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This week on TED.com March 31, 2013

Talk of the week Katherine Kuchenbecker: The technology of touch 06:28 minutes · Filmed Nov 2012 · Posted Mar 2013 · TEDYouth As we move through the world, we have an innate sense of how things feel -- the sensations they produce on our skin and how our bodies orient to them. Can technology leverage this? In this fun, fascinating TED-Ed lesson, learn about the field of haptics, and how it could change everything from the way we shop online to how dentists learn the telltale feel of a cavity. Watch now »

Playlist of the week That's absurd! (5 talks) These quirky talks remind us that life is funny, weird, sweet, absurd. Watch » Total run time 52:01

THIS WEEK'S TED TALKS ON TED.com When two people are trying to make a deal, what's going on inside their brains? Behavioral economist Colin Camerer reveals how little we're able to predict what others are thinking. With unexpected data that shows chimpanzees might be better at it than humans. Watch » In the Masai community where 13-year-old Richard Turere lives, cattle are all-important. But lion attacks were growing frequent. In this short, inspiring talk, the young inventor shares the solar-powered solution he designed to safely scare the lions away. Watch » Mark Shaw demos Ultra-Ever Dry, a liquid-repellent coating that acts as an astonishingly powerful shield against water and water-based materials. At the nano level, the spray covers a surface with an umbrella of air so that water bounces right off. Watch for an exciting two-minute kicker. Watch » Our bodies and homes are covered in microbes -- some good for us, some bad for us. As we learn more about the germs and microbes who share our living spaces, TED Fellow Jessica Green asks: Can we design buildings that encourage happy, healthy microbial environments? Watch »

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Quote of the Week " Familiarity really is the gateway drug to empathy. Once an issue pops up in your own backyard or amongst your own family, you're far more likely to … explore a new perspective on it." iO Tillett Wright iO Tillett Wright: Fifty shades of gay

Join the Conversation Can first world countries spend their overseas aid budgets more effectively? Started by Nik Gill (57 comments) Do we rely too heavily on technology for medical diagnosis? Started by Neema Aggarwal (29 comments) " Tify Ndanoboi on Jessica Green: We're covered in germs. Let's design for that.   You have to love the simplicity of "open the window". I completely agree with the hospital scenario, but I wonder if it's not a bit more complex and issue than air filtration, viz most operating theaters are still following the Victorian principles of putting it at the top of the building as then (see "Ether domes" etc as a good examples), as in those days, all operations were done under natural light. How does that effect the cross contamination of the patients, and the microbes that exist there? Similarly you'll find kitchens at ground or basement levels again harking back to Victorian building design, again an issue? I think, if you look at any building design, be it a hospital or an office, you have to look at holistically, this talk is another step to our understanding of that. Excellent talk."

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