This is an episode of Body Electric a series airing over at the TED Radio Hour. In this special series, host Manoush Zomorodi investigates the relationship between our technology and our bodies and asks: How are we physically adapting to meet the demands of the Information Age? Why do so many of us feel utterly drained after a day spent attached to our devices?
Part one kicks off with an exploration into how economic eras have shaped the human body in the past with author Vybarr Cregan-Reid. Then, Columbia University researcher and exercise physiologist Keith Diaz and Manoush discuss his findings and propose a challenge to listeners: Let's see if we can end this cycle of type, tap, collapse together.
Click here to find out more about the project: npr.org/bodyelectric
How "digital twins" could help us predict the future | Karen Willcox
The future of machines that move like animals | Robert Katzschmann
War, AI and the new global arms race | Alexandr Wang
Could an orca give a TED Talk? | Karen Bakker
The growing megafire crisis — and how to contain it | George T. Whitesides
Introducing Body Electric
The urgent risks of runaway AI -- and what to do about them | Gary Marcus
What the world can learn from China's innovation playbook | Keyu Jin
A powerful new neurotech tool for augmenting your mind | Conor Russomanno
The incredible creativity of deepfakes -- and the worrying future of AI | Tom Graham
The outlaws of the ocean -- and how we're reeling them in | Tony Long
How wireless energy from space could power everything | Ali Hajimiri
Why the passport needs an upgrade | Karoli Hindriks
The energy Africa needs to develop -- and fight climate change | Rose M. Mutiso
The disappearing computer -- and a world where you can take AI everywhere | Imran Chaudhri
Who owns the internet of the future? | Ordinary Things
How one small idea led to $1 million of paid water bills | Tiffani Ashley Bell
How AI could save (not destroy) education | Sal Khan
The Internet's First Main Character? | The Redemption of Jar Jar Binks
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