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The Talks of TED@DuPont 2019
From the chemistry of everyday life to innovations in food, “smart” clothing, and more, discover some of the best ideas from across the DuPont ecosystem.
Tina Arrowood
By combining science, circular thinking and disruptive innovation, Tina Arrowood helps envision a world in which fresh river water is not scarce, but well-managed.
Janani Bhaskar
Jajani develops smart clothing technologies and is passionate about using the power of materials science to create high-impact products that will improve the quality of life globally.
Andrew Ho
Andrew is a DuPont marketer who believes that better and more affordable technologies will help create a more diverse and inclusive society.
Geert Van der Kraan
Geert is research scientist at DuPont’s Nutrition & Biosciences business, responsible for the development of next-generation control strategies and biocide formulation testing, holding specific use in the oil and gas industry.
Vicky Huang
Vicky works on the innovation and development of enzyme products in the Fabric & Household Care industry, focusing on translating biotechnology into product development and sustainable consumer solutions.
Edward Paxton
Ed collaborates with DuPont’s customers to develop new polymer components for aircraft and aero-engines. Among other things, he is interested in how the exceptionally high standards of aviation safety are achieved and how they can be applied to other aspects of life.
Cathy Mulzer
Cathy earned her PhD in chemistry from Cornell University focused on bringing a new class of polymers, covalent organic frameworks, into a new application space: electrochemical energy storage. Today. she works on the next generation of electronic materials for consumer electronic devices.
Featured Talks
How "smart" clothing could help improve our health
Janani Baskhar
Smart clothing designer
By designing "smart" clothing with durable technologies, we can better keep track of health and well-being, says clothing designer Janani Bhaskar. She shares how we can use screen-printing technology to attach biometric “smart stickers” to any piece of clothing -- and how they can track blood pressure, heart rate and other vital signs. "Why not transform clothing and make it a part of our digitized world?" she asks.
What happens in your brain when you taste food
Camilla Arndal Andersen
Neuroscientist
With fascinating research and hilarious anecdotes, neuroscientist Camilla Arndal Andersen takes us into the lab where she studies people's sense of taste via brain scans. She reveals surprising insights about the way our brains subconsciously experience food -- and shows how this data could help us eat healthier without sacrificing taste.
A circular economy for salt that keeps rivers clean
Tina Arrowood
Physical organic chemist
During the winter of 2018-2019, one million tons of salt were applied to icy roads in the state of Pennsylvania alone. The salt from industrial uses like this often ends up in freshwater rivers, making their water undrinkable and contributing to a growing global crisis. Tina Arrowood shares a three-step plan to keep salt out of rivers - and create a circular salt economy that turns industrial byproducts into valuable resources.
Live in the N:ow
On September 12, 2019 the Fillmore Theater in Philadelphia was transformed into a TED@DuPont experience, to tell our story in a new way. While our presenters were transformed into TED speakers, hundreds of attendees explored their own ideas of creativy and transformation with interactive exhibits, culinary surprises and more.
Want more TED?
TED@DuPont is a TED Institute event given in partnership with DuPont. You can learn more about TED Institute, the TED@DuPont event, and all our speakers and talks, at TED.com.