----- Forwarded Message ----- From: THIS WEEK on TED.com <[email protected]> To: Robert <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, 2 March 2012, 22:13 Subject: A swarm of flying ROBOTS Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser March 2, 2012 This week: Three jawdropping talks fresh from stage at TED2012 -- and two powerful talks on our oceans to celebrate the launch of mission-blue.org. In his lab at Penn, Vijay Kumar and his team build flying quadrotors, small, agile robots that swarm together. Watch now >> Have we used up our resources? Have we filled up all the livable space on Earth? Paul Gilding suggests we have, in this clear-eyed and oddly hopeful talk. Watch now >> Peter Diamandis makes a case for optimism -- that we'll invent, innovate and create ways to solve the challenges that loom over us. Watch now >> The ocean has degraded within our lifetimes, says Daniel Pauly, as shown in the decreasing average size of fish. Can we stop the baseline drop? Watch now >> Paul Snelgrove shares the results of the 10-year Census of Marine Life, and shares amazing photos of some of their surprising undersea finds. Watch now >> NEWS FROM TED TED2012: Read all about it Catch up on everything about TED2012 in our "insanely detailed" coverage on the TED Blog >> Join the Conversation Brooks Wagner on Vijay Kumar: Robots that fly ... and cooperate The real power of technology like this comes down to scale. Sure the little flying robots are impressive but how about integrating this concept with our cars? How about using it to assist air traffic controllers? How many lives can be saved if your car has situational awareness and prevents you from turning into the path of that bus?" Manuel Perez on Paul Gilding: The Earth is full My problem with this talk is the total lack of solutions and alternatives being put forward. The only real solution is to get out of this planet, we are going to keep on trying to get more resources from the planet full stop, let's face this, saying the opposite is the real denial. China, Russian, Brasil cannot stop, and after them it will be someone else ... So we better put the systems in place so humanity keeps growing outwards from Earth, getting the metal and energy resources it needs from space, while we implement more aggressive recycling strategies in Earth." Most Emailed This Week Jeffrey Kluger: The sibling bond Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work Brené Brown: The power of vulnerability Bunker Roy: Learning from a barefoot movement Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action Stay in touch with TED Become a fan of TED on Facebook Follow TED on Twitter: @TEDNews | @TEDTalks Get TED news, speaker Q&As and more: TED Blog You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to it on TED.com Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Update email info | Forward to a friend | Email us TED Conferences LLC, 250 Hudson, 10th floor, New York, NY 10013