TED (short for Technology, Entertainment and Design) is an enlightening and motivational non profit organisation who put together international conferences inviting inspirational, funny, powerful and unique speakers from all over the world to come and speak about their area of expertise or passion. I was lucky enough to be introuduced to the website last year. The fantastic thing about the conferences is that they can all be viewed online, completely free of charge. In some cases, the speakers are well known, in some they are not. There is pretty much something for everyone - from illusionists to brain scientists, from comedians to serious speakers on the topics of health, global or political issues.
One of the videos to really blow me away was a talk by William Kamkwamba, a 14 year old Malawian, who on deciding to attempt to build an elecricity powered windmill (as you do) did just that, with only the help of some rough plans that he found in a library book and scrap parts from around the village.
Inspiring stuff.
