{"id":642849,"date":"2013-02-18T17:36:41","date_gmt":"2013-02-18T22:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/?p=69231"},"modified":"2013-02-18T17:36:41","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T22:36:41","slug":"the-best-tech-demos-at-ted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/642849","title":{"rendered":"The best tech demos at TED"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"383975_Boaz_Almog_2012G_stageshot\"Calling all self-proclaimed tech nerds! TED2013, themed “The Young. The Wise. The Undiscovered.<\/a>,” begins in six days. As we cover the conference live — blogging each and every of the 70 speakers, including those from the\u00a0worldwide talent search<\/a> — we will be anxiously awaiting a demo that sets everyone in the theatre a-buzz. In preparation, here’s a look back at 9 memorable tech demos from TED and TEDGlobals past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"BoazBoaz Almog \u201clevitates\u201d a superconductor<\/span><\/a>Boaz Almog \u201clevitates\u201d a superconductor<\/strong><\/a>
\nOn stage at:<\/strong> TEDGlobal 2012
\nBoaz Almog uses quantum locking to “levitate” a superconducting disk over a rail, without friction or energy loss. Start at 4:30 to watch a super-thin 3-inch disk levitate something 70,000 times its own weight.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"AA robot that flies like a bird<\/span><\/a>A robot that flies like a bird<\/strong><\/a>
\nOn stage at:<\/strong> TEDGlobal 2011
\nMarkus Fischer and his team at Festo, a German tech company, developed a lightweight, incredibly lifelike robot that flies like a bird. Watch from 2:00 to 3:00 to see the SmartBird in action as it soars over the audience.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"TanTan Le: A headset that reads your brainwaves<\/span><\/a>
\nTan Le: A headset that reads your brainwaves<\/strong><\/a>
\nOn stage at:<\/strong> TEDGlobal 2010
\nA mind-boggling demo by Tan Le, in which a volunteer is able to “pull” a cube toward him on a screen, just by thinking it.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"EricEric Giler demos wireless electricity<\/span><\/a>
\nEric Giler demos wireless electricity<\/strong><\/a>
\nOn stage at:<\/strong> TEDGlobal 2009
\nEric Giler presents wireless electricity, which uses magnetic resonators to transfer power over large distances via a magnetic field. Watch at 6:30 to see a standard TV and three different smart phones powered wirelessly.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"MichaelMichael Pritchard: How to make filthy water drinkable<\/span><\/a>
\nMichael Pritchard: How to make filthy water drinkable<\/strong><\/a>
\nOn stage at:<\/strong> TEDGlobal 2009
\nMichael Pritchard introduces his portable 15-nm filters, which can capture the tiniest viruses and make water drinkable. At 3:30 Pritchard takes visibly disgusting water from the Thames, Cherwell and his own pond, runoff from a sewage farm, rabbit droppings and other delights, and pours it through his filter, then drinks the water. TED Curator Chris Anderson takes a swig as well.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"PranavPranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology<\/span><\/a>
\nPranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology<\/strong><\/a>
\nOn stage at:<\/strong> TEDIndia 2009
\nPranav Mistry of MIT Media Lab talks about developing SixthSense, a gesture-interface device that allows you to replicate what you do in the physical world in the digital world. Long before Microsoft Kinect, Mistry showed how he could treat any wall as a digital interface and take pictures just by gesturing with his fingers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"JohnnyJohnny Lee demos Wii Remote hacks<\/span><\/a>Johnny Lee demos Wii Remote hacks<\/strong><\/a>
\nOn stage at:<\/strong> TED2008
\nAt 1:40 Johnny Lee shows how to turn a Wii Remote into a digital whiteboard, touchscreen and a head-mounted 3D viewer, all for $40.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"BlaiseBlaise Aguera y Arcas demos Photosynth<\/span><\/a>Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos Photosynth<\/strong><\/a>
\nOn stage at:<\/strong> TED2007
\nBlaise Aguera y Arcas of Microsoft demoed Photosynth, a software which uses a giant database of static photos to allow you to navigate a space as if in 3D. It\u2019s a fascinating demo — given pre-Google Street View.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"JeffJeff Han demos his breakthrough touchscreen<\/span><\/a>Jeff Han demos his breakthrough touchscreen<\/strong><\/a>
\nOn stage at:<\/strong> TED 2006
\nWell before Apple popularized multitouch technology with the iPhone, Jeff Han had built his own high resolution, low cost and scalable multi-touch screen, shown here.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Calling all self-proclaimed tech nerds! TED2013, themed “The Young. The Wise. The Undiscovered.,” begins in six days. As we cover the conference live — blogging each and every of the 70 speakers, including those from the\u00a0worldwide talent search — we will be anxiously awaiting a demo that sets everyone in the theatre a-buzz. In preparation, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7441,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-642849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7441"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}