{"id":641176,"date":"2013-02-04T18:07:32","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T23:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/?p=68822"},"modified":"2013-02-04T18:16:11","modified_gmt":"2013-02-04T23:16:11","slug":"the-best-props-at-ted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/641176","title":{"rendered":"The Best Props at TED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-68823\" alt=\"Jill-Bolte-Taylor's-brain\" src=\"http:\/\/tedconfblog.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/jill-bolte-taylors-brain.jpg?w=900\"   \/><\/p>\n<p>TED2013, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/conferences.ted.com\/TED2013\/\">The Young. The Wise. The Undiscovered<\/a>,\u201d begins in just 20 days and we at the TED Blog are gearing up to bring you live reporting on each of the 70 speakers who\u2019ll be ascending the stage, not to mention assorted news from the scene in Long Beach, California. One thing we hope to see more of at this amazing event: props. There\u2019s something so bold about a speaker who steps on stage with a prop. When wielded with finesse, a prop can make a good talk that much more captivating.<\/p>\n<p>To inspire any speakers thinking along these lines, here are some of the most eye-opening, innovative and humorous props from TEDs past, from a human brain to a parrot puppet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-ted\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html\" width=\"586\" height=\"329\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html\">Jill Bolte Taylor\u2019s stroke of insight<\/a><\/b><br \/>\nBrain researcher Jill Bolte Taylor got an unwelcome surprise one morning as she got ready for work &#8212; a pain in her left eye that escalated to a loss of balance. When her right arm became paralyzed and she could no longer produce words, she realized that she was having a stroke. As she tells her tale at TED2008, all about the wonder of the human brain, she produces one on stage &#8212; replete with spinal cord.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-ted\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts.html\" width=\"586\" height=\"329\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts.html\">Susan Cain: The power of introverts<\/a><\/b><br \/>\nWriter and self-described introvert Susan Cain believes in the power of quiet personalities. In this talk, she shares that, as a child, her favorite \u201csocial\u201d activity was reading and that she brought a suitcase full of books with her to summer camp. As she sounds a call to action at TED2012 for society to help introverts thrive, she reveals her old suitcase. And yes, it\u2019s still filled with books.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-ted\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/amy_tan_on_creativity.html\" width=\"586\" height=\"329\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/amy_tan_on_creativity.html\">Amy Tan: Where does creativity hide?<\/a><\/b><br \/>\n\u201cHow do I create something out of nothing?\u201d novelist Amy Tan asks. The answer has to do with a belief that there are no absolute truths. In this talk from TED2008, Tan shares that she is constantly questioning, embracing uncertainty and immersing herself in her own fictional world. What\u2019s her \u201cmuse?\u201d A surprise that emerges from her handbag at the very end of her talk.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-ted\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/andy_puddicombe_all_it_takes_is_10_mindful_minutes.html\" width=\"586\" height=\"329\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andy_puddicombe_all_it_takes_is_10_mindful_minutes.html\">Andy Puddicombe: All it takes is 10 mindful minutes<\/a><\/b><br \/>\nAndy Puddicombe, a monk, uses juggling as an analogy for practicing mindfulness. Equating three orange balls with thoughts at the TEDSalon in London, he shows how focusing on them or relaxing too much make juggling and talking impossible; how an anxious thought will pop up again and again; and how a nagging thought can dog us.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-ted\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/hans_rosling_and_the_magic_washing_machine.html\" width=\"586\" height=\"329\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hans_rosling_and_the_magic_washing_machine.html\">Hans Rosling: The magic washing machine<\/a><\/b><br \/>\nHans Rosling uses an on-stage washing machine to tell the story of his mother buying her own, when he was 4-years-old. Rosling argues it\u2019s one of the most revolutionary inventions we have: most women today still wash clothes by hand, like his grandmother used to. (At the end of his talk, a surprise emerges from the washing machine!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ed.ted.com\/lessons\/ainissa-ramirez-magical-metals-how-shape-memory-alloys-work\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-68824\" alt=\"Ainissa-Ramirez-blowtorch\" src=\"http:\/\/tedconfblog.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/ainissa-ramirez-blowtorch.jpg?w=900\"   \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/2012\/03\/02\/a-sputnik-moment-for-stem-education-ainissa-ramirez-at-ted2012\/\">Ainissa Ramirez: A sputnik moment for STEM education<\/a><\/b><br \/>\nAt TED2012, Ainissa Ramirez straightened a piece of bent wire with a blowtorch to demonstrate atoms\u2019 ability to rearrange. In her talk, Ramirez explained that the rare earth elements we depend on now are being quickly depleted\u2014and argues that science education could provide the key to solving that crisis. (This talk became the TED-ed lesson, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/ed.ted.com\/lessons\/ainissa-ramirez-magical-metals-how-shape-memory-alloys-work\">Magical metals, how shape memory alloys work<\/a>.\u201d)<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-ted\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/tom_rielly_delivers_a_comic_send_up_of_ted2006.html\" width=\"586\" height=\"329\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/tom_rielly_delivers_a_comic_send_up_of_ted2006.html\">Tom Rielly delivers a comic sendup of TED2006<\/a><\/b><br \/>\nTom Reilly\u2019s rollicking mockery of the 2006 TED speakers, which closed out the conference, features a \u201cscream bag\u201d (a shoulder-bag one screams into so as not to disturb other audience members), dolls, oversized playing cards, an interactive chart propped on an easel, a $100 bill, a prototype of a granola house with a Sun Chip roof and a parrot puppet. Naturally.<\/p>\n<p>Tune in to the TED Blog for live coverage of TED2013 beginning on February 25. <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/tag\/ted2013\/\">And read much more about &#8220;The Young. The Wise. The Undiscovered&#8221; \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/tedconfblog.wordpress.com\/68822\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/tedconfblog.wordpress.com\/68822\/\" \/><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=blog.ted.com&#038;blog=14795620&#038;%23038;post=68822&#038;%23038;subd=tedconfblog&#038;%23038;ref=&#038;%23038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/TEDBlog\/~4\/6J-IbvtHA7s\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TED2013, \u201cThe Young. The Wise. The Undiscovered,\u201d begins in just 20 days and we at the TED Blog are gearing up to bring you live reporting on each of the 70 speakers who\u2019ll be ascending the stage, not to mention assorted news from the scene in Long Beach, California. 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