Brummet's Conscious Blog

Recommended Resources Its time for another set of resources that we feel are so wonderful that we just have to share with you.  Today, we'll focus on inspiring advancements in design and technology:  - In the past she was a passionate biology student; today Kim Sung works with thermo-biometals for architecture. These smart metals breath like skin and respond to the elements. Check out her presentation on this fascinating topic: https://www.ted.com/talks/doris_kim_sung_metal_that_breathes - Dr Bart Knols and his inventive team are developing numerous ways to learn about mosquitoes and find ways to end malaria. Learn more during his 10 minute discussion on their findings so far: https://www.ted.com/talks/bart_knols_cheese_dogs_and_pills_to_end_malaria - Paul MacCready, an aircraft designer and environmentalist, is passionate about alternative transportation, sustainable energy and responsible design. During his career he's de...

Recommended Resources: For all those who love MUSIC... we have chosen our very favourite TED talks that relate to the enjoyment, demonstration, performances of various music. Bored of what you normally listen to? - this will fix that !! Totally different and very enlightening.  Let us know if you enjoy them :) https://www.ted.com/talks/cynthia_erivo_natural_woman_and_johnny_and_donna https://www.ted.com/talks/the_debut_of_the_british_paraorchestra https://www.ted.com/talks/camille_a_brown_new_second_line https://www.ted.com/talks/sauti_sol_the_rhythm_of_afrobeat ~~ Visit the Brummet's @:  http://BrummetMedia.ca ~~

Recommended Resources As many of you know I'm a big fan of TED.com talks... and made a deal with myself to complete all the lectures they had. Yes. All 410 or whatever pages ...and there's what, 48 lectures per page... something like that. I've never actually counted. Anyway, I've watched them all. The oldest, the latest. Took me a couple years as I watched/listened when I was doing dishes and scrubbing down the kitchen, dusting or folding laundry etc. Those chores that don't require one's mind. I even did yoga quite a few times choosing TED.com over music. Anyway, that was quite the feat for me, and I've been sharing all the ones that moved me the most, inspired me the most here on the blog whenever I could. There's a few left in my blog content files and today I'm sharing a few of them. I want to start with David Damberger - who worked with Engineers Without Borders and even founded the Calgary (AB, Canada) chapter of that organization, eventua...