Uploaded November 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
As our devices become smaller, faster and cheaper, they make daily tasks more convenient -- and they can also save lives. For epilepsy patients like Andrew Ho’s daughter, a typical day can bring dangerous, even fatal, challenges. Ho shares how medical devices currently under development could make it possible for people with different kinds of challenges to lead normal lives. "No longer will they feel isolated and marginalized. No longer will they live in the shadows, afraid, ashamed, humiliated and excluded," he says.
As the world and our interactions grow more complex, so do our challenges. To solve for modern problems, we need a new framework for innovation itself, one that considers all perspectives and outcomes in the calculus. In September 2019 TED@DuPont speakers shared their ideas that can serve to truly transform society at The Fillmore in Philadelphia.
About the TED Institute: We know that innovative ideas and fresh approaches to challenging problems can be discovered inside visionary companies around the world. The TED Institute helps surface and share these insights. Every year, TED works with a group of select companies and foundations to identify internal ideators, inventors, connectors, and creators. Drawing on the same rigorous regimen that has prepared speakers for the TED main stage, TED Institute works closely with each partner, overseeing curation and providing intensive one-on-one talk development to sharpen and fine tune ideas.
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As our devices become smaller, faster and cheaper, they make daily tasks more convenient -- and they can also save lives. For epilepsy patients like Andrew Ho’s daughter, a typical day can bring dangerous, even fatal, challenges. Ho shares how medical devices currently under development could make it possible for people with different kinds of challenges to lead normal lives. "No longer will they feel isolated and marginalized. No longer will they live in the shadows, afraid, ashamed, humiliated and excluded," he says.
As the world and our interactions grow more complex, so do our challenges. To solve for modern problems, we need a new framework for innovation itself, one that considers all perspectives and outcomes in the calculus. In September 2019 TED@DuPont speakers shared their ideas that can serve to truly transform society at The Fillmore in Philadelphia.
About the TED Institute: We know that innovative ideas and fresh approaches to challenging problems can be discovered inside visionary companies around the world. The TED Institute helps surface and share these insights. Every year, TED works with a group of select companies and foundations to identify internal ideators, inventors, connectors, and creators. Drawing on the same rigorous regimen that has prepared speakers for the TED main stage, TED Institute works closely with each partner, overseeing curation and providing intensive one-on-one talk development to sharpen and fine tune ideas.
Learn more at ted.com/ted-institute
Follow TED Institute on Twitter @TEDPartners
Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/user/TEDInstitute
