From: sciencestage.com on Tue, May 24 2011 3:55 PM

Dr. Hiroshi Tasaka says we are entering the age of invisible capitalism, a new paradigm in which invisible capital—knowledge, relationships, trust, brand, culture, empathy and more—will play a more critical role than monetary capital. The founder and president of Think Tank SophiaBank, a global ...

From: sciencestage.com on Tue, May 24 2011 3:55 PM

Techno-Illusionist For years, Marco Tempests masterful blend of digital media and magic has enabled audiences to glimpse the future before technology gets there. At age 22, Marco captured the prestigious New York World Cup of Magic, launching him into international prominence. Marco Tempest has ...

From: sciencestage.com on Tue, May 24 2011 3:55 PM

Ginger Ana Griep-Ruiz of Cirque du Soleils ZED performs live at TEDxTokyo. A zany kingdom inhabited by lithe denizens in lush, unearthly plumage. A troupe of master acrobats, mimes, comics and storytellers offering vignettes full of grace, slapstick, pathos and danger in equal measures. Cirque d...

From: sciencestage.com on Tue, May 24 2011 3:55 PM

International Legal Expert and Human Rights Advocate Two years ago, Kanae Doi persuaded New Yorkbased nongovernmental organization Human Rights Watch to open an office in Japan—only the NGOs second in Asia. Since then, Kanae has single-handedly run the organizations activities as Tokyo director,...

From: sciencestage.com on Tue, May 24 2011 3:55 PM

工業デザイン・マスター、メンター奥山は、エキゾチックだが実用的で、かつ美しいモノを創り上げることに人生の多くの時間を費やしてきました。カー・デザイナーとして受賞歴を持ち、ゼネラルモータース、ポルシェ、イタリアの有名なピニンファリーナにて様々なモデルを手がけましたが、その中にはエンツォ・フェラーリ、マセラティクアトロポルテなどがあります。2006年にピニンファリーナを退社し、2007年にKEN OKUYAMA DESIGNを設立しました。現在では、カーデザインの領域に囚われずに、メガネ、テーマパーク、家具、人間型ロボットなど様々なモノのデザインを手がけています。例えば、世界初...

From: sciencestage.com on Tue, May 24 2011 3:55 PM

Noriko Kawamura on violin, with Shinyo Yoshida and Youshin Yoshida chanting. 河村典子常楽寺 住職 吉田真譽 吉田洋眞A member of the celebrated string trio Orchestrio Zurich—also known as the smallest orchestra in the world—Noriko Kawamura started playing violin at the age of three. Later, while a student at Toho U...

From: sciencestage.com on Tue, May 24 2011 3:55 PM

A modern artist based in Palo Alto, California, Drue Kataoka blends the refined techniques of her ancient Zen art form of sumi-e with cuttingedge conceptual innovations inspired by life in Silicon Valley. Discerning art lovers and investors from around the globe collect Drues originals. Her art ...

From: sciencestage.com on Tue, May 24 2011 3:55 PM

Noh Master, Playwright, Theater Director and Scholar Naohiko Umewakas family lineage in the art of Noh dates back six hundred years. His greatgrandfather, Umewaka Minoru, is credited with saving Noh theater from extinction. Naohiko, trained by his father, the legendary Noh master Naoyoshi, has b...

From: sciencestage.com on Tue, May 24 2011 3:55 PM

Social Business Advocate and Serial Entrepreneur Hans Reitz shares a vision with 2006 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Prof. Muhammad Yunus: a planet utterly without poverty. In 2008, the two established the Grameen Creative Lab to spread Prof. Yunuss social business model, which tackles social issues...

From: sciencestage.com on Tue, May 24 2011 3:55 PM

Space—living space, that is, and the ways we envision it and use it, and particularly how it affects the way we communicate with each other—fascinates Azby Brown. As the head of the KIT Future Design Institute in Tokyo, Azby explores the sense and sustainability of what we build—and how we live....

From: sciencestage.com on Tue, May 24 2011 3:55 PM

Painter, Illustrator and Comic Artist Sketch pads and easels had no place in Matteo Ceccarinis life until the day he stepped into a bookstore near the University of Florence and saw an ad from a local magazine seeking comic artists. Something elemental clicked into place, and the bookish compute...

From: sciencestage.com on Tue, May 24 2011 3:55 PM

A partner at renowned design firm IDEO and the co-leader of both IDEOs Bay Area operation and its Asia initiative, Owen Rogers stands squarely at the intersection of design and business thinking. He guides IDEOs leaders in devising offerings in areas as diverse as food and beverage, energy, mobi...

From: sciencestage.com on Tue, May 24 2011 3:54 PM

Global TEDx Director, Producer, Performer Before becoming TEDs licensing director in 2007, Lara Stein was deeply involved in broadband entertainment programming, animation and interactive Web development while serving in senior management posts at Nelvana Entertainment, Microsofts MSN online ent...

From: sciencestage.com on Mon, May 23 2011 9:54 PM

Lyle Mays and friends explore music based on physics equations, Feynman’s speech patterns and more, using improvisation, algorithmic composition, live video mixing, and a custom designed linked laptop network. Lyle Mays has been an integral part of the Pat Metheny Group since its inception in 19...

From: sciencestage.com on Mon, May 23 2011 3:55 PM

Studying species behavior from slugs to chimpanzees, Gregory Jones assembles a model of sustainability based on collaboration. About TEDx, x=independently organize event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self- organized events that bring people together to share...

From: sciencestage.com on Mon, May 23 2011 3:55 PM

Vanessa Gallegos, a 17-year-old graduating senior with a full scholarship to Stanford, speaks up about what works and doesn’t work in the education system. Thank you to Definition 6 for providing in-kind video editing services for TEDxAtlanta.

From: sciencestage.com on Mon, May 23 2011 11:22 AM

Charlie Marcus is Professor of Physics at Harvard. His research focuses on fabrication of submicron electronic structures — semiconductor quantum dots, carbon nanotubes, and graphene-based microstructures -- and measurement of their electron transport properties at low temperatures. His sc...

From: sciencestage.com on Mon, May 23 2011 11:22 AM

Being funny means more than making people laugh. Michael Ouweleen shows us how humor is the most useful and humanizing tool in the face of degrading reality or intense tragedy. Thank you to Definition 6 for providing in-kind video editing services for TEDxAtlanta.

From: sciencestage.com on Mon, May 23 2011 11:20 AM

Watch Part 3 of 3 here as Dr. Leonard G. Horowitz sheds light on the dark subject of Americas Doctor lying to the American people to accomplice the mass killing of people for profit, that is, genocide. Listen and learn from Dr. H. as he indicts Reuter’s News Service and their Editor-in-Chief, Th...

From: sciencestage.com on Mon, May 23 2011 11:20 AM

www.barbclark.org Charlie Sheen Vatican assassin warlock warning to Obamacare patients and elderly Biggest nonprofit salary disclosed Adventist Health CEO Don Jernigan’s $3.5 million. Yes, Florida Hospital's parent company may be a faith-based nonprofit, but that doesn't mean it's...