As COVID-19 spread, BioNTech cofounders Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci had one goal: to make a safe, effective vaccine faster than ever before. In this illuminating conversation with head of TED Chris Anderson, the immunologists (and married couple) share the fascinating story of how their decades of mRNA research powered the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine — and…
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Supasorn Suwajanakorn: Fake videos of real people — and how to spot them
Supasorn Suwajanakorn works on ways to reconstruct, preserve and reanimate anyone — just from their existing photos and videos. Why you should listen to him? Do you think you’re good at spotting fake videos, where famous people say things they’ve never said in real life? Can we create a digital avatar that looks, acts and talks…
Dennis Hong: Making a car for blind drivers
Using robotics, laser rangefinders, GPS and smart feedback tools, Dennis Hong is building a car for drivers who are blind…
Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology
Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data. Mistry says he’ll open-source the software behind SixthSense, to open its possibilities to all, but …how?
What is the Future of Money? Will we live in a cash-less world by 2020 ?
It’s amazing how studies forecasting mobile payment penetrations could be so disparate. Pew Research report on The Future of Money claims that by 2020 we all be solely making mobile payments and cash will cease existence…
New Camera Sensor Eliminates Need for Flash
The inventor of the new sensor, Wang Qijie, an assistant professor at NTU’s School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, said this is the first time that a broad-spectrum, high photosensitive sensor has been made using pure graphene…
Witness the power of A/B testing, with Optimizely’s Dan Siroker
At Optimizely, Siroker has turned A/B testing, the science of comparing how users react to different versions of website features, into an easy-to-use product…
UNIVERSITY of Washington developing computer-like contact lenses
The line between technology and human biology has become increasingly blurred over the years. We have come to rely on technology to augment or supplement our bodies own natural functions in many different ways …
Next-gen computer tech
They’re in front of every office worker 9 hours a day, and miniaturized versions are always in our pockets: Computers and the microelectronics inside them are an inescapable part of modern life. Check out the latest developments on Technology…
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