Next Steve Jobs? Meet 6th Grader Thomas Suarez

Thomas Suarez is a 6th grade student at a middle school in the South Bay. Tom been fascinated by computers and technology since before kindergarten. Recently, he's been focused on the development of applications for the iPhone, and has established his own company, CarrotCorp. His most successful ap is one he terms "an anti-Justin-Bieber game" called "Bustin Jieber". "It's is a variation on the Whac-a-Mole theme," he explains.

-Amazon: Biography of Steve Jobs

TED Talk By Julian Treasure | Listen Carefully People...5 Ways to Listen Better

TED Talk
TED Global 2011
Julian Treasure

Sound expert Julian Treasure, "We are losing our listening." In this short, fascinating talk, Treasure shares five ways to re-tune your ears for conscious listening -- to other people and the world around you.

Jamie Oliver's 2010 TED Prize Wish to Reverse Childhood Obesity

Ideas Worth Spreading | Shaffi Mather, A New Way to Fight Corruption (TED)

Shaffi Mather, who became a social entrepreneur in India by providing emergency response, life-support ambulances, has a concept to change and directly confront corruption, a very common and substantial obstacle in many societies.

The idea is simple, but perhaps powerful.  Make it cheaper to pay someone to fight corruption instead of paying someone who is causing the corruption.  The for-profit model could give a person financial incentive to save the limit of corruption.  Corruption appears have an unlimited supply chain, so even if you could reduce it, won't there always be a need to fight it?