Flapping wing bird

Absolutely awesome! Mechanical flapping bird. 
http://on.ted.com/9aX5

iPhone Magic - Very cool

Secrets to success

Richard St. John's 8 secrets of success @ TED

One of the secrets is to PERSIST through failures and CRAP - Criticism, Rejection, Assholes and Pressure - Funny!

The importance of being wrong!

Kathryn Schulz makes a compelling case for acknowledging our fallibility. She is also a very good speaker. Check her talk out on TED:

Nature by Numbers

Amazing video starting with Fibonacci series and ending in Voronoi tessellation by Christobal Vila - a must watch!

Non-linearity of problem solving

Rory Sutherland talks about the non-linear relationship between cost and effect of solving seemingly "big" problems.

A funny graphic he presented is reproduced here.

Sir Ken Robinson's TED talk on education

Most of us have heard this statement at one time or another "Study well now and you will be set for life". Ken Robinson argues that this is the linear model of fast food chains that has become popular in standardized education.

A quote about interviews for kindergarten admissions: "A three year old is not half a six year old!"