van D… on December 31, 2009 1 comments

VIDEO: Kevin Kelly on what technology wants

TEDxAmsterdam: Kevin Kelly from TEDxAmsterdam on Vimeo. What does technology mean in our lives? That’s the question Kevin Kelly explored in his new talk. Kelly presented a new definition of technology: ‘anything useful invented by a mindR

By Monique van D… on December 30, 2009 6 comments

VIDEO: Wubbo Ockels on time and gravity

Prof. dr. Wubbo J. Ockels is a Dutch physicist, and also the Netherlands’ original astronaut. He is a Professor of Aerospace Sustainable Engineering and Technology at the University of Delft, and tries to stimulate a mentality change among Dut

By Monique van D… on December 29, 2009 21 comments

VIDEO: Merlijn Twaalfhoven on reconnecting art and life

TEDxAmsterdam: Merlijn Twaalfhoven from TEDxAmsterdam on Vimeo. Composer Merlijn Twaalfhoven is most known by the remarkable projects he creates, connecting styles, cultures but first of all people. Twaalfhovens intention is to bridge worlds of cont

By Monique van D… on December 28, 2009 7 comments

VIDEO: Tony DiSanto on telling stories in a digital age

TEDxAmsterdam: Tony DiSanto from TEDxAmsterdam on Vimeo. Tony DiSanto is President of Programming and Development at MTV in New York in the United States. In his TEDxAmsterdam talk he explores the way we tell stories in a digital age. DiSanto develo

By Monique van D… on December 23, 2009 0 comments

VIDEO: Karsu Dönmez sings and plays

TEDxAmsterdam: Karsu Donmez from TEDxAmsterdam on Vimeo. Karsu Dönmez (1990) is a pianist and singer from Amsterdam of Turkish descent. She is seen as a major talent in the field of jazz and is being called the Dutch Norah Jones. Young as she is, s

By Monique van D… on December 21, 2009 2 comments

VIDEO: Nico Baken on Holons and Holarchies

TEDxAmsterdam: Nico Baken from TEDxAmsterdam on Vimeo. “Holons and Holarchies, Complex Networks Unravelling the Origin of Knowledge and Culture“ was the title of the talk given by Prof Dr ir Nico Baken. In his talk, Baken explores the knowledge

By Monique van D… on December 21, 2009 0 comments

VIDEO: Robbert Dijkgraaf: The Unknown Universe

TEDxAmsterdam: Robbert Dijkgraaf from TEDxAmsterdam on Vimeo. We are in the middle of a golden era of exploration. Particle physicists are probing the smallest distances; cosmologists are looking at the very end of the universe. All are looking for

By Monique van D… on December 17, 2009 0 comments

VIDEO: Gary Carter, Learning to kiss

TEDxAmsterdam: Gary Carter from TEDxAmsterdam on Vimeo. Gary Carter is Chief Operating Officer of FremantleMedia, one of the largest independent entertainment brand companies in the world. His responsibilities include the management of the central

By Monique van D… on December 17, 2009 0 comments

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