How To Come Up With Good Ideas | Mark Rober | TEDxYouth@ColumbiaSC

He started a wearable technology company called Digital Dudz that combined smartphones playing a video with clothing. Mark left NASA to grow the business for 2 years and after selling Digital Dudz to a company in the UK, he has recently decided to return to his Engineering roots.
Mark Rober is a KZbinr and former NASA Engineer turned Inventor/Entrepreneur. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from BYU and Masters from USC. He worked at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory for 9 years, 7 of which were spent working on the Curiosity Rover which is now on Mars. In 2011, he uploaded his Halloween costume to KZbin that featured 2 iPads using a FaceTime chat so it looked like he had a hole in his body. The video went viral overnight with 3M views and he decided to start posting monthly videos about creativity, science and design and now has over 77M total views and 350k subscribers.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

[@1999Dman1]

That head designer at apple is so good that he can make the exact same design 5 years in a row.

[@emeryshurpit8656]

RoastymyToasty The overall style is the same

[@HypnoWhale]

The marketing is so good that they can sell the exact same design 5 years in a row!

[@jeidun]

SciKE Of course they are! What about Samsung and LG? Their the same!

[@gc44huffy]

my 8plus fits in my 6plus case

[@Paartherapeut]

David ha ha. Lovely. They are so "different" that almost everbody has the same. They are so "innovative" that a new preinstallation of an app is called a new version of the phone. Having an OELD that is used since eons is the biggest innovation? For apple yes. To force you to give your fingerprints and now that they have collected enough fingerprints forcing you to give your facedata to connect it to your account? With no other choice by taking away the home button... A screen that is always on an reacts on anything you do with no possibility to turn it of? Yes it needs a big creative behind the marketing of such things to make people accept such things

[@sophiakarp4846]

mark rober: i have about 100k subscribers now me from the future: wow that’s cute

[@baizamand]

lol. I thought I was probably the only person to watch this vid in weeks or something because it's so old. I only clicked on it because I aleready know about Mark Rober.

[@blazescarter984]

@@baizamand same

[@WhyPee24]

IKR and now 4 years later he's almost at 10 mil !

[@Alzter0]

except nobody will subscribe to you solely from you making silly comments

[@KatelynC]

You think that's cute? Well he now has 10000000 (10mil) subs now

[@JaredOwen]

Mark Rober is probably my favorite youtuber. This talk was great - thank you!

[@noel.friedrich]

You are my favorite youtuber!

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Naw, you too are my fav YTer.

[@DarkBraveStuff]

you and him

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JARED!

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Yeet owen

[@IanBarnard]

The final 3 points are (if you missed them): 1. Stay Curious 2. Work Hard 3. Get Lucky

[@alex-10yearsago81]

thanks bro

[@RaawHax]

"We're up all night to get lucky, we're up all night to get lucky."

[@DinoKlaw]

17:25 But if you watch the whole thing, the advice is a lot more in depth and there's a funny anecdote about a rubber snake.

[@sethdavis4461]

Ian Bernard? Like that crazy guy from X factor?

[@alkamalaviya]

Alex Lushiku me too hahahaha

[@roytang6394]

if creativity is a muscle, school has cut my tendons

[@oceanman7085]

You're going to Reddit my friend

[@oceanman7085]

@Nesspoil Technicallythetruth?

[@Zo-hc2fn]

I am thinking about a new type of restaurants: eating-spots in eating-spots, food keeps changing, chefs also rotate this is opposed to current restaurants, thanks to this rotation of food and chefs, eating-spots are more powerful than restaurants, along with that, there is an app, people vote for the food that will be cooked in the next days menu is influenced by the live input of the people via an app

[@JonesJr876]

How to get lucky - Increase the amount of times you flip the coin. Increase the amount of time you get up and keep trying.

[@medoalmouhtadi930]

and keep trying means work hard. Which means points 2 and 3 are the same.

[@techobsessed1]

You left out the role of bad luck.

[@letsgoBrandon204]

Huh, why do people who work hard always seem to be the 'lucky' ones 🤔

[@lcf7662]

500th like pog

[@funnymedia752]

Me: *gambles more*

[@droam129]

6:42 - "Headphone port? Why is that there?" - Jony Ive

[@Thatguy-nh4by]

D Roam lol

[@3DxPOD]

"that's funny"

[@DustinRodriguez1_0]

All the other phone manufacturers: 'well damn, either people don't use headphones or they use bluetooth ones... lets do what apple did'

[@plr_hightower7264]

yeah

[@theanonymous3231]

Lmao

[@banana_supremacy]

Mark is the reason I have continued writing my book. Every, and I mean EVERY time I think about stopping when I'm writing, every time I doubt, Mark Rober comes up in my feed, my notifications, what have you. And every time, I keep writing. Because my idea is good enough, it is creative enough, Ya, sure maybe it's been done before, but I haven't written it yet. And maybe my version is the one the world needs. If it fails, if it flops, then too bad because I refuse to give up on this just yet.

[@ayooshiyer8621]

Even if nobody buys ur book I will.......All the best!!!

[@safwanali870]

@@ayooshiyer8621 me too... Just post when its released

[@ogeo.8966]

notify us when it's complete :)

[@dfc666]

Hope you didn't give up

[@RemusGT]

Hey, any update on your book? I hope everything is going well

[@lieutenantdiamond5601]

It's crazy to see how much more confidence he has now

[@joshmacas859]

mark rober: i have about 100k subscribers now me from the future: wow that’s cute

[@Name-ex1yh]

This guy is a genius

[@Lucas72928]

Emnet Habteab A troll in the wall?

[@DinoKlaw]

With creative dust.

[@jeidun]

He worked for NASA.

[@davidparker5530]

No he's just curious, works hard, and a little bit lucky.

[@cithrichdidntwakeup3812]

Emnet Habteab no he’s not

[@alexanderl7059]

Anyone else here from MARK ROBER? Whoo!

[@uncouple]

yep

[@jamesrobinson5883]

Same

[@radziebagallon5901]

Yep same here

[@BagrBaf007]

Me

[@gabecaravan5205]

Genius

[@jackle7896]

Too bad the modern average academic system diminishes creativity....

[@josiahklein70]

Fight the power!

[@theanonymous3231]

Exactly...

[@gamingknight4763]

They just put it in a shredder

[@advaitpathak4330]

But u know,i dont get why they do it!! Like have they never been in a school when they were kids and then thought,"oh,this is making the children less curious!! or oh they should learn in a different way!!" Why do schools never change?

[@aname8155]

Jackle Craft yeah I just had to do an essay and my teacher said that it was just regurgitating information and we had to do it in a certain format

[@michaelstaton159]

I cannot believe that this crowd dint clap after the infrared microwave camera ..

[@mrnat3058]

How dare they?

[@patrickloftis7196]

*didn't

[@Original-Phantom]

Tedx crouds are full of idiots that think they are intellectuals tbh

[@jasondeng7677]

@@patrickloftis7196 it don't matter

[@hajmardi3658]

🗿

[@nothernames12366]

What a great and inspiring presentation. Would also like to drop of my favorite quotes of all time: "Luck is the residue of hard work" - Branch Rickey

[@MonteNegroMCMLXXXV]

Just like John Milton's quote: 'Luck is the residue of design (planning)'

[@ayahoo16]

I always say "luck favors the prepared"

[@kieranwatkins]

"The more I practice, the luckier I get"

[@qwafochannel]

This guy is awesome. It as if he really is a prodigy of science. I wonder if he ended the test after he lost the snake.

[@moeed5554]

Michael Shipley no, he bought another one.

[@jesseharrison521]

Michael Shipley if you still have this account, watch his KZbin channel it’s amazing

[@giovannimorales4177]

This guy is awesome. It as if he really is a prodigy of science. I wonder if he ended the test after he lost the snake.

[@athenathechesscub7162]

lol 16m subs now lol

[@dfc666]

23.4 million now

[@themoonsevilsister1561]

The camera doesn't show the slides often enough. It's kinda distracting.

[@honestburgler640]

For creativity there is a quote that helps me "you can't get something from nothing" Or "There are no original ideas"

[@yesreneau]

Yessssss new person to watch and learn from.

[@krishnakanthhh]

eeeeeeeee :D

[@jaynas1141]

You and me both!

[@krisper8048]

I love your channel btw

[@parukhsharma2420]

I just binge-watched all his videos. Have you found other interesting people like him? Please share their channels.

[@thomasphillips7895]

@@parukhsharma2420 michael reeves is pretty cool

[@rinchenphuntsok6390]

8 years later and Mark Rober now has over 51 million subscribers.

[@aw3156]

"Rub your hands on the whole key pad" Me: Definitely not made in 2020

[@jeffcuyvers1193]

Anybody hear in 202020

[@tomkab7976]

@@jeffcuyvers1193 no, we have all gone deaf following the 43758 accident.

[@ameliac7338]

@@jeffcuyvers1193 2023!

[@hnjahnjah]

Great talk and great subject. Opened my eyes a bit since i am very unappreciated at work for all the work i put in and the creativity i show in the kitchen and still being on a lower position then some others who are good with the superior but have literally zero creativity or imagination. I am glad i am so naturally curious about everything unlike many people i met. This video gave me such a great motivation and morale boost so thanks for that.

[@charlieengler277]

Mark Rober is now my role model

[@lewis5796]

Charlie Engler he wasn't already?

[@charlieengler277]

Lewis Taser yah he really was but this finalized it

[@fatimaalhajji3444]

he is a really good speaker

[@Dawsameh]

No shit derek

[@jimmesc]

OK He's a really good human

[@antidreamerfish5228]

But he is not speaking to the mic I’m sorry I had to

[@msyukri43]

But the setup is bad, sadly.

[@sterling3132]

I'm impressed that he actually agrees with the notion that to succeed you need to have a little bit of luck.

[@happyconstructor]

That Alexandria thing, as far as I know, made the Library of Alexandria, which I think was supposed to hold all knowledge of the ancient world. How do I know this? “Alexa, what are you named after”

[@tigerstudios]

I knew this from Assassins Creed Origins :)

[@kilometer2863]

Nice

[@justafan395]

Shame the library was burned down.. 🙄

[@maddyfraaza1080]

I just tried it lol

[@ddplayz5522]

Mark: you are my greatest inspiration ever, you have inspired my love of science. Thank you for everything.

[@KianPatel-zl1wv]

Bro no way. Wait a few years. You will see my name everywhere. You gave me a groundbreaking idea 6 minutes in the vid 🗣💯

[@budabead]

190K subscribers... has grown into 18.3M as of today... all stems from the idea that he "enjoyed people sharing his success" amazing... what a dude - thanks for all the entertainment and teaching Mark!

[@joshg.9789]

You are such a boss! Just a good guy trying to be a help to the society!

[@therandomguy9475]

iv watched this video of a scientist on youtuber that had mark in it the next video to watch was marks video and so on wait... this guy was in NASA then made a youtube video that went viral and later on he left NASA to become a full time youtuber... AWESOME

[@HqckFN]

Living my life dream, -NASA

[@albertleo4329]

The camera doesn't show the slides often enough. It's kinda distracting.

[@thelorddrinian]

When are we getting that microwave?

[@p.doetsch6209]

I looked it up and found out he abandoned the patent. So, never!

[@JamieJosef]

P. Doetsch weird! Did you ever find out why?

[@p.doetsch6209]

@@JamieJosef Not specifically. If you have ever followed a patent through the approval process it requires patience and patent laywers which cost you money and cost you time. He could have decided he wasn't interested in investing more time and money in the project if he didn't think it would sell but I'm just speculating.

[@theanonymous3231]

@@p.doetsch6209 noooo, I'd actually buy it lmao

[@joegerhard615]

@Vatsal Chawla new microwaves are purchased everyday...

[@SmoothieOperative]

Just by watching this I was able to come up with so many ideas. What a great lesson

[@A3142]

Thank you TED-X for invited wonderful people to have their speeches

[@julienwright7654]

2015 mark would have a heart attack if he could see how much the channel has grown

[@origamimasters5626]

yeah and he just got a new logo

[@fabriziodutto7508]

Very interesting speech! At the end what I take away from this video is: "always be positive in the path to your goals". Thank you! Stay safe!

[@melimelon5368]

Who clicked on this bc they’re a Mark Rober fan?

[@martinjohnson4264]

I did

[@wowmuchshiba7516]

I did cuz i CANT THINK OF VIDEO IDEAS

[@thathsaraamarasinghe6774]

Me!

[@KawikaDowney]

I love this. And the presentation is as creative as the subject matter. Practice what you preach

[@kosoulja1]

2:15 Mark Then - 190k way more than we expected Mark Now - “Rookie Numbers”

[@NeilRoy]

Very well done. Perseverance seems to be the key.

[@neilt.i.w737]

The harder you work, the luckier you get, the happier you become. So hard work = happiness.

[@MaxxerG]

When I find myself clicking the Like button and the first ad didn’t even finish, and that’s how I like Mark Rober. My favorite KZbinr of all time. The only youtuber I let my kids watch.

[@notagain3732]

I love marks channel , i subscribed years ago and now im addicted to watching ted talks...wish me luck

[@arlinegeorge6967]

Great talk n very inspiring. Thank you, bless you. All your dreams come true.

[@daveprice3095]

this dude is solid - at one point though he sounds like the surfer-dude on tosh "pitted... so pitted" - but either way - this dude crushes and has a talented mind

[@londonchamberlain2550]

My class did the marshmallow challenge in 7th grade, and in my team, we strapped the marshmallow onto the ceiling, and we won..... Lol

[@realJman51]

How

[@jerutsken2503]

Now this is actually genius

[@artificialidiot1654]

You didn't touch it, and it's still basically on the top so wow.

[@kazuisbf]

Even I thought about this idea the first time!!

[@goatfishplays]

When I got to do it they mesured the botom of the tower to the top which made me sad... but this makes me realize that i could have made a spageti noodle and marshmallow taped to celing with a string attatched and dangle the string with another spaghetti at the bottom

[@ouijaboard_insanity]

Ive been watching this guy for like a couple of months, but he has always ben my hero. Great video

[@TheKatrinaRuthShow]

Wow! Love this! Thank you for sharing your insight into this topic :)

[@phazethagreat6931]

mark roper is so smart! he should be an inspiration to all!

[@PotatoMC1]

Robert Moritz no he's not.

[@miikey_lol]

PotatoMC He's not smart? He used to work in Nasa, Contributed to JPL's curiosity rover.

[@realJman51]

Rober*

[@zeethanguo]

ThunderCandy don’t worry he just has the mind of a potato

[@John-TV_Random-Videos]

@@PotatoMC1 Exactly, who is Mark Roper. I only know Mark Rober.

[@beguglacat4394]

Some of his reaserch was about getting lucky and that reminded me of this podcast i listen to called how i built this with guy raz and the thing that is so interesting is that no matter how hard or long or short the struggle was for them the people he interviewed always cameout at the end with something they could have never imagined would be possible. Like how mark rober was amazed at how many subscribers he had then but he kept on working hard and now has over 13million subscribers . Much support for him and others

[@SunnyGirlFlorida]

Wow, what a clever guy! And so likable.

[@sans3485]

I LOVE THAT GUY!!!!!

[@tedoymisojos]

This was very good and unexpected, thank you

[@HomeImProveMentHow]

*Excellent information, Be creative and think outside the Box🎯*

[@memepalace8128]

This talk was my favorite. Your doing great rober

[@eskilforsberg3544]

Really good example with the coin flip

[@shadcovert1160]

Mark is quite dorky. But I love his channel. He's incredibly smart, creative, and stuffs.

[@zeineb.benazzouz]

Mark Rober took creativity to another level 🤩🤩🤩

[@Amy-mo9ki]

ohh, this legend gave a TED talk again. I am so excited!

[@SomeSayApple]

5 years ago and I still haven't seen the heat sensor microwave anywhere 😭

[@iNicoTECH]

Fight on Mark!

[@mang3139]

Genius ideas Mark. Love It!

[@viper-fx]

Now this is a TED Talk that everybody should watch.

[@jeffcarr392]

Good content, I really like Mark Rober, it's a shame the PowerPoint screenshots weren't all shown on this video.

[@polymorphicprocrastination5345]

Now it is 4.5 million subscribers

[@kd013n]

7.2*

[@maryanne2025]

18.5

[@cybork1728]

Listening to this guy makes me feel smart

[@TurnipDerp]

Mark Rober is a creative genius

[@giitgiiggiitii9030]

"We're up all night to get lucky" Somebody contact Pharrell lol

[@Paartherapeut]

I love his youtube channel. I am just curious about the man behind the camera... Was he to some extend blind?

[@edengineering5849]

thank for the advise mark

[@bubujean__]

This talk just made my day. It is so funny and interesting. Thank you!

[@grator]

Thomas Edison came up with 10.000 light bulbs before he stole the Tesla's bulb that actually worked

[@rabaanum]

This comment deserves more credit 😂😂😂

[@MissKHYT1]

Actually Humphrey Davy + Joseph Swan won a patent lawsuit against Edison for the working electric light.

[@zoleroid7027]

That says ten not ten thousand.

[@zoleroid7027]

@@cameronchain2745 oh sorry mate, I didn't know they use periods in the mainland.

[@goober2964]

Thomas Edison was not the original inventor of the light bulb. He merely improved it.

[@scherenschnitt6333]

The funny aspects are that all of our parents told this to us. Try, always ask, be curious, if you want to achieve something you can. But you have to keep on trying Learn from your failures. We always thought:" yes keep on talking" and now there is this guy and tells us exactly the same with a power point and a smile on the face. And we all think. " Oh wow! He is a genious. Yes I will do it exaxtly like he tells us. " At this point I want to excuse me to my parents not being able to follow their advices.

[@wesleywallace4426]

Because it's easy to focus more on your failures, give in to envy, and take the easy road to save yourself from the pain

[@emmanuelpeter7997]

It's an amazing presentation Mr.Mark Rober

[@finlayhofher]

TRYING TO DO SOME SCIIIENNNCE!

[@chickeninabox]

I invented the HyperDisc it uses the smallest wavelengths and has a 3d design with crevices.

[@itzme.7389]

Can you elaborate a bit more pls

[@chickeninabox]

@@itzme.7389 It is like a 3d disc. a normal one is 2d. It would look like 2 more discs vertically joined into it. A Blu-ray disc uses b.lue lasers. it would use multiple ultraviolet lasers to store more data on it

[@eris4734]

10:39 It was good right? and that was, like, a SUCKcess XDXD

[@1ns939]

I came up with the idea of making a horse a unicorn in french class

[@ghannaalshoofy8706]

what a bless to meet you on KZbin...

[@theimaginebureau9331]

A brand new idea agency is on the block!! Imagine bureau. We help you get ideas now by using brilliant creative techniques.

[@Unique-Stupidity]

My problem Isn't ideas. Its fufiling them

[@flappyBoi]

Hre you go

[@melimelon5368]

Same

[@hajmardi3658]

Daaamn

[@gogohsu7370]

Im 15 and thats deep

[@emilia1911]

Well... same

[@genevawillets7981]

"Go and fail and learn" -Mark Rober, 2015

[@kimberlybrowne-alibocas6413]

Being consistent with the process, learn from failure and don't always question the results

[@anneanne8531]

You're gifted and hard working

[@Joseph-im5uv]

Everyone liked that.

[@andrijaandjelkovic9522]

As a kid Its easy for me to make ideas but it's impossible to execute them

[@jishudas4979]

And now he has 12.3 MILLION

[@williammaldonado6132]

This is off the hook 🪝! Awesome ✨️

[@bokchoiman]

I discovered I liked pizza and now I'm a pro pizza eater

[@harshsomvanshi8963]

You do what you do best. Dont let anyone stop you, you can be the best!

[@seamuskirwan3027]

But how you fight imposter syndrome? How do you recognize that your ideas are good, and you’re not just thinking so because “you’re full of yourself”? I struggle with this.

[@fabulousfamily564]

Read The Gifts of Imperfection

[@zfighter6234]

Mark Rober is awsome and an insperation he de best

[@PhoenixMaster123]

Thank yoooou for that comical yet helpful video

[@zoleroid7027]

The average student in the American school system loses about 90 percent of creativity and curiosity by the time they graduate high school.

[@cheeseman7493]

That America India’s better than that

[@suhritkanumuru6456]

@@cheeseman7493 which country are you from?

[@the_god_killah]

@@cheeseman7493india is not better. Don’t they force u to memorize useless stuff

[@blob7800]

"Disclaimer: I am not claiming to be some amazing creative genius" You're joking right?

[@graemestone8573]

this deserves more views

[@chrisklugh]

It helps to know people too. Good ideas made in the vacuum of space mean nothing to nobody. But an OK idea that is receptive to some people you know, and they support you, it could take off and be successful. Social Proof is everything.

[@Ash-zp7ey]

Mark rober: doing a presentation Five years later mark rover: doing a live stream “This is terrifying” Me:” Wow!😐🙄

[@nicolarossini1938]

What's the name of the book that he did mention at the end of the speech? I tried to Google it but I couldn't find it

[@dales.8748]

Good to Great written by Jim Collins and his team of researchers from Stanford where Jim was a professor. Awesome book.

[@micheleturner8549]

I super agree...be curious...yes

[@adammosmari4912]

Mark is a legend❤️🙌

[@pinkribbon1007]

Mark Rober !??!? why is this is my recommendation so late 2 years after!??!

[@harrisstewart2023]

Try 4 years after

[@harrisstewart2023]

@@tuttle1879 what I replied 3 weeks ago aha

[@harrisstewart2023]

@@tuttle1879 yeh damn aha

[@thathsaraamarasinghe6774]

5 years later!