TEDxEindhoven 2016
Trading robots | Albert J. Menkveld
The fully automated stock exchange has been a vision of traders and economists since the seventies. Before the High Frequency Trading algorithms joined in the markets, it was human beings judging the (future) value of stocks and companies. Now that the algorithms are joining the trading-game, computer agents are also contributing to this assessment of value.
If not me, then someone else; But if not us, then no one | Daniël Lakens
We are biased to see patterns where there are none, and do not appreciate or reward randomness. We like to think remarkable things were meant to happen, but is this really true? We would love to be able to predict when remarkable things will happen, but we can’t.
The city that creates the future | Rob van Gijzel
Being inspired by Benjamin Barber’s vision for a future from the book “If mayors ruled the world”, Rob van Gijzel has initiated the experiment to put the theories around a city-centric society into practice. An experiment because making and discovering the future is a trial and error process.
The power of your space station | Vera de Pont
Vera de Pont takes you on her personal journey to a place far away, no, lightyears away, but at the same time very close. A place of crossroads within us, a place of new perspectives. By traversing these crossroads she aims to trigger your imagination to grow, to show itself, to explore and to inspire.
A new local for global citizens | Kavitha Varathan
There are currently approximately 69000 internationals in Eindhoven. Many of them talented international knowledge-workers. Every one of these people stood at a crossroad. From wildly different cultural backgrounds they all made the difficult choice to move to another place.
Sound Lab | Arvid Jense & Marie Caye
Arvid Jense gives a musical performance with a variety of the experimental instruments created at the Sound Lab while Marie Caye narrates the back-story of the sometimes strange origins of these instruments.
'Teaching' kids democracy and freedom | Jacqueline van Ewijk
In the complex modern society, learning never stops. As a democratic society we need to learn together and make decisions together. How to teach kids to embrace their freedom and participate in a democratic society? That’s the question Jacqueline aims to answer.
The power of collaboration: what to learn from an arctic camp? | Tom Huizer
Motivated to make a real impact against climate change Tom joined a glacier expedition to Greenland in the summer of 2014, together with Artek and the Technical University of Denmark. A journey that offered great insight into the climate challenge that we face today.
Life and the electric car | Bert Maas
Comparing the ignition sequences of a Tesla Model S to that of the Austin Healey 3000 Mark III is maybe not something you do everyday but for Bert Maas it is a prime example of the lack of emotion in the contemporary electric car. With his research he tries to navigate us to our future as drivers, whether you love the roar of a large V8 engine or enjoy the subtlety of the electric car.
Emphatic devices | Julia Kiseleva
Smartphones took a huge territory in the world of humans. But do you always have a mutual understanding with your phone? Julia believes that the haptic feedback we give to our phones is being wasted. Julia highlights how we can benefit more from the rich interactions we have with our phones, and make our phones not only smart, but also empathic.
Food for thought, thought for food | André Amaro
Culture is made when mind and hand work in sync making physical things. Ugly office buildings don’t bring us joy and beauty. It is when we as people make our own place, our own kitchen, our own food that creates meaningful value for ourselves. Nice words but you actually have to take action.
How to present to keep your audience’s attention | Mark Robinson
The city of Eindhoven is full of engineers giving technical presentations every day. Being an engineer himself, Mark has experienced a few too many boring presentations. Presentation skills are learnable, Mark himself is proof of that. In this talk Mark explains his journey, shares his best tips, shows how not to present and tells us why it is so important to captivate your audience.