{"id":648482,"date":"2013-03-22T17:27:54","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T21:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/?p=73628"},"modified":"2013-03-22T17:27:54","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T21:27:54","slug":"in-short-a-drone-with-claws-a-giant-envelope-of-air-some-congratulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/648482","title":{"rendered":"In short: A drone with claws, a giant envelope of air, some congratulations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/embed.ted.com\/playlists\/87\/spoken_word_fireworks.html\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here, some staff picks of smart, funny, bizarre and cool stuff on the interwebs this week. First, happy (late) World Poetry Day! Celebrate the occasion with 8 talks from spoken-word poets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/vijay_kumar_robots_that_fly_and_cooperate.html\" class=\"video_teaser\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/8aa84e7e5d405e75f19fc51bf6f9918312fff4e5_240x180.jpg\" alt=\"Vijay Kumar: Robots that fly ... and cooperate\" width=\"132\" height=\"99\" \/>Vijay Kumar: Robots that fly &#8230; and cooperate<span class=\"play\"><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nJust when you thought Vijay Kumar&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/vijay_kumar_robots_that_fly_and_cooperate.html\" >robots that fly and cooperate<\/a> were creepy enough, he and his team have developed a drone that can pick up objects at high speed using a bird-like claw. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2013\/3\/15\/4107484\/drone-fitted-with-terrifying-claw-snatches-objects-at-high-speed\" >The Verge<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>A piece by Ed Yong takes an in-depth look at new findings on the mechanics of swarming, a phenomenon that has baffled scientists. Awesome quote: &#8220;Cannibalism, not cooperation, was aligning the swarm.&#8221; [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2013\/03\/powers-of-swarms\/all\/\" >Wired<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Beautiful photos from Christo&#8217;s &#8220;Big Air Package&#8221; &#8212; which is being called the &#8220;largest indoor sculpture in history&#8221; &#8212; being installed at the Gasometer Oberhausen, due to premiere in December 2013. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2013\/03\/big-air-package-the-largest-inflated-envelope-in-history-by-christo\/\" >This is colossal<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ed_boyden.html\" class=\"video_teaser\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/29fe2e14406be124c2d750736328ef617a156e10_240x180.jpg\" alt=\"Ed Boyden: A light switch for neurons\" width=\"132\" height=\"99\" \/>Ed Boyden: A light switch for neurons<span class=\"play\"><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nCongrats to Ed Boyden, who was named one of the winners of the 2013 Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Prize earlier this week for his work on optogenetics. Watch Boyden&#8217;s 2011 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ed_boyden.html\" >talk, about using fiber-optic implants to control specific neurons in the brain<\/a>. [<a href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/newsoffice\/2013\/mits-boyden-to-share-prestigious-brain-prize.html\" >MIT news<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>What is it like growing up in a futurist household? Veronique Greenwood&#8217;s mother, a technology consultant, was touting the rise of mobile social networking years before the iPhone had come out and before Facebook had a &#8220;Like&#8221; button; she had pens printed with the slogan &#8220;Remember when we could only hear each other?&#8221; a decade before Skype. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aeonmagazine.com\/world-views\/veronique-greenwood-futurist-childhood\/\" >Aeon magazine<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/stewart_brand_the_dawn_of_de_extinction_are_you_ready.html\" class=\"video_teaser\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/e187add1da7598f6728b2d2ecbe932c287da30e3_240x180.jpg\" alt=\"Stewart Brand: The dawn of de-extinction. Are you ready?\" width=\"132\" height=\"99\" \/>Stewart Brand: The dawn of de-extinction. Are you ready?<span class=\"play\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More Ed Yong? Yes. Yong takes a look at the pros and cons of de-extinction (a big topic in these parts after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/stewart_brand_the_dawn_of_de_extinction_are_you_ready.html\" >Stewart Brand&#8217;s TED2013 talk)<\/a>. [<a href=\"http:\/\/phenomena.nationalgeographic.com\/2013\/03\/15\/resurrecting-the-extinct-frog-with-a-stomach-for-a-womb\/\" >National Geographic<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to TED Fellow <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/2010\/07\/30\/fellows-friday-with-durreen-shahnaz\/\" >Durreen Shahnaz<\/a>, whose company, Impact Investment Exchange, has been nominated for the Rockefeller Foundation Centennial Innovation Award.<\/p>\n<p>Timo Arnall&#8217;s thoughtful critique of the growing trend to encourage &#8220;invisible&#8221; interaction design. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.elasticspace.com\/2013\/03\/no-to-no-ui\" >Elastic space<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jehane_noujaim_inspires_a_global_day_of_film.html\" class=\"video_teaser\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/216_240x180.jpg\" alt=\"Jehane Noujaim wishes for a global day of film\" width=\"132\" height=\"99\" \/>Jehane Noujaim wishes for a global day of film<span class=\"play\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More congrats are in order, to 2006 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jehane_noujaim_inspires_a_global_day_of_film.html\" >TED Prize winner Jehane Noujaim<\/a>, who just completed a Kickstarter to raise money for postproduction on her Sundance Award-winning documentary <em>The Square<\/em>. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/noujaimfilms\/the-square-a-film-about-the-egyptian-revolution\" >Kickstarter<\/a>] <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/2013\/02\/23\/revolution-in-the-square-qa-with-jehane-noujaim\/\" >Read more about <em>The Square<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A father overhears his son talking about coming out of the closet to his mother and him, then leaves him this note. [<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SnarkySteff\/status\/312409115790045184\/photo\/1\" >Twitter<\/a>] More details from <a href=\"http:\/\/gawker.com\/5990745\/dad-overhears-sons-plans-to-come-out-assuages-his-fears-with-heartwarming-letter-of-acceptance\" >Gawker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A cute hello from the Axosoft <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/pages\/tedlive\" >TED Live<\/a> event from TED2013. Watch for some tasty-looking carrots. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uoDhEtluXIY\" >YouTube<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/tedconfblog.wordpress.com\/73628\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/tedconfblog.wordpress.com\/73628\/\" \/><\/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=73628&#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\/c1XbAYNr6d8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here, some staff picks of smart, funny, bizarre and cool stuff on the interwebs this week. First, happy (late) World Poetry Day! Celebrate the occasion with 8 talks from spoken-word poets. 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