Thursday Talks – Solar FREAKIN’ Roadways!

Solar RoadwaysWhile I usually post a TED Talk on Thursday, this week I just had to introduce you to a technology that is not only on someone’s drawing board, but in production and testing. This is an amazing product. We could soon have Solar Freakin’ Roadways.

Scott Brusaw did give a TED Talk on this new solar technology in 2010 at TEDxSacramento which you can view at https://youtu.be/nvWTaqUvsfA, but now it is 5 years later and the dream is becoming a reality so I chose to share a more recent video I saw on Facebook. Please watch this video! You will be amazed!

URLs for more information are at the bottom of the page.

For more information go to Solar Roadwayshttp://www.solarroadways.com/intro.shtml

To see more videos go to Solar Roadways Videoshttp://www.solarroadways.com/videos.shtml

To contribute to the project go to Solar Roadways-In Demandhttps://www.indiegogo.com/projects/solar-roadways/x/4792540#/story

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I look forward to your thoughts and comments!

TED Talk Thursday – Is there scientific proof we can heal ourselves? Lissa Rankin, MD at TEDxAmericanRiviera

According to TEDx Talks: “New age gurus suggest that we can heal ourselves by simply changing our minds, but is this concept grounded in cold, hard science? Lissa Rankin, MD explores the scientific literature, reviewing case studies of spontaneous remission, as well as placebo and nocebo effect data, to prove that our thoughts powerfully affect our physiology when we believe we can get well.

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What do you think?

For those of you not familiar with TED Talks here is a brief summery from www.ted.com: “TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences — the TED Conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford UK each summer — TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Project and Open TV Project, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize”

“About TEDx:
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)”

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I look forward to your thoughts and comments!

TED Talk Thursday – David Christian: The history of our world in 18 minutes

According to ted.com: “Backed by stunning illustrations, David Christian narrates a complete history of the universe, from the Big Bang to the Internet, in a riveting 18 minutes. This is “Big History”: an enlightening, wide-angle look at complexity, life and humanity, set against our slim share of the cosmic timeline.”

“David Christian is by training a historian of Russia and the Soviet Union, but since the 1980s he has become interested in world history on very large scales. He has written on the social and material history of the 19th-century Russian peasantry, in particular on aspects of diet and the role of alcohol. In 1989, he began teaching courses on “Big History,” surveying the past on the largest possible scales, including those of biology and astronomy..”

Enjoy!

For those of you not familiar with TED Talks here is a brief summery from www.ted.com: “TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences — the TED Conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford UK each summer — TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Project and Open TV Project, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize”

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I look forward to your thoughts and comments!