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think that wasn't necessarily the best way to make a living. so I decided to go on a path to become

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the streets were completely alive with people. There was an incredible

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The speaker's hand gestures depict the crowdedness and liveliness of the streets, visually representing the scene he is describing.

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We were born and bred to share and cooperate. we are doing so for thousands of years

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The speaker's open hand gestures coincide with the mention of sharing and cooperation, visually depicting the act of giving or offering something, which aligns with the concept of sharing and cooperation.

https://www.ted.com/talks/blaise_aguera_y_arcas_demos_photosynth

5:22-5:24

and link all of that together

We can dive in from the poster to a physical view of this environment. What the point here really is is that we can do things with the social environment. This is now taking data from everybody -- from the entire collective memory, visually, of what the Earth looks like -- and link all of that together. Those photos became linked, and they make something emergent that's greater than the sum of the parts.

connects fingers of both hands

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The speaker uses hand gestures to visually depict the act of connecting or linking things together, aligning with the spoken content "link all of that together."

https://www.ted.com/talks/blaise_aguera_y_arcas_demos_photosynth

7:01-7:06

and the text on the web page is carrying a lot of information about what that picture is of

It's doing that based on the content inside the images. And that gets really exciting when you think about the richness of the semantic information a lot of images have. Like when you do a web search for images, you type in phrases, and the text on the web page is carrying a lot of information about what that picture is of. What if that picture links to all of your pictures?

scrunches up fingers and points them into the air

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https://www.ted.com/talks/blaise_aguera_y_arcas_demos_photosynth

7:06-7:07

What if that picture links to all of your pictures?

And that gets really exciting when you think about the richness of the semantic information a lot of images have. Like when you do a web search for images, you type in phrases, and the text on the web page is carrying a lot of information about what that picture is of. What if that picture links to all of your pictures? The amount of semantic interconnection and richness that comes out of that is really huge.

scrunches up fingers and moves them from side to side in air

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The speaker uses a pinching gesture to represent the action of linking pictures together, visually depicting the concept of connection.

https://www.ted.com/talks/blaise_aguera_y_arcas_demos_photosynth

7:08-7:09

The amount of semantic interconnection

ike when you do a web search for images, you type in phrases, and the text on the web page is carrying a lot of information about what that picture is of. What if that picture links to all of your pictures? The amount of semantic interconnection and richness that comes out of that is really huge. It's a classic network effect.

takes both hands and connects pointer and thumb and moves hands back and forth

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The speaker's hand gestures visually depict the concept of "semantic interconnection" by moving closer together and intertwining, symbolizing the connection between different semantic elements.

https://www.ted.com/talks/allison_hunt_gets_a_new_hip

3:22-3:23

While ringing in hospital staff's Tic Tacs

I worked alone. Every Friday morning I was at the gift shop. While ringing in hospital staff's Tic Tacs, I'd casually ask, "What did you do?" Then I'd tell them, "Well, I'm getting my hip replaced -- in 18 months.

takes fingers and points it outward

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The speaker's gesture of touching her hair does not appear to have a direct connection to the content of her speech about hospital staff and Tic Tacs. It's likely an unconscious movement or a way to manage her hair, rather than a deliberate attempt to convey meaning related to her speech.

https://www.ted.com/talks/allison_hunt_gets_a_new_hip

I could just tell that he saw them.

I draped them casually over the chair in the doctor's office. And you know, when he walked in, I could just tell that he saw them. Moments later, I had a surgery date just weeks away, and a big fat prescription for Percocet.

points two fingers to eye and away

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The speaker's hand movement, touching her face and hair, does not appear to have a direct connection to the spoken content "I could just tell that he saw them." It's more likely a self-soothing or unconscious gesture rather than one intended to convey meaning related to the speech.

https://www.ted.com/talks/allison_hunt_gets_a_new_hip

4:12-4:13

Two reasons.

Now, word on the street was that it was actually my volunteering that got me to the front of the line. And, you know, I'm not even ashamed of that. Two reasons. First of all, I am going to take such good care of this new hip.

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The speaker raises two fingers while saying "Two reasons", indicating a direct correspondence between the gesture and the spoken words. This gesture serves to emphasize the number of reasons she is about to present, making it a clear example of a Highlighter.

https://www.ted.com/talks/allison_hunt_gets_a_new_hip

4:14-4:16

First of all, I am going to take such good care of this new hip.

And, you know, I'm not even ashamed of that. Two reasons. First of all, I am going to take such good care of this new hip. But also I intend to stick with the volunteering, which actually leads me to the biggest epiphany of them all.

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The speaker places her hand on her hip, indicating the location of her new hip. This gesture directly corresponds to the spoken words "this new hip," serving to emphasize and draw attention to the subject of her statement. As the hip is physically present, the act of pointing to it classifies the gesture as a Highlighter.

https://www.ted.com/talks/allison_hunt_gets_a_new_hip

0:34-0:36

if it's not your hip

Do you know that surgery? Electric saw, power drill, totally disgusting unless you're David Bolinsky, in which case it's all truth and beauty. Sure David, if it's not your hip, it's truth and beauty. Anyway, I did have a really big epiphany around the situation, so Chris invited me to tell you about it.

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The speaker's gesture of pointing to her hip directly corresponds to her spoken words "hip." This visual depiction of the location of her hip makes it a clear example of an Illustrator gesture.

https://www.ted.com/talks/allison_hunt_gets_a_new_hip

0:43-0:45

Just two things.

Anyway, I did have a really big epiphany around the situation, so Chris invited me to tell you about it. But first you need to know two things about me. Just two things. I'm Canadian, and I'm the youngest of seven kids.

holds two fingers up

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The speaker holds up two fingers while saying "two things", directly emphasizing the numerical value mentioned in her speech. The gesture coincides with the spoken content but doesn't visually depict the "things" themselves, instead reinforcing the quantity.

https://www.ted.com/talks/allison_hunt_gets_a_new_hip

1:45-1:50

I wouldn't have my new hip for this TED. I wouldn't have my new hip for TEDGlobal in Africa. I would not have my new hip for TED2008.

I'd already waited 10 months, and I had to wait 18 months. You know, it's such a long wait that I actually started to even think about it terms of TEDs. I wouldn't have my new hip for this TED. I wouldn't have my new hip for TEDGlobal in Africa. I would not have my new hip for TED2008. I would still be on my bad hip.

holds one finger at a time

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The speaker maintains a relatively static posture throughout the provided frames, with minimal hand movement. The subtle shifts in hand position observed do not appear to convey any specific communicative intent or align with the spoken content. Therefore, the gestures are classified as irrelevant.

https://www.ted.com/talks/allison_hunt_gets_a_new_hip

2:00-2:02

This youngest of seven

That was so disappointing. So, I left his office and I was walking through the hospital, and that's when I had my epiphany. This youngest of seven had to get herself to the front of the line. Oh yeah.

points thumbs to herself

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The speaker's hands remain relatively still throughout the provided frames, maintaining a consistent grip on the crutches. There's no discernible attempt to visually depict objects, actions, or abstract concepts, nor is there a clear effort to emphasize specific parts of the spoken message. Therefore, the gesture is best classified as irrelevant in this context.

https://www.ted.com/talks/allison_hunt_gets_a_new_hip

2:18-2:23

"After you." "Oh, no, no. After you." Hey, are you from Canada? "Oh, me too! Hi!" Great! Excellent!"

It's not even a consideration. In fact, when we're traveling abroad, it's how we identify fellow Canadians. "After you." "Oh, no, no. After you." Hey, are you from Canada? "Oh, me too! Hi!" Great! Excellent!" So no, suddenly I wasn't averse to butting any geezer off the list.

points to herself, waves hand

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The speaker uses hand gestures to visually depict the act of offering to go first ("After you") and then declining ("Oh, no, no. After you"). These gestures coincide with the spoken words and represent actions that are not physically present at the moment.

https://www.ted.com/talks/allison_hunt_gets_a_new_hip

2:49-2:50

sign that said, "Volunteers Needed."

So by now I was walking the lobby, and of course, that hurt, because of my hip, and I kind of needed a sign. And I saw a sign. In the window of the hospital's tiny gift shop there was a sign that said, "Volunteers Needed." Well, they signed me up immediately.

takes hands at places hands in the air in one area then another

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The speaker's gesture of raising her hand coincides with her call for volunteers, emphasizing her message and encouraging audience participation. The act of raising her hand serves to draw attention and highlight the need for volunteers, making it a Highlighter gesture.

https://www.ted.com/talks/allison_hunt_gets_a_new_hip

3:08-3:09

I had my bright blue volunteer vest

Yeah. They needed some young blood. So, next thing you know, I had my bright blue volunteer vest, I had my photo ID, and I was fully trained by my 89-year-old boss. I worked alone.

moves hands up and down her shirt

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The speaker's gesture of raising her hands and opening them outwards coincides with her mentioning the 'bright blue volunteer vest'. This action visually depicts the vest and its color, suggesting an Illustrator gesture.

https://www.ted.com/talks/allison_hunt_gets_a_new_hip

I had my photo ID

Yeah. They needed some young blood. So, next thing you know, I had my bright blue volunteer vest, I had my photo ID, and I was fully trained by my 89-year-old boss. I worked alone.

spans fingers to present object

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The speaker's hand movements do not appear to be directly related to the content of her speech "I had my photo ID".

https://www.ted.com/talks/patrick_awuah_on_educating_leaders

4:04-4:06

that were running up and down this embankment

They were a pervasive presence. And one day I go to the airport to meet my father, and as I walk up this grassy slope from the car park to the terminal building, I'm stopped by two soldiers wirlding AK-47 assault weapons. And they asked me to join a crowd of people that were running up and down this embankment. Why?

moves hand up and down

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The speaker's hand movement at 0.40s depicts the action of "running up and down" as described in the speech, visually representing the motion along an embankment.

https://www.ted.com/talks/patrick_awuah_on_educating_leaders

4:45-4:46

So he takes their radio

A Ghana Airways pilot falls into the same predicament. Because of his uniform they speak to him differently, and they explain to him that they're just following orders. So he takes their radio, talks to their boss, and gets us all released. What lessons would you take from an experience like this?

motions of taking an object with his hand

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The speaker holds and manipulates a small object, likely representing the radio mentioned in the speech. This action visually depicts the object and its interaction, aligning with the definition of an Illustrator gesture.

https://www.ted.com/talks/patrick_awuah_on_educating_leaders

5:24-5:25

It was a breath of fresh air.

And I also learned that it can be helpful to think about girls. So a few years after this event, I leave Ghana on a scholarship to go to Swarthmore College for my education. It was a breath of fresh air. You know, the faculty there didn't want us to memorize information and repeat back to them as I was used to back in Ghana.

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The speaker's open hand gestures coincide with the phrase "a breath of fresh air," visually depicting the concept of openness and airiness.

https://www.ted.com/talks/patrick_awuah_on_educating_leaders

9:33-9:36

when you see those three problems

So I decided to get engaged, and the first thing that I did was to come back to Ghana and talk with a lot of people and really try to understand what the real issues were. And three things kept coming up for every problem: corruption, weak institutions and the people who run them -- the leaders. Now, I was a little scared because when you see those three problems, they seem really hard to deal with. And they might say, "Look, don't even try."

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The speaker holds up three fingers while saying "three problems", directly emphasizing the quantity mentioned in the speech. This gesture serves to highlight the specific number of problems being discussed, making it a clear example of a Highlighter gesture.

https://www.ted.com/talks/patrick_awuah_on_educating_leaders

12:29-12:33

I understood what was happening to this young man

And he signs off, "Thank you." It's such a simple statement. But I was moved almost to tears because I understood what was happening to this young man. And it is an awesome thing to be a part of empowering someone in this way.

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The speaker places his hand on his chest while saying, "I understood what was happening to this young man." This gesture serves to emphasize the speaker's emotional connection and understanding of the situation, rather than visually depicting any specific object or action.

https://www.ted.com/talks/patrick_awuah_on_educating_leaders

13:20-13:24

constitutes a reach towards perfection

One of the students asked a question that just warmed my heart. Can we create a perfect society? Her understanding that a student-crafted honor code constitutes a reach towards perfection is incredible. Now, we cannot achieve perfection, but if we reach for it, then we can achieve excellence.

raises hand up

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The speaker's gesture of raising their hand and holding a small object while talking about reaching for perfection visually depicts the abstract concept of striving for a higher goal or ideal.

https://www.ted.com/talks/patrick_awuah_on_educating_leaders

15:27-15:30

We've graduated two classes of students to date

And it gives me a lot of hope. it turns out that corporate West Africa also appreciates what's happening with our students. We've graduated two classes of students to date. And every single one of them has been placed.

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The speaker raises two fingers while saying "two classes", directly highlighting the quantity mentioned in the speech.

https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violence

6:15-6:18

a cat was hoisted on a stage and lowered in a sling into a fire

The death penalty was a sanction for a long list of nonviolent crimes: criticizing the kind, stealing a loaf of bread. Slavery, of course, was the preferred labor-saving device, and cruelty was a popular form of enterntainment. perhaps the most vivid example was the practice of cat burning, in which a cat was hoisted on a stage and lowered in a sling into a fire, and the spectators shrieked in laughter as the cat, howling in pain, was burned to death. What about one-on-one murder?

motions movement of cat with hands

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The speaker's hand gestures depict the action of hoisting and lowering the cat into the fire, visually representing the described event.

https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violence

16:48-16:50

You can't say that my interests are special compared to yours

And there are a number of possibilites, such as increasing circles of reciprocity in the sense that Robert Wright argues for. The logic of the Golden Rule -- the more you think about and interact with other people, the more you realize that it is untenable to privilege your interests over theirs, at least not if you want them to listen to you. You can't say that my interests are special compared to yours any more than you can say the particular spot that I'm standing on is a unique part of the universe because I happen to be standing on it that very minute. It may also be powered by cosmopolitanism, by histories and journalism and memoirs and realistic fiction and travel and literacy, which allows you to project yourself into the lives of other people that formerly you may have treated as subhuman, and also to realize the accidental contingency of your own station in life, the sense that "There but for fortune go I."

points to himself and audience

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The speaker's hand gestures coincide with the spoken words "You can't say that" and visually depict the act of negation or dismissal, resembling pushing something away.

https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violence

6:52-6:54

He plotted on a logarithmic scale

Well, there, there are good statistics, because many municipalities recorded the cause of death. The criminologist Manuel Eisner scoured all of the historical records across Europe for homicide rates in any village, hamlet, town, county that he could find, and then he supplemented them with national data when nations started keeping statistics. He plotted on a logarithmic scale, going from 100 deaths per 100,000 people per year, which was approximately the rate of homicide in the Middle Ages, and the figure plummets down to less than one homicide per 100,000 people per year in seven or eight European countries. Then, there is a slight uptick in the 1960s.

takes fingers and points them outward

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The speaker's gesture of pointing upwards coincides with the mention of a logarithmic scale, visually depicting the concept of an increasing scale.

https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violence

7:09-7:11

and the figure plummets down

Well, there, there are good statistics, because many municipalities recorded the cause of death. The criminologist Manuel Eisner scoured all of the historical records across Europe for homicide rates in any village, hamlet, town, county that he could find, and then he supplemented them with national data when nations started keeping statistics. He plotted on a logarithmic scale, going from 100 deaths per 100,000 people per year, which was approximately the rate of homicide in the Middle Ages, and the figure plummets down to less than one homicide per 100,000 people per year in seven or eight European countries. Then, there is a slight uptick in the 1960s.

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The speaker's hand movement visually depicts the action of "plummeting down" as he says those words, making it an Illustrator gesture.

https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violence

7:20-7:22

there is a slight uptick

The criminologist Manuel Eisner scoured all of the historical records across Europe for homicide rates in any village, hamlet, town, county that he could find, and then he supplemented them with national data when nations started keeping statistics. He plotted on a logarithmic scale, going from 100 deaths per 100,000 people per year, which was approximately the rate of homicide in the Middle Ages, and the figure plummets down to less than one homicide per 100,000 people per year in seven or eight European countries. Then, there is a slight uptick in the 1960s. The people who said that rock and roll would lead to the decline of moral values actually had a grain of truth to that.

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The speaker consistently points to something off-screen while saying 'there is a slight uptick'. This gesture directly emphasizes the direction of the 'uptick' he's referring to, making it a Highlighter.

https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violence

10:24-10:26

if it outstrips behavior

And, of course, our change in standards can outpace the change in behavior. One of the reasons violence when down is that people got sick of the carnage and cruelty in their time. That's a process that seems to be continuing, but if it outstrips behavior by the standards of the day, things always look more barbaric than they would have been by historic standards. So today, we get exercised --and rightly so -- if a handful of murderers get executed by lethal injection in Texas after a 15-year appeal process.

traces hand downward

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The speaker's gesture of raising their hand and moving it upwards coincides with the phrase 'if it outstrips behavior,' visually depicting the concept of something exceeding or surpassing a limit.

https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violence

11:51-11:54

pulls out his gun, walks down the stairs

In a state of anarchy, there's a constant temptation to invade your neighbors preemptively, before they invade you. More recently, Thomas Schelling gives the analogy of a homeowner who hears a rustling in the basement. Being a good American, he has a pistol in the nightstand, pulls out his gun, walks down the stairs. And what does he see but a burglar with a gun in his hand?

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The speaker's action of pulling out his gun and walking down the stairs does not appear to have a direct connection to the content of his speech. There is no mention of guns, violence, or any related concepts in the provided text. Therefore, this gesture is classified as irrelevant.

https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violence

12:19-12:21

Hunter-gatherer peoples explicitly go through this train of thought

Maybe I had better shoot him before he shoots me, especially since, even if he doesn't want to kill me, he's probably worrying right now that I might kill him before he kills me." And so on. Hunter-gatherer peoples explicitly go through this train of thought and will often raid their neighbors out of fear of being raided first. Now, one way of dealing with this probelm is by deterrence.

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The speaker maintains a relatively static posture throughout the provided frames, with minimal hand movement. The slight hand adjustments observed do not appear to convey any specific meaning or correlate with the spoken content.

https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violence

13:34-13:36

the man who plotted the homicide rates

That would remove the temptatino to invade preemptively out of fear of them attacking you first. It removes the need for a hair trigger for retaliation to make you deterrent threat credible, and therefore, it would lead to a state of peace. Eisner -- the man who plotted the homicide rates that you failed to see in the earlier slide -- argued that the timing of the decline of homicide in Europe coincided with the rise of centralized states. So that's a bit of a support for the leviathan theory.

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The speaker consistently points with his index finger, directly referencing the content on the slide titled 'A state with a monopoly of force.' This gesture serves to emphasize and draw attention to the specific information being discussed, aligning with the characteristics of a Highlighter gesture.

https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violence

15:55-15:56

very narrow circle of friends and family

As Wright put it, "Among the many reasons that I think that we should not bomb the Japanese is that they built my minivan." The fourth explanation is captured in the title of a book called "The Expanding Circle," by the philosopher Peter Singer, who argues that evolution bequeathed humans with a sense of empathy, an ability to treat other peopole's interests as comparable to one's own. Unfortunately, by default, we apply it onlu to a very narrow circle of friends and family. People outside that circle are treated as subhuman and can be exploited with impunity.

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The speaker's gesture of bringing his hands closer together visually depicts the concept of a "narrow circle", illustrating the limited scope of friends and family.

https://www.ted.com/talks/hod_lipson_builds_self_aware_robots

2:38-2:40

It has eight motors, four on the knees and four on the hip.

So in these two examples, we had basically machines that learned how to walk in simulation, and also machines that learned how to walk in reality. But I want to show you a different approach, and this is this robot over here, which has four legs. It has eight motoes, four on the knees and four on the hip.

points to spots on the robot

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The speaker is holding and gesturing towards a physical object (a robot) that is present during the speech. The gestures serve to emphasize and draw attention to the robot, aligning with the communicative goal of a Highlighter.

https://www.ted.com/talks/hod_lipson_builds_self_aware_robots

5:30-5:32

we're working on a micro-scale version of these

It's an accelerated view, where you can see the robot actually carrying out some of its replication process. So you're feeding it with more material -- cubes in this case -- and more energy, and it can make another robot. So of course, this is a very crude machine, but we're working on a micro-scale version of these, and hopefully the cubes will be like a powder that you pour in. OK, so what can we learn?

moves hands together

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The speaker's hand movements visually depict the small scale of the object they are discussing, resembling its size and shape. This aligns with the communicative goal of Illustrator gestures, which is to visually represent concrete objects or concepts.

https://www.ted.com/talks/hod_lipson_builds_self_aware_robots

5:34-5:35

hopefully the cubes will be like a powder that you pour in

It's an accelerated view, where you can see the robot actually carrying out some of its replication process. So you're feeding it with more material -- cubes in this case -- and more energy, and it can make another robot. So of course, this is a very crude machine, but we're working on a micro-scale version of these, and hopefully the cubes will be like a powder that you pour in. OK, so what can we learn?

rubs fingers together

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The speaker's hand movements visually depict the act of pouring a powder, which directly corresponds to the spoken words "pour in." This indicates a clear intention to illustrate the concept being discussed.

https://www.ted.com/talks/matthieu_ricard_on_the_habits_of_happiness

3:21-3:22

quality of the freshness of the present moment

But then, if you look in the literature, East and West, you can find incredible diversity of definition of happiness. Some people say, I only believed in remembering the past, imagining the future, never the present. Some people say happiness is right now; it's the quality of the freshness the present moment. And that led Henri Bergson, the French philosopher, to say, "All the great thinkers of humanity have left happiness in the vague so that each of them could define their own terms."

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https://www.ted.com/talks/matthieu_ricard_on_the_habits_of_happiness

15:22-15:23

A violinist, as we heard, who has done 10,000 hours of violin practice

All the nominal connections, in numbers and quantities, were thought, until the last 20 years, to be more or less fixed when we reached adult age. Now, recently, it has been found that it can change a lot. A violinist, as we heard, who has done 10,000 hours of violin practice, some area that controls movements of fingers in the brain changes a lot, increasing reinforcement of the synaptic connections. So can we do that with human qualities?

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The speaker's hand gestures mimic the action of playing a violin, visually depicting the concrete object (violin) and the action associated with it (playing) that is being spoken about.

https://www.ted.com/talks/matthieu_ricard_on_the_habits_of_happiness

18:31-18:33

with all this apparatus

Also, it has been shown in other labs -- for instance, Paul Ekman's labs in Berkeley -- that some meditators are able, also, to control their emotional response more than it could be thought. Like the startle experiements, for example. If you sit a guy on a chair with all this apparatus measuring your physiology, and there's kind of a bomb that goes off, it's such an instinctive response that, in 20 years they never saw anyone who would not jump. Some meditators, without trying to stop it, but simply by being completely open, thinking that that bang is just going to be a small event like a shooting star, they are able not to move at all.

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https://www.ted.com/talks/matthieu_ricard_on_the_habits_of_happiness

18:49-18:51

small event like a shooting star

Also, it has been shown in other labs -- for instance, Paul Ekman's labs in Berkeley -- that some meditators are able, also, to control their emotional response more than it could be thought. Like the startle experiements, for example. If you sit a guy on a chair with all this apparatus measuring your physiology, and there's kind of a bomb that goes off, it's such an instinctive response that, in 20 years they never saw anyone who would not jump. Some meditators, without trying to stop it, but simply by being completely open, thinking that that bang is just going to be a small event like a shooting star, they are able not to move at all. So the whole point of that is not, sort of, to make, like, a circus thing of showing exceptional beings who can jump, or whatever.

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https://www.ted.com/talks/matthieu_ricard_on_the_habits_of_happiness

4:56-4:58

if you are feeling very cold, you come near a fire

I can hear it two, three, five times. If I had to hear it 24 hours, non-stop, it might be very tiring. If you are feeling very cold, you come near a fire, it's so wonderful. After some moments, you just go a little back, and then it starts burning.

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The speaker uses a gesture to depict the act of coming near a fire while saying "if you are feeling very cold, you come near a fire". The gesture visually represents the action of approaching a source of warmth, aligning with the definition of an Illustrator gesture.

https://www.ted.com/talks/matthieu_ricard_on_the_habits_of_happiness

6:24-6:26

When you are at the bottom of the wave, you hit the bottom

Because we are speaking of a different level. Look at the waves coming near the shore. When you are at the bottom of the wave, you hit the bottom. You hit the solid rock.

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https://www.ted.com/talks/matthieu_ricard_on_the_habits_of_happiness

6:31-6:32

you go from elation to depression

You hit the solid rock. When you are surfing on the top, you are all elated. So you go from elation to depression -- there's no depth. Now, if you look at the high sea, there might be beautiful, calm ocean, like a mirror.

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https://www.ted.com/talks/matthieu_ricard_on_the_habits_of_happiness

7:33-7:35

we try to fix the outside so much

To have everything. If we miss something, it collapses. And also, when things go wrong, we try to fix the outside so much, but our control of the outer world is limited, temporary, and often, illusory. So now, look at inner conditions.

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https://www.ted.com/talks/matthieu_ricard_on_the_habits_of_happiness

11:09-11:11

if we look from the experiential point of view

Is change possible in our emotions, in our traits, in our moods? For that we have to ask, what is the nature of mind? And if we look from the experiential point of view, there is a primary quality of consciousness that's just the mere fact to be cognitive, to be aware. Consciousness is like a mirror that allows all images to rise on it.

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The speaker's gesture of bringing his fingers together coincides with the phrase "if we look from the experiential point of view", visually depicting the act of focusing or converging on a specific perspective.

https://www.ted.com/talks/matthieu_ricard_on_the_habits_of_happiness

12:25-12:26

You could go from love to hate

That is the ground for mind training. Mind training is based on the idea that two opposite mental factors cannot happen at the same time. You could go from love to hate. But you cannot, at the same time, toward the same object, the same person, want to harm and want to do good.

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The speaker's hand gestures depict a transition or shift, aligning with the spoken phrase "You could go from love to hate." The movement visually represents the conceptual change being discussed.

https://www.ted.com/talks/matthieu_ricard_on_the_habits_of_happiness

13:39-13:41

instead of looking outward, we look inward

Each time it foes to the object, it reinforces that obsession or that annoyance. So then, it's a self-perpetuating process. So what we need to look for now is, instead of looking outward, we look inward. Look at anger itself.

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The speaker's gesture of raising their hand and turning it inward coincides with the spoken phrase "look inward." This action visually depicts the concept of introspection or directing one's attention internally, making it an Illustrator gesture.

https://www.ted.com/talks/matthieu_ricard_on_the_habits_of_happiness

14:13-14:14

it will just cross the mind

Likewise, if you look at the thought of anger, it will vanish like frost under the morning sun. If you do this again and again, the propensity, the tendencies for anger to arise again will be less and less each time you dissolve it. And, at the end, although it may rise, it will just corss the mind, like a bird crossing the sky without leaving any track. So this is the principal of mind training.

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The speaker's gesture of raising their hand and moving it across their mind coincides with the spoken phrase "it will just cross the mind." This action visually depicts the abstract concept of a thought crossing one's mind, making it an Illustrator gesture.

https://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_klein_on_the_intelligence_of_crows

3:59-4:01

fly down, reel up the lines, and eat

theres all kinds of anecdotes for how intelligent crows are. for example, in sweden, crows will wait for fisherman to drop lines or holes in the ice.

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https://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_klein_on_the_intelligence_of_crows

4:50-4:53

giant wig and a big mask

moral of the story: dont piss off crows. so now, students at the university of washington that study crows do so with

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The speaker uses hand gestures to depict the size and shape of a wig and mask, visually representing the objects being discussed.

https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_collier_shares_4_ways_to_help_the_bottom_billion

3:20-3:23

you dragged europe into

before the war, you had been highly protectionist. after the war, you opened your markets to europe,

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The speaker uses a sweeping outward motion with his arms, visually depicting the act of 'dragging Europe' into the global economy.

https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_collier_shares_4_ways_to_help_the_bottom_billion

4:31-4:36

aid, trade, security, governments

you found the IMF, you encouraged Europe to create the European Community - all systems for mutual government support. that is still the waterfront of effective policies:

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https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_collier_shares_4_ways_to_help_the_bottom_billion

6:19-6:21

a mass of new discoveries

ghana has discoevered oil. guinea has got a huge new exploitation of iron one coming out of the ground

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The speaker's gestures visually depict the concept of a large quantity or mass, aligning with the spoken phrase 'a mass of new discoveries.' The expansive hand movements suggest a sense of abundance and significance, illustrating the magnitude of the discoveries being discussed.

https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_collier_shares_4_ways_to_help_the_bottom_billion

9:35-9:37

just a benchmark

so, theres a threshold level above which you go up in the long term, and below which you go down.

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The speaker's hand gestures visually depict the concepts of 'up' and 'down' while discussing a threshold level. The upward and downward movements of his hands directly correspond to the spoken words, illustrating the abstract ideas of increase and decrease.

https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_collier_shares_4_ways_to_help_the_bottom_billion

12:22-12:25

taking the resources out of the ground

but ill give you an example. the first is how to take the resources out of the ground. the economic process is

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The speaker's hand gestures visually depict the act of "taking resources out of the ground" and "putting assets on top of the ground" by mimicking digging and placing motions, respectively. These actions are not physically present at the time of speaking, making the gestures illustrative.

https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_hirshberg_on_tv_and_the_web

0:49-0:52

arrange from whats important to you to whats not

to get a sense of this, and it's been a theme weve talked about all week, I recenly talked to a bunch of tweeners. I wrote on cards: "television," "radio," "MySpace," "Internet," "PC."

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The speaker uses hand gestures to visually depict the act of arranging items in a sequence, aligning with the spoken content "arrange these." This action of arranging is not physically present, making it an Illustrator gesture.

https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_hirshberg_on_tv_and_the_web

7:10-7:12

pointing a gun

You know, so much was worked out: the first real time interaction, the video display

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The speaker's gesture of pointing with his index finger and thumb extended, resembling a gun, coincides with his spoken words "pointing a gun." This action visually depicts the object and action being discussed, making it a clear example of an Illustrator gesture.

https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_hirshberg_on_tv_and_the_web

9:38-9:41

making things large

You saw how huge it was, and to give you a sense for this - because weve talked a lot about Moore's law and making things small at this conference

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The speaker's hand gestures visually depict the act of making things larger, as they spread their hands apart while saying 'making things large'.

https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_drori_on_what_we_think_we_know

1:02-1:04

where does all this stuff come from?

i think we agree on that. where does the tree get the stuff that makes up this chair,

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https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_drori_on_what_we_think_we_know

2:48-2:51

99% of this stuff

but maybe not in this instance. a little seed weighs a lot and basically all this stuff.

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https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_drori_on_what_we_think_we_know

4:23-4:26

a battery and a piece of wire

and when we gave graduate engineers this, they said it couldnt be done.

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https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_drori_on_what_we_think_we_know

7:24-7:25

you would show them something like this

To show the solar system. you would show them something like this

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https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_drori_on_what_we_think_we_know

7:42-7:43

to look something at that angle

Much more exciting to look at something like that. isn't it? right?

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https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_drori_on_what_we_think_we_know

7:44-7:45

doing it at that angle

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https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_drori_on_what_we_think_we_know

7:26-7:27

looking down from above

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https://www.ted.com/talks/noah_feldman_says_politics_and_religion_are_technologies

3:48-3:51

peace, justice, and equality

Islam represents, in a way, the goals of Muslim equality. And the goals from the perspective of Muslims are, in principle,

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https://www.ted.com/talks/noah_feldman_says_politics_and_religion_are_technologies

9:39-9:43

free political choice, basic liberty, and basic equality

cant possibly be compatible with what we consider the core of democracy

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https://www.ted.com/talks/noah_feldman_says_politics_and_religion_are_technologies

12:04-12:06

this convergence

this synthetic attempt to make sense of these two ideas together. conceptualize islam.it will be transformative of islam as well.

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https://www.ted.com/talks/john_hodgman_s_brief_digression

0:48-0:50

with slits for mouths

Nothing at all. Nearly a downed weather balloon piloted by small hairless men

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https://www.ted.com/talks/john_hodgman_s_brief_digression

1:54-1:57

two possibilities

i have never built an atomic pile although i might argue that every pile is atomic.

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https://www.ted.com/talks/john_hodgman_s_brief_digression

3:37-3:39

for even in my own life

it is a difficult theory for scientists to discount

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https://www.ted.com/talks/john_hodgman_s_brief_digression

4:35-4:37

necks soon got sore

blinking airplanes - typical sky junk. ocasionally kids would come join me and watch

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https://www.ted.com/talks/john_hodgman_s_brief_digression

4:58-5:02

neat suit with a yellow tie

They were on a date. i would say they were on a date because

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https://www.ted.com/talks/john_hodgman_s_brief_digression

6:27-6:29

crooked his finger as if he were firing a gun

what would be behind those rubber masks if he was. giant almond shaped eyes? slits for mouths?

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https://www.ted.com/talks/john_hodgman_s_brief_digression

7:19-7:22

long curly black hair

on my right - the girl in question next to me.

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The speaker's gesture of raising his hand to the side of his head coincides with his description of "long, curly black hair." This action visually depicts the characteristic he is mentioning, making it an Illustrator gesture.

https://www.ted.com/talks/john_hodgman_s_brief_digression

11:05-11:09

one: whitney strieber was played by

and the movie featured these details

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https://www.ted.com/talks/george_smoot_on_the_design_of_the_universe

7:19-7:22

you get a fan across the sky

Now im going to show you this in 3d. what happens if you take pictures as the earth rotates

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The speaker's sweeping hand movement across the sky visually depicts the motion of a fan, aligning with the spoken words "as the Earth rotates, you get a fan across the sky." This gesture aims to illustrate the concept of a fan-like motion rather than emphasizing the words themselves.

https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_strogatz_on_sync

8:01-8:04

They each do their own thing, flashing on and off

If you see fireflies in North America, like so many North American sorts of things, they tend to be independent operators. They ignore each other. They each do their own thing, flashing on and off, paying no attention to their neighbors.

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https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_strogatz_on_sync

17:59-18:01

They all showed this strange sort of skating gait

I mean, we oscillate back and forth as we walk. And especially if we start to walk like those people did, right? They all showed this strange sort of skating gait that they adopted once the bridge started to move.

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https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_strogatz_on_sync

9:41-9:45

Scientific papers were published saying it was twitching eyelids

And for a long time, even after it was documented, it was thought to be some kind of optical illusion. Scientific papers were published saying it was twitching eyelids that explained it, or, you know, a human being's tendency to see patterns where there are none

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The speaker's gesture of bringing his hand to his eye coincides with the mention of "twitching eyelids," visually depicting the action being discussed.

https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_strogatz_on_sync

10:21-10:25

which has about 10,000 independent cells that would each beep

Like, take, for instance, your pacemaker cells in your heart right now. They're keeping you alive. Every beat of your heart depends on this crucial region, the sinoatrial node, which has about 10,000 independent cells that would each beep, have an electrical rhythm -- a voltage up and down -- to send a signal to the ventricles to pump.

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The speaker uses his hands to visually depict the size and shape of the object with 10,000 independent cells, likely representing a complex device or system. This aligns with the definition of an Illustrator gesture as it aims to visually represent a concrete object or concept being discussed.

https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_strogatz_on_sync

10:25-10:26

have an electrical rhythm -- a voltage up and down

Like, take, for instance, your pacemaker cells in your heart right now. They're keeping you alive. Every beat of your heart depends on this crucial region, the sinoatrial node, which has about 10,000 independent cells that would each beep, have an electrical rhythm -- a voltage up and down -- to send a signal to the ventricles to pump.

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https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_strogatz_on_sync

11:09-11:11

is that this light is incoherent

If you look, for instance, at how lasers work, that would be a case of atomic synchrony. In a laser, what makes laser light so different from the light above my head here is that this light is incoherent -- many different colors and different frequencies, sort of like the way you clapped initially -- but if you were a laser, it would be rhythmic applause.

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https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_strogatz_on_sync

11:20-11:23

It would be all atoms pulsating in unison

In a laser, what makes laser light so different from the light above my head here is that this light is incoherent -- many different colors and different frequencies, sort of like the way you clapped initially -- but if you were a laser, it would be rhythmic applause. It would be all atoms pulsating in unison, emitting light of one color, one frequency.

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The speaker's hand movements throughout the video depict a pulsating motion, visually representing the concept of "atoms pulsating in unison" as described in the speech. The gestures coincide with the spoken words and aim to illustrate the abstract idea of synchronized atomic vibrations.

https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_strogatz_on_sync

15:08-15:14

He would shoot his light saber across the abyss, making a blade of light, and then scamper across on this blade of light

And together they submitted a design based on Lord Foster's vision, which was -- he remembered as a kid reading Flash Gordon comic books, and he said that when Flash Gordon would come to an abyss, he would shoot what today would be a kind of a light saber. He would shoot his light saber across the abyss, making a blade of light, and then scamper across on this blade of light.

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https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_strogatz_on_sync

15:35-15:38

You're used to suspension bridges with big droopy cables on the top.

So they built the blade of light, and it's a very thin ribbon of steel, the world's -- probably the flattest and thinnest suspension bridge there is, with cables that are out on the side. You're used to suspension bridges with big droopy cables on the top. These cables were on the side of the bridge

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The speaker's hand gestures visually depict the shape and position of suspension bridge cables, mimicking the 'droopy' nature of the cables as described in the speech. The gesture coincides with the spoken content and aims to illustrate a concrete object (suspension bridge cables) that is not physically present.

https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_strogatz_on_sync

15:40-15:44

like if you took a rubber band and stretched it taut across the Thames

You're used to suspension bridges with big droopy cables on the top. These cables were on the side of the bridge, like if you took a rubber band and stretched it taut across the Thames -- that's what's holding up this bridge.

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https://www.ted.com/talks/capt_charles_moore_on_the_seas_of_plastic

0:20-0:22

Life Magazine helped in this effort

After the war, we needed to direct our enormous production capacity toward creation of products for peacetime. Life Magazine helped in this effort by announcing the introduction of throwaways that would liberate the housewife from the drudgery of doing dishes.

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https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_savage_s_obsessions

4:19-4:20

by picking up one thing at a time; you can't think about the totality.

And over a few hours, I eventually achieved what was actually a pretty reasonable dodo skull. And I didn't mean to continue, I -- it's kind of like, you know, you can only clean a super messy room by picking up one thing at a time; you can't think about the totality.

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https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_savage_s_obsessions

14:03-14:08

why didn't I remember this? Why didn't I start and make it bigger?

And when I held my bronze one up against my Sculpey one, it was shorter by three-quarters of an inch. Yeah, no, really, this was like aah -- why didn't I remember this? Why didn't I start and make it bigger?

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https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_savage_s_obsessions

4:28-4:30

was sticking out of the back just where a spine would be

I wasn't thinking about a dodo skeleton; I just noticed that as I finished this skull, the armature wire that I had been used to holding it up was sticking out of the back just where a spine would be.

traced wire with hand

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The speaker uses hand gestures to visually depict the location and shape of a spine on the skull he is holding. His gestures coincide with his description of the spine's position, illustrating the concept for the audience.

https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_savage_s_obsessions

4:39-4:40

I actually understood the mechanics of vertebrae enough

I actually understood the mechanics of vertebrae enough to kind of start to imitate them. And so button by button, vertebrae by vertebrae, I built my way down.

shaping object with hand

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The speaker's hand gestures visually depict the shape and movement of vertebrae as he discusses their mechanics. This aligns with the communicative goal of Illustrator gestures, which is to represent concrete objects or actions.

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9:06-9:07

and then I began cutting out the negatives and using

So what I did was, again, like I did with the dodo skull, I blew all my reference up to full size, and then I began cutting out the negatives and using those templates as shape references. So I took Sculpey, and I built a big block of it, and I passed it through until, you know, I got the right profiles.

outlining a shape

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The speaker's hand gestures visually depict the action of cutting something out, which aligns with the spoken words "I began cutting out the negatives".

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9:09-9:10

those templates as shape references

So what I did was, again, like I did with the dodo skull, I blew all my reference up to full size, and then I began cutting out the negatives and using those templates as shape references. So I took Sculpey, and I built a big block of it, and I passed it through until, you know, I got the right profiles.

hands form a box

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The speaker uses hand gestures to depict the size and shape of a block, and later, the actions of cutting and using templates. These gestures visually represent concrete objects and actions, aligning with the definition of Illustrator gestures.

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9:10-9:15

So I took Sculpey, and I built a big block of it, and I passed it through until, you know, I got the right profiles.

So what I did was, again, like I did with the dodo skull, I blew all my reference up to full size, and then I began cutting out the negatives and using those templates as shape references. So I took Sculpey, and I built a big block of it, and I passed it through until, you know, I got the right profiles. And then slowly, feather by feather, detail by detail, I worked out and achieved -- working in front of the television and Super Sculpey

hands form statue

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10:12-10:15

and they place it on the table

Now, the great thing about getting it to this point was that because in the movie, when they finally bring out the bird at the end, and they place it on the table, they actually spin it. So I was able to actually screen-shot and freeze-frame to make sure.

placing down motion

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The speaker uses hand gestures to visually depict the action of placing and spinning an object on a table, aligning with the spoken words "place it on the table" and "spin it."