Lifesaving scientific tools made of paper | Manu Prakash

Inventor Manu Prakash turns everyday materials into powerful scientific devices, from paper microscopes to a clever new mosquito tracker. From the TED Fellows stage, he demos Paperfuge, a hand-powered centrifuge inspired by a spinning toy that costs 20 cents to make and can do the work of a $1,000 machine, no electricity required.
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[@satellite964]

This is what TED should be.

[@nitesy381]

give this guy a nobel prize

[@diwakarmishra01]

Absolutely

[@user-ce2eu2wu1u]

He absolutely deserves it

[@vishvajeet7625]

Engineers don't get Nobel prizes. Sad isn't it

[@hanshans4118]

Better him then Obama

[@kwj1001]

hans hans than

[@Redemption-r]

I don't know why no one talks about people like him who have actual solutions, and others are always on news channels with no solution and just talks

[@susan137]

I don't think the "others" have no solutions, they just have solutions for other circumstances.

[@Leotique]

People like Manu Prakash should have 1 hour speech time !!!!

[@lilaclizard4504]

exactly!!!!! actually he seems a bit disorganised, the quint essential eccentric genius :) so maybe give him 10x10 minute speeches instead, different speech time session for each invention

[@erick-gmz]

Wow this was definitely one of the bet TED talks, informative, new tech with simple materials that does something outstanding, a new approach to solve problems.. man i just love these

[@shovitkhatiwada7238]

This is really amazing...if this man is alive for next 40 yr;he is gonna change tools for medical

[@narendey4075]

We need people like him who inspire us to think differently!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@karan4624]

Yeah

[@danielelkadi3499]

Brilliant! People like him who literally make our planet a better place for everyone

[@SappyDa]

I am watching this years in the future and wondering why this is not in every classroom and hospital in the world. Humanity inspires and disappoints in equal measure.

[@mohammadmohd113]

YES!!! I watched a video about Manu a while back. So glad to see him on Ted.

[@el_fantasma_loco6497]

I got Dengue a few months ago, I couldn’t do much for two weeks, and felt horrible for 3, and this was with every medical necessity covered, I can’t imagine how people with lower resources deal with it, his work amazes me, I hope he will continue to do thing like this, I really admire him

[@rakeshmallick8040]

Manu Labs, Stanford has also made a water based computer.

[@user-nm7rs2wj5x]

종이 현미경 만드신분이 이분이구나!! 그것 보다가 검색으로 왔는뎅 ㅠ 너무 멋있고 진짜 대단한듯!!! 이런분들 덕에 음지에 있는 분들에겐 삶의 연장이 달려있는듯 ㅠ 너무너무 멋져용!! 베푸는 소신이 너무 진짜 감동적이당 ..

[@Varun10299]

Damn 😂 First asian comment I ever saw.

[@user-vs7hf1qm1w]

정말 대단한 사람이고 영감을 얻었다 당신은 매우 좋은사람,똑똑한사람,모두를 이해해주는사람 정말 좋은사람입니다😊

[@user-si9ht4ey7b]

용달님영상보고 왔는데 진짜 아무도생각하지못한물건으로 엄청난걸만드네

[@jayvasant114]

This person is really amazing. I find something new everytime I saw his explanation at different platforms.

[@jacobmortimore]

i heard about this about a year ago!! an absolutely amazing invention. great to finally see a talk about this.

[@Secondary_Identifier]

Improving access to, diminishing the costs of, technology is secondary in importance only to the original invention. Making tools accessible can only improve understanding and craftsmanship; good show.

[@Cavers]

Amazing!!! One of the best TED Talks I've seen

[@LuxiBelle]

These centrifuges are doomed to become the new fidget spinners.

[@rayhaana.3153]

Dead Joffrey dear god

[@l3p3]

There is no fucking god.

[@lilaclizard4504]

I was sure he was going to pull out a fidget spinner as he was talking about toys he tested!

[@JustinGabriel425]

Amazing Ted Talk! The technology presented here is absolutely incredible!

[@dachintya]

You are an amazing person..you are advancing mankind into higher dimensions of life. Great to see you. Just wonderful🙌

[@siddhiraskar5464]

This is amazing...Ted plz keep uploading such amazing science videos

[@raygov]

This is the most important video that I have ever watched,it will find its way to very door.

[@tabbylovesmath173]

amazing I always love learning more about science and I hope that other who are less fortunate can to

[@tabbylovesmath173]

also the mathematics behind simple things like that always make me curious

[@redaurora5015]

Take a simple thing, make it Mount Everest. This is freaking awesome man, this is crazy.

[@brendarua01]

Amazing! What an inspiration!

[@gavart4509]

I've seen this guy before, he really deserves the recognition.

[@geralt9036]

That ended so quickly!

[@LKINTELLIGENCE]

*And investors invest in frauds like Theranos, give money to this guy, he will change the world for better.*

[@Varun10299]

ANDROID LIZARD 2.0

[@m1lkweed]

I mean, If theranos was legit that would've also been a revolution. Part of the reason it was so scandalous was that they were so convincing. You can't really fault the people who invested in it.

[@geophph4324]

"Unlike Bill, I'm not going to release them."

[@moze5481]

care to explain this joke lol

[@geophph4324]

Summit Tea Yes, it's in reference to a speech given by Bill Gates, one of the creators of Microsoft, where he had a jar of mosquitoes that he released upon his audience as a joke to say why should the rich not get the experience of malaria? The Ted talk he did is still viewable today if you would like to view it.

[@moze5481]

Thanks, going to look it up!

[@jarfuloflove7320]

Geoff G socialism in a nutshell

[@geophph4324]

Jarful of Love Could you elaborate on that?

[@konstantinospapantonopoulo4823]

Great respect and love for this type of people

[@anilkashyap1388]

This is just amazing to build affordable science

[@Adi-pw1ed]

Getting on in August! Exciting! :)

[@AbhishekNigam]

This is amazing!! So much hope for better healthcare for millions! This reminds me of the sentence: "Nobody thought this was possible, until it was done".

[@safdarsafdari7289]

he deserves multiple noble prizes what great man!

[@pada5009]

Science for Everone...good line by manu prakash♥️

[@MarkArandjus]

You gotta love the fact that they didn't really need to understand the exact mechanics of how it spins, just that it does and how fast, but they studied it anyway. SCIENCE! :D

[@Frautcres]

Great talk, great science. I hope there are actually more good talks like this.

[@lilaclizard4504]

yup! He spoke of going over time, I thought they had 18 minutes? Must be some have shorter? Bring him back for a seperate session for each of his inventions I say!

[@user-tw3gk9mb7z]

This is just awesome!

[@DRGradybooks]

Wonderful, just wonderful!

[@neonmanas5568]

He deserves multiple Nobel Prizes.

[@vinodgupta8181]

Amazing discovery.

[@tsresc]

This guy looks like real life Reed Richards. Thank you for inventing those things, man.

[@salinitn9342]

Great... Pronounciation 🙏😍👌 Everyone can Capture this Information

[@bibekkafle4107]

Great work! inspired

[@Lostpanda123]

Loved it!

[@cabbage4254]

1:58 so there could be a flea in my foot? EEEEEEEEEW! 🙀 Great talk.

[@shamirgeorge]

Next level innovation right here.

[@rio7858]

He's explaining like a lollipop!!! Genius🖖

[@aditeayah]

Thats amazing 🔥

[@xxxxxx5988]

Amazing guy!

[@moogleion]

Amazing

[@bluebee2431]

Incredible!

[@shubhamjain-xu7wt]

u are doing a grt work

[@dewanmaharunnasamourin6827]

One of legendary man I have ever seen in my entire life 😍.

[@0stre]

this is huge!

[@jani_rakhau]

An Indian inventor!

[@ianjohnston1391]

This dude is unique great man of men

[@FunBotan]

Mind blown: ✔

[@anjanahere]

Inspiring 🔥

[@Fernando-fr5cu]

Awesome!!!!!

[@arjunjayakumar4518]

Really inspirational stuff! I think he should team up with Raj Panjabi to make affordable medical kits. That could be a game changer.

[@saptakbhadra7976]

Amazing .

[@searose6192]

Frugal science pair very well with something I am extremely excited about; the dawn of crowdsourced scientific discovery. If we put 7 billion minds together, imagine what we can learn and discover.

[@rakeshmallick8040]

I am a fan of this guy. He is super.

[@Alex55555]

Wow, amazing

[@steven_003]

Heard of this before. Good talk btw. ;D

[@AbyssGAMER]

You Are A Hero!

[@darkseid856]

This guy is an absolute genius .

[@kader938]

Sad thing is I had the same paperfuge idea 3-4 years ago aswell. But It's too late now. My cousin introduced me to this string toy

[@kaushalsuvarna5156]

wonderful

[@cptmzh13]

simple genius

[@anilkashyap1388]

Acoustic databases that sound awesome

[@winny5323]

Science for all !!!

[@andrewmarttini9896]

holy crap this is actually reallyyyyy freakin cool man.

[@osmmaankhan]

Just wow

[@DSQUAREDANGEROUS]

give this an a nobel...... so bright intellect this guy has no wonder he's indian.... like me ;)

[@utkarshpandey6979]

Dude youre making our country india proud. Loved it.

[@BunnyFett]

This man is a hero.

[@kartikchoudhary5571]

Awsome.

[@gumballgaming902]

Indian are always have a cheaper way to go this guy proves it with no changing the cost of live

[@Bittoo25b]

Love u sir...

[@AppleSlicesUnite]

This is a really great TedTalk

[@tyler1612]

He saved so many peoples

[@sskdeshmukh]

Keep it up

[@hanadekopp7375]

Great generous person will safe humanity thank you! There is Knowledge in this world but mostly with out compassion! Science is used to gain power and control this days. Please make the steps available on let us learn and teach one another with out having athe selfish and greedy put their hand on it.

[@Moon-lj1gs]

wow that's cool

[@amantin]

Two questions : 1) how can you make this keep continuously rotating only in one direction, and you can keep adding energy to it ? (like spinning mops, or vintage old spinning top ) 2) how can we incorporate it in a bicycle? 3) how about a skateboard working with this principle, where you just pull a string?

[@rhinogaming2737]

Really he deserve nobel prize.............

[@KanchanGupta-tj7lc]

which type of string is used in it

[@user-cz8yb3fl1p]

even genius, noble too.

[@Taiwaneverything]

Went to the abuzz site and didn't find any info about how and where to send the mosquito sound. Shouldn't that be much easier?

[@niyasntr3692]

This man is lit🔥

[@kunalkaushik250]

I used to play by inserting thread in steel cap not knew this can be used as a medical device

[@saumyasriivastava]

He deserves a noble prize

[@arulaja7404]

indonesia... i'll buy this foLdscope...

[@hks9880]

wow...

[@ramaupadhya3021]

A simple question bro how are they teaching science in I ndia we have forgotten the real purpose of studying science just for Mark's body nonsense is going on

[@gowthamkrishnans8869]

Rama Upadhya I know man...everyone just wants the marks...not the joy of learning 😭

[@mautida9998]

Papier centrifuge + paper microscope = diagnostic for everyone in the world