Michael Doser is a particle physicist working at CERN. He has been working with antimatter since 1983, using it both as a tool and as an object of study, with the goal of understanding the first moments of the Universe. In 2002, he was part of the team that made cold atoms of antihydrogen for the first time, and — …
Nicolas et Loris Falquet: Innovation And Aesthetics In Sports Filmmaking
Nicolas and Loris Falquet have been professional freeriders for twelve years. Apart from some participation in the Verbier Xtreme by Loris, the brothers focused their activity on ski filmmaking. Since 2002, the year of their first short film, they have made over 7 ski films always with the same desire to promote their passion in the most innovative and aesthetically …
Paul Conneally: Digital Disasters, How new technologies are transforming humanitarian aid for the better
Paul Conneally has worked as a journalist since 1988 in the print and broadcast media, primarily in the area of news reportage and documentaries that focus on socio-economic development and international politics. His first assignment with the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) was as an information delegate in Azerbaijan in 1995. In December 1996 …
Xavier Rosset: 300 days alone on an island
Xavier Rosset is a 33 years old Swiss adventurer. To find him, you usually need to leave the cities and go to the edge of a lake, the middle of a desert, or on a mountain. This modern adventurer has produced documentaries from more than twenty countries. In his latest project “A Glance on the World”, Xavier brings a reflection …
Claude Marshall: Sports, giving refugee youth their lost childhood
As a volunteer consultant to the UNHCR (the UN refugee agency), Claude Marshall helps develop and find support for sports projects for refugee youth, mainly in mass refugee camps or settlements around the world. He, as well, seeks financial support from individuals and corporations for refugee assistance in education, healthcare and housing. Mr. Marshall joined the UNHCR in 1993, after …
Jan-Mathieu Donnier: 360° imagery systems and applications
Jan-Mathieu Donnier is beneficiary of a master degree in international relations and an other in communication and media science. He is co-founder of GlobalVision Communication sàrl, a pioneer business in the field of 360° imagery. At TEDxGeneva he will briefly outline the evolution of photorealistic immersion technology in the past years and talk about forthcoming projects and evolutions toward 360° …
Michael Doser: If apples fall down, do anti-apples fall up?
Michael Doser is a particle physicist working at CERN. He has been working with antimatter since 1983, using it both as a tool and as an object of study, with the goal of understanding the first moments of the Universe. In 2002, he was part of the team that made cold atoms of antihydrogen for the first time, and – …
Frederic Kaplan: Are Gesture-based Interfaces The Future of Human Computer Interaction
Frederic Kaplan, engineer and specialist of artificial intelligence and new interfaces, worked ten years for Sony, before joining the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. He is co-founder with the designer Martino d’Esposito of OZWE, a company that produces and commercializes the objects they invent together. His research has led to about a hundred scientific publications and his prototypes …
Louis Palmer: When the whole world talks about energy and climate crisis, it is time to show the solutions! (Solartaxi)
In 2004 Louis Palmer started the solartaxi project. Since his childhood he wanted to go around the world without polluting and destroying planet Earth with fossil fuels. With the help of four different Swiss universities he managed to build the car, find supporters and sponsors and take off for a 18 month tour across 38 countries. He wanted to show …