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TED talks, ranked by PostRank engagement dataSource code to generate report: http://gist.github.com/391312
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http://blog.postrank.com/2010/05/and-the-most-engaging-ted-talk-is/PostRank API Docs: http://apidocs.postrank.com
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TitleURLPostRank ScoreTotal EngagementTweetsGoogle Buzz MentionsDelicious BookmarksFacebook PostsGoogle Reader SharesReddit CommentsReddit VotesDigg VotesDigg CommentsDiigo BookmarksFriendfeed CommentsFriendfeed LikesIdenticaMySpace BookmarksMySpace CommentsMySpace Notes
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Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivationhttp://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html104182736103184971132699603132615712104
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Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos augmented-reality mapshttp://www.ted.com/talks/blaise_aguera.html1033868278696364435613084163237165102
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Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technologyhttp://www.ted.com/talks/pranav_mistry_the_thrilling_potential_of_sixthsense_technology.html1033120353929452624523778561477160020
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David Merrill demos Siftableshttp://www.ted.com/talks/david_merrill_demos_siftables_the_smart_blocks.html1032331127307060083574281716644109000
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Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry demo SixthSensehttp://www.ted.com/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html1026136267021033911010642557191313102
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Jamie Oliver's TED Prize wish: Teach every child about foodhttp://www.ted.com/talks/jamie_oliver.html1020960229784259644221493252432105010
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Ken Robinson says schools kill creativityhttp://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html101991219483958261431817723117612
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Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativityhttp://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html101894519551761120648130251173205
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Clay Shirky: How social media can make historyhttp://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_how_cellphones_twitter_facebook_can_make_history.html1017825169019810000725526214002
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Michael Pritchard's water filter turns filthy water drinkablehttp://www.ted.com/talks/michael_pritchard_invents_a_water_filter.html10153187020195201463147513712204000
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Rory Sutherland: Life lessons from an ad manhttp://www.ted.com/talks/rory_sutherland_life_lessons_from_an_ad_man.html10153181387043831711941022132394000
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Eric Giler demos wireless electricityhttp://www.ted.com/talks/eric_giler_demos_wireless_electricity.html101474413281258511143959631515119000
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Lies, damned lies and statistics (about TEDTalks)http://www.ted.com/talks/lies_damned_lies_and_statistics_about_tedtalks.html1014122297447140301511803707243002
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Sam Harris: Science can answer moral questionshttp://www.ted.com/talks/sam_harris_science_can_show_what_s_right.html1014112493524316192781123661131456308
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Michael Specter: The danger of science denialhttp://www.ted.com/talks/michael_specter_the_danger_of_science_denial.html101307771926121263833206718148712109100
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Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better worldhttp://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world.html101275798344532114932009754726296020
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Bill Gates on energy: Innovating to zero!http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates.html101207387761811664279344641533151012
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Dan Ariely asks, Are we in control of our own decisions? http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_asks_are_we_in_control_of_our_own_decisions.html1012052447040113020488618014621000
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Stefan Sagmeister: The power of time offhttp://www.ted.com/talks/stefan_sagmeister_the_power_of_time_off.html10119811076032601134034851651002
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Steve Jobs: How to live before you die 101127612472321230752100141000104
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Beau Lotto: Optical illusions show how we seehttp://www.ted.com/talks/beau_lotto_optical_illusions_show_how_we_see.html1011257511020500542708006212405000
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Richard Dawkins: Growing up in the universehttp://www.ted.com/talks/richard_dawkins_growing_up_in_the_universe.html101087667082003471291517000000
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Barry Schwartz on our loss of wisdomhttp://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_our_loss_of_wisdom.html1010005790051230291231303411342000
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Gary Flake: is Pivot a turning point for web exploration?http://www.ted.com/talks/gary_flake_is_pivot_a_turning_point_for_web_exploration.html10999610811330237840233261413004
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Taryn Simon photographs secret siteshttp://www.ted.com/talks/taryn_simon_photographs_secret_sites.html10956443701520023161733936301000
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James Balog: Time-lapse proof of extreme ice losshttp://www.ted.com/talks/james_balog_time_lapse_proof_of_extreme_ice_loss.html10926059801051031448217991415000
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Jill Bolte Taylor's stroke of insighthttp://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html10900781232841613618570201681102
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Alain de Botton: A kinder, gentler philosophy of successhttp://www.ted.com/talks/alain_de_botton_a_kinder_gentler_philosophy_of_success.html108983895243501413263101351000
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Adora Svitak: What adults can learn from kidshttp://www.ted.com/talks/adora_svitak.html1087987355245101068134180522021110120
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Hans Rosling shows the best stats you've ever seenhttp://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen.html10743961924912063161211232000
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Qi Zhang's electrifying organ performancehttp://www.ted.com/talks/qi_zhang_s_electrifying_organ_performance.html1073889803200391457631513461200
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Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single storyhttp://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story.html10704779302246000130171101100
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Bill Gates on mosquitos, malaria and educationhttp://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates_unplugged.html1070117070266000026216105000
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Mike Rowe celebrates dirty jobshttp://www.ted.com/talks/mike_rowe_celebrates_dirty_jobs.html106764364013300794821016201000
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Derek Sivers: How to start a movementhttp://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_how_to_start_a_movement.html10674469146160191141118285261015
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Arthur Benjamin's formula for changing math educationhttp://www.ted.com/talks/arthur_benjamin_s_formula_for_changing_math_education.html106390190017200601084855118103000
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Dan Gilbert on our mistaken expectationshttp://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_researches_happiness.html106380100016400172610107500000
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Dan Buettner: How to live to be 100+http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_buettner_how_to_live_to_be_100.html106361644326031425111151501000
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Julian Treasure: The 4 ways sound affects ushttp://www.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_the_4_ways_sound_affects_us.html1063446240175100013361313123000
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JK Rowling: The fringe benefits of failurehttp://www.ted.com/talks/jk_rowling_the_fringe_benefits_of_failure.html106306622029060314190131005102
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Tony Robbins asks why we do what we dohttp://www.ted.com/talks/tony_robbins_asks_why_we_do_what_we_do.html106212288011820725495808100202
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Jonathan Zittrain: The Web as random acts of kindnesshttp://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_zittrain_the_web_is_a_random_act_of_kindness.html10620268201902115220125514000
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Wade Davis on endangered cultureshttp://www.ted.com/talks/wade_davis_on_endangered_cultures.html1061928405100247563106102100
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Tom Wujec on 3 ways the brain creates meaninghttp://www.ted.com/talks/tom_wujec_on_3_ways_the_brain_creates_meaning.html106165208024100005774334000000
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Hans Rosling: Asia's rise -- how and whenhttp://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_asia_s_rise_how_and_when.html9.959466151147312256152111403000
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Evan Williams on listening to Twitter usershttp://www.ted.com/talks/evan_williams_on_listening_to_twitter_users.html9.95933692015901009010102000
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Rebecca Saxe: How we read each other's mindshttp://www.ted.com/talks/rebecca_saxe_how_brains_make_moral_judgments.html9.958805060164001190109291541000
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Alexis Ohanian: How to make a splash in social mediahttp://www.ted.com/talks/alexis_ohanian_how_to_make_a_splash_in_social_media.html9.9586664311590012661131111000
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Philip Zimbardo prescribes a healthy take on timehttp://www.ted.com/talks/philip_zimbardo_prescribes_a_healthy_take_on_time.html9.857761210180001886560497431100
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Robert Lang folds way-new origamihttp://www.ted.com/talks/robert_lang_folds_way_new_origami.html9.856746801260000818414101000
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Hans Rosling: Let my dataset change your mindsethttp://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_at_state.html9.8560058301841123570151943000
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Hans Rosling's new insights on povertyhttp://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_reveals_new_insights_on_poverty.html9.75381613017920113011503000
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Temple Grandin: The world needs all kinds of mindshttp://www.ted.com/talks/temple_grandin_the_world_needs_all_kinds_of_minds.html9.65252509120902434180261115204
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Eric Sanderson pictures New York -- before the Cityhttp://www.ted.com/talks/eric_sanderson_pictures_new_york_before_the_city.html9.651642380720011515434703000
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William Kamkwamba: How I harnessed the windhttp://www.ted.com/talks/william_kamkwamba_how_i_harnessed_the_wind.html9.650385820995023810010511000
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Dan Barber: How I fell in love with a fishhttp://www.ted.com/talks/dan_barber_how_i_fell_in_love_with_a_fish.html9.548695176853313741706514004
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Benjamin Zander on music and passionhttp://www.ted.com/talks/benjamin_zander_on_music_and_passion.html9.5486543802147193760131771402
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Derek Sivers: Weird, or just different?http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_weird_or_just_different.html9.5485347451163363875014903104
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Tim Brown urges designers to think bighttp://www.ted.com/talks/tim_brown_urges_designers_to_think_big.html9.4478644601510000120171300000
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Tim Berners-Lee: The year open data went worldwidehttp://www.ted.com/talks/tim_berners_lee_the_year_open_data_went_worldwide.html9.4478347141811722792165017005
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Tim Berners-Lee on the next Webhttp://www.ted.com/talks/tim_berners_lee_on_the_next_web.html9.447793013377000062327504000
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Stephen Wolfram: Computing a theory of everythinghttp://www.ted.com/talks/stephen_wolfram_computing_a_theory_of_everything.html9.4475826326119635133113006342002
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Stewart Brand proclaims 4 environmental 'heresies'http://www.ted.com/talks/stewart_brand_proclaims_4_environmental_heresies.html9.4474218221230026472385000000
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David Logan on tribal leadershiphttp://www.ted.com/talks/david_logan_on_tribal_leadership.html9.44670515015800131405804000
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Richard St. John's 8 secrets of successhttp://www.ted.com/talks/richard_st_john_s_8_secrets_of_success.html9.4466346912249000506520100
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Daniel Kahneman: The riddle of experience vs. memoryhttp://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_kahneman_the_riddle_of_experience_vs_memory.html9.44637384028906327110141222104
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David Blaine: How I held my breath for 17 minhttp://www.ted.com/talks/david_blaine_how_i_held_my_breath_for_17_min.html9.4459042627902399524051371000
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Devdutt Pattanaik: East vs. West -- the myths that mystifyhttp://www.ted.com/talks/devdutt_pattanaik.html9.3457137801475024132925911000
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Dan Gilbert asks, Why are we happy?http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy.html9.345693811283627276116201002
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Itay Talgam: Lead like the great conductorshttp://www.ted.com/talks/itay_talgam_lead_like_the_great_conductors.html9.345504881173210020121104000
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Tom Wujec: Build a tower, build a teamhttp://www.ted.com/talks/tom_wujec_build_a_tower.html9.345473801116343241290131140014
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Bjarke Ingels: 3 warp-speed architecture taleshttp://www.ted.com/talks/bjarke_ingels_3_warp_speed_architecture_tales.html9.344894960143103121014811000
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Barry Schwartz on the paradox of choicehttp://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice.html9.344884080244505171013813002
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Seth Godin on the tribes we leadhttp://www.ted.com/talks/seth_godin_on_the_tribes_we_lead.html9.34385454019900003010613002
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David Deutsch: A new way to explain explanationhttp://www.ted.com/talks/david_deutsch_a_new_way_to_explain_explanation.html9.34371153079105831012534612000
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Janine Benyus: Biomimicry in actionhttp://www.ted.com/talks/janine_benyus_biomimicry_in_action.html9.243191833980000429302510000
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George Whitesides: A lab the size of a postage stamphttp://www.ted.com/talks/george_whitesides_a_lab_the_size_of_a_postage_stamp.html9.241851880500000448273720000
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Gordon Brown: Wiring a web for global goodhttp://www.ted.com/talks/gordon_brown.html9.24173467011600242334106000
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Juan Enriquez shares mindboggling sciencehttp://www.ted.com/talks/juan_enriquez_shares_mindboggling_new_science.html9.14115388015100289646001000
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Kary Mullis' next-gen cure for killer infectionshttp://www.ted.com/talks/kary_mullis_next_gen_cure_for_killer_infections.html9395156039001285495331001000
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James Cameron: Before Avatar ... a curious boyhttp://www.ted.com/talks/james_cameron_before_avatar_a_curious_boy.html93915440010133009059142010
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Henry Markram builds a brain in a supercomputerhttp://www.ted.com/talks/henry_markram_supercomputing_the_brain_s_secrets.html939023300113013570230111140000
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Paul Debevec animates a photo-real digital facehttp://www.ted.com/talks/paul_debevec_animates_a_photo_real_digital_face.html9387127307010296316654800000
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A.J. Jacobs' year of living biblicallyhttp://www.ted.com/talks/a_j_jacobs_year_of_living_biblically.html8.937514501910114423100441000
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VS Ramachandran: The neurons that shaped civilizationhttp://www.ted.com/talks/vs_ramachandran_the_neurons_that_shaped_civilization.html8.9369934301271112071833212000
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Oliver Sacks: What hallucination reveals about our mindshttp://www.ted.com/talks/oliver_sacks_what_hallucination_reveals_about_our_minds.html8.936973650971074630817151100
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Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos Photosynthhttp://www.ted.com/talks/blaise_aguera_y_arcas_demos_photosynth.html8.936112561155002012420114000016
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Stefana Broadbent: How the Internet enables intimacyhttp://www.ted.com/talks/stefana_broadbent_how_the_internet_enables_intimacy.html8.9360136301340000601020143100
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Robert Sapolsky: The uniqueness of humanshttp://www.ted.com/talks/robert_sapolsky_the_uniqueness_of_humans.html8.835901740860041283808201000
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Elaine Morgan says we evolved from aquatic apeshttp://www.ted.com/talks/elaine_morgan_says_we_evolved_from_aquatic_apes.html8.835692700990057652854500000
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Marc Koska: 1.3m reasons to re-invent the syringehttp://www.ted.com/talks/marc_koska_the_devastating_toll_of_syringe_reuse.html8.83514174021101762279223600000
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Kaki King rocks out to "Pink Noise"http://www.ted.com/talks/kaki_king_rocks_out_to_pink_noise.html8.835032280630061181500111000
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Dan Ariely on our buggy moral codehttp://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_on_our_buggy_moral_code.html8.8343313401362048227208411000
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Gary Vaynerchuk: Do what you love (no excuses!)http://www.ted.com/talks/gary_vaynerchuk_do_what_you_love_no_excuses.html8.73362305116050618607321509
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Daniel Kraft invents a better way to harvest bone marrowhttp://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_kraft_invents_a_better_way_to_harvest_bone_marrow.html8.73308330120000527371000000
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David Hanson: Robots that "show emotion"http://www.ted.com/talks/david_hanson_robots_that_relate_to_you.html8.7326927804200155011454400000