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[INSPIRATION] Eva Vertes: a microbiology prodigy

Eva Vertes is a microbiology prodigy. Her discovery, at age 17, of a compound that stops fruit-fly brain cells from dying was regarded as a step toward curing Alzheimer's. Now she aims to find better ways to treat -- and avoid -- cancer. Eva Vertes may not yet have the answers she needs to cure cancer, but she's asking some important -- and radical questions: If smoking can cause lung cancer, and drinking can cause liver cancer, is it possible that cancer is a direct result of injury? If so, could cancer be caused by the body's own repair system going awry? She asks this and other breathtaking questions in her conference-closing 2005 talk. Her approach marks an important shift in scientific thinking, looking in brand-new places for cancer's cause -- and its cure. Her ultimate goal, which even she calls far-fetched, is to fight cancer with cancer. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/secretlife/scientists/eva-vertes/ http://www.molbio.princeton.edu/ from TED Idea ...

[INSPIRATION] Olliver Steeds

http://oliversteeds.com/ http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/solving-history-whats-hot/ http://www.travelchannel.com/ http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/solving-history/solving-history.html?dtc=dsc-hp-drl-sh-main
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[DESIGN] Inversions

http://www.scottkim.com/inversions/ http://www.scottkim.com/discover/ Scott Kim designs puzzles in the spirit of MC Escher's art and Tetris -- visually stimulating, thought provoking and suffused with broad appeal. "Scott Kim is the Escher of the alphabet. " Isaac Asimov   from TED Idea Worth Spreading

[DESIGN] David Kelly and Tim Brown

As founder of legendary design firm IDEO, David Kelley has helped design the icons of the digital generation -- the first mouse, the Treo, the Leap chair. But equally important to him: Designing great places to work, learn and create. http://www.ideo.com/ http://www.stanford.edu/group/dschool/ http://www.kickstart.org/ Tim Brown is the CEO of the "innovation and design" firm IDEO -- taking an approach to design that digs deeper than the surface. http://www.recfx.com/ http://livingclimatechange.com/index.php/about/ from TED Idea Worth Spreading http://www2.artcenter.edu/designconference/