Videos to Watch

An inspiring talk from TED Global 2009: The Danger of a Single Story from Chimamanda Adichie.

The fun theory is the thought that the simple concept of fun can change people’s behaviour for the better.

In this case, by making it fun to go on the stairs, more people opted to walk than to be lazy on the escalator.

Commercially viable wireless electricity that can power TVs, cell phones, and consumer electronics:

Ingenious scientists at MIT and WiTricity.

Rather interesting.

This is amazing. I wonder how much ink they used (used not wasted, because art is not a waste!).

CollegeHumor made this great spoof of those commercials for children in third-world countries.

Many people already know the tunes from West Side Story (an excellent Broadway musical with music by Leonard Bernstein), notably “Tonight”. The folks at CollegeHumor have adapted it to make yet another creative and awesome video, entitled “Web Site Story” — applying the music of back then to the technology of today.

Here’s a clip from the movie adaptation of West Side Story featuring the song “Tonight”.

This video is nothing short of amazing. With a great camera, lenses and skill, the people behind this short film have captured some of the most captivating parts of life in Boston.

Worth watching and worth sharing. See photos and the story behind the scenes.

This looks like an iMac clone with touch. Dell is really innovating at this time — by ‘innovating’, I mean taking competitors’ ideas and emulating them. In this case, they’ve combined the all-in-one concept of the iMac and the touch screen capabilities of the HP TouchSmart series, at a lower price than either.

Pretty cool promo video:

(I am not a Dell affiliate.)

With music by Hans Zimmer. View it at Vimeo in HD.

Truly inspirational footage. Try watching it in QuickTime: