This guy is a true artist and a visionary. His gift is to interpret things in new and challenging ways. I love the reality that he has created and the juxtaposition of space and gravity. The world could certainly use more tinkerers and thinkers of this sort. I'm not sure why trolls feel entitled to criticize the presentation, the affect or the sound quality. This film is not about quality of acting or an invitation to comment on personal affect. That kind of negativity must hurt and it serves no purpose. Kudos, instead, to Mr. Shannon, for having the courage to speak to what he has accomplished. The world is a richer place for what he has done.
Tom Shannon is brilliant. Presenting art and science in it's purest form. It's sad to think he should be nervous by the presence of any crowd. This is just genius.
I have to agree that he seems nervous. I would be so excited to present my work, but I too would be nervous. This work is an art form of the extreme conscience! I agree...BRILLIANT!
Every talk given by an artist has a comments section filled with people complain about how boring the artist's voice is. I wonder if most visual artists are boring to listen to, or if people watching TED videos are just so picky that they would rather have an entertaining vocal cadence than interesting content.
+Crystal Roseman Shut up. I'm tired of listening to people like you whine about how "rude" other people are. If you don't like it, just ignore it. No one cares that you're more considerate than most people. Gloating about how you can tolerate a boring voice just makes you the annoying one.
+jjaapp18 are you ok? I didn't mean to hurt you by making an observation. Seriously, take an aspirin or something because I'd hate for you to have a heart attack.
I love when art and science and mathematics come together like this. Many people take for granted to beauty of the world around us and things we see everyday, and Shannon does a fantastic job portraying them in hos artwork.
I love the fact that you can walk into (inside) his works, as well as his recurring theme between earth moon and Sun. Some very good uses of magnetism as well. I enjoyed this TED
Mr. Shannon has many intriguing novel ideas--how original for a change! Really interesting Art and Science, not the same old boring stuff. It takes courage and commitment to follow your own path and then put it out there in public. Bravo!
creativity is the key to emerging and developing new concepts. The more we allow ourselves to create these ideas and new concepts, the further evolved as a spcie we actually become.
I love this guys work! Yes, he has stage fright. As a professional artist myself, I know what he's going through. I couldn't even do as well as he is. Great art and great public speaking ability is almost mutually exclusive. Give me great art any day.
Magnets don't "suck" energy. He clearly said that it was a permanent magnet. That means it requires NO energy to create its magnetic field. That's what makes it "permanent."
TED should hire some sound technicians. I've watch so many videos on this channel that were full of unwanted mouth sounds. This guy struggling to breath is really bad. The sculptures are pretty cool.
Ya'll can hate on this guy all you like but he's a man of action. He's actually doing, thinking, designing these things. Who cares how he sounds. He has amazing work and you didn't think of doing. Stop drinking hater-aid and give this man some props!!
Это было очень круто!!! Я бы тоже хотел иметь такую антигравитационную скульптуру и этот летающий шар на трех опорах, на котором ещё и проецируются всякие изображения. Спасибо Вам за такое прекрасное видео. 👍👍👍👏👏👏
This guy isn't nervous. He thinks on a different level and he is really excited trying to explain this. The concepts in this are ridiculously deep. I would doubt that this guy would get nervous about explaining something so cool
^.^ Yeah I gotcha. You actually brought up some good points. Glad to see someone here can debate without taking it personal. I should retract a bit of what I said before: art in general ISN'T bullshit. It can be inspiring (in the same way natural fractal broccoli does). I was more talking about modern abstract and conceptual art. There is nothing this guy did that any of our kids could do without any formal training whatsoever.
quite inspiring, up to the point where he started talking about colleges .. and here in europe studying is much more affordable. to me this exclusivity really let a bitter after taste!
I was proud of myself when I painted my new apartment; I thought that was some 'hard work' and I 'did something.' Now, after watching this guy, I feel like crap. 5 stars.
And Me? Hugged my children and told them that I love them everyday. Ridden a bicycle for transportation, saving enough money not buying gas to make at least two to three mortgage payments a year. I built my own passive solar, energy efficient home in paradise and have extremely small utility bills. In the middle of economic collapse I have zero credit card debt and don't live beyond our means and live comfortably. And this mans art is incredibly amazing to me. He is a genius.
You are right, of course, there are bigger things to complain about. I was just adding a minor qualification to my approval for this artist's work. I love what he is doing, and it would be good if it were privately-funded. All schools should be privatized as well, with needs-based vouchers going only to the bottom 30% based on income and assets. And I agree that the war is far worse than art spending. I'd just prefer neither. I'd also prefer not to encounter the 'f'-word so often...
Watch David Lynch's video. Art is incredibly important. I agree that commercial art can be overdone, especially regarding the incredibly high prices put on some pieces (gives an elitist feel to art and relegates it to something that's exclusive to high society), but the pieces themselves have great intrinsic value. I think this is especially so when they are viewed with others.
Wow, his stuff is so cool! It's interesting to know how his stuff works because who would have thought of this? It reminds me of a mixture of modern art and science/technology, both of which are fields that interest me. To see them blended together in this way with such sleek designs is awesome!!
@89gerardo Not everyone is a brilliant orator. He may come across as nervous but that doesn't mean anything...you have to pay attention to the INFORMATION that he's giving us and the contents of his lecture are brilliant!
Wonderful! I'm all for it, as long as the funding is voluntary. That means, NO government/taxpayer funding should be given for these, nor any art project. We should have a separation of art and state, for the same reasons we favor a separation of church and state. Power corrupts, and the government tends to corrupt art. Forcing people to pay for art via taxes is wrong. But I do hope these projects get lots of voluntary, charitable funding! They are cool!
The delivery wasnt great but the content is what counts and there are some great ideas and concepts here. Here is another way to look at it, TED is like oral sex, even bad TED is good TED.
I have an even better idea to the floating lake? I want to create an inverted replica of Mount Everest made of graphene coated jellybabies floating upside down, peak to peak. The outer layer will be made of photo-voltaic jellybabies that collect sunlight during the day to power high efficiency LEDs at night that illuminate the colourfull jelly babies from the inside.
Art is needed for communication, anything communicating appreciation, understanding and encouragment of science is valuable, especially to those who understand or communicate visually. Popularizing science is the only way to combat ignorance and elevate mankind. But really, you know the E in TED stands for 'Entertainment' right?
I think that his more outrageous art is a mere fantasy about going limitless, he didn't say anything about the realization of any of his concepts... It's a pretty good wet dream to think of instant, clean and plentiful energy, as long as you don't feed this wet dream down anyones throat.
To everyone bitching about nonsense here (nervousness, mic sounds, other bullshit): He delivered a genuinely terrific and inspiring TED talk - wtf is your purpose..?
when he gets to the floating island he basically says "this is really cool! but we have no idea how to do it so enjoy this animated video of it instead!!"
I have invented a space-and-time-travelling craft that is bigger on the inside than the outside because it exists mostly in the time vortex and is therefore physically outside of the physical universe we currently inhabit. The part of it that projects into our universe can be formed into any shape, so the entry portal may be disguised as a mundane object or piece of scenery appropriate to the time period or environment it arrives in. It can't actually be built yet, but the concept is amply demonstrated by the Doctor Who series. I think that adequately validates it... o.o
This is how a goddamn genius thinks and creates. I'm wholly inspired by his multi-dimensional thinking. And how fucking sweet would one of those be floating around a concert?
Oversold trivia. You too can lay balls in a straight line or hang magnets from fishing line or make a small airship. You too could use cgi to illustrate ideas that "defy physics". It's very easy.
all the best innovations come from thinking differently, he can have thousands of failed ideas...but you only need one to change things in a way you could never have understood before.
I'm glad you both 1) equate physics to being ignorant/not ignorant and 2) equate lack of art everywhere to it being "hard". It shows the logic involved in the thinking of someone gullible...
Why does "society" allow you to sit around making angry comments on youtube? I think he's aware that his giant flying eyeball thing is merely a flight of his imagination. No one is paying for it, so all you amateur "resource allocators," there seems to be a lot of you here in the comments section can just relax. It never hurts to be curious and imaginative.
+Herman Guillermo Dolder Exactly. -it is not possible. The world largest photovoltaic power stations delivers half of that, and covers areas of tens of square km (or sq mi).
hpekristiansen it's 100% possible using hidden technology that is only visible to people in the know in this video.. it's the reason he is using orbs with holes at each end.. the holes exist at each end on all of his levitating works but on most of them they have been covered it seems
One can not simply defy gravity with any object. Its simple science. However this man has used reacting forces to create the illusion of defying gravity! Very intelligent, but by far a gravity defying object. (click bait title for a video directed at, intelligent, intellectual, people) But can you be an intelligent human being, if you really believe that your going to see a gravity defying sculpture when it is simply not possible, therefore compelling you to click on this video... Im drunk Whilst I Am Typing This But I Think I Have A Valid Point WHAT DO YOU THINK?
This guy is a true artist and a visionary. His gift is to interpret things in new and challenging ways. I love the reality that he has created and the juxtaposition of space and gravity. The world could certainly use more tinkerers and thinkers of this sort.
I'm not sure why trolls feel entitled to criticize the presentation, the affect or the sound quality. This film is not about quality of acting or an invitation to comment on personal affect. That kind of negativity must hurt and it serves no purpose.
Kudos, instead, to Mr. Shannon, for having the courage to speak to what he has accomplished. The world is a richer place for what he has done.
Tom Shannon is brilliant. Presenting art and science in it's purest form. It's sad to think he should be nervous by the presence of any crowd. This is just genius.
I have to agree that he seems nervous. I would be so excited to present my work, but I too would be nervous. This work is an art form of the extreme conscience! I agree...BRILLIANT!
This is too much amazing work to concentrate into 15 minutes. Very impressive!
Bringing science and art together.... Thank you Tom
Every talk given by an artist has a comments section filled with people complain about how boring the artist's voice is. I wonder if most visual artists are boring to listen to, or if people watching TED videos are just so picky that they would rather have an entertaining vocal cadence than interesting content.
+Crystal Roseman Shut up. I'm tired of listening to people like you whine about how "rude" other people are. If you don't like it, just ignore it. No one cares that you're more considerate than most people. Gloating about how you can tolerate a boring voice just makes you the annoying one.
+jjaapp18 are you ok? I didn't mean to hurt you by making an observation. Seriously, take an aspirin or something because I'd hate for you to have a heart attack.
+jjaapp18 I must say, this is one of the funniest trolls I've ever received.
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I must say, you are the stupidest person I've ever met if you think I'm a troll and you actually acknowledged my existence.
+jjaapp18 you're just so damn cute!
Impressed by his brilliance, but also by his determination to get through that anxiety in order to present his amazing ideas.👏👏👏👏👏
I love when art and science and mathematics come together like this. Many people take for granted to beauty of the world around us and things we see everyday, and Shannon does a fantastic job portraying them in hos artwork.
I love the fact that you can walk into (inside) his works, as well as his recurring theme between earth moon and Sun.
Some very good uses of magnetism as well.
I enjoyed this TED
Mr. Shannon has many intriguing novel ideas--how original for a change!
Really interesting Art and Science, not the same old boring stuff. It takes courage and commitment to follow your own path and then put it out there in public. Bravo!
creativity is the key to emerging and developing new concepts. The more we allow ourselves to create these ideas and new concepts, the further evolved as a spcie we actually become.
I love this guys work! Yes, he has stage fright. As a professional artist myself, I know what he's going through. I couldn't even do as well as he is. Great art and great public speaking ability is almost mutually exclusive. Give me great art any day.
Magnets don't "suck" energy. He clearly said that it was a permanent magnet. That means it requires NO energy to create its magnetic field. That's what makes it "permanent."
TED should hire some sound technicians. I've watch so many videos on this channel that were full of unwanted mouth sounds. This guy struggling to breath is really bad.
The sculptures are pretty cool.
Yeah Xanax should be available in gas stations.
mugenishere the guy has COPD or something give him a break.
Not everyone has working lungs.
Ya'll can hate on this guy all you like but he's a man of action. He's actually doing, thinking, designing these things. Who cares how he sounds. He has amazing work and you didn't think of doing. Stop drinking hater-aid and give this man some props!!
Just love the way this guy is extremely nervous! Yet has brilliant concepts and ideas. Wish I had his brain. Unfortunately I'm just lil' ol' me.
Это было очень круто!!! Я бы тоже хотел иметь такую антигравитационную скульптуру и этот летающий шар на трех опорах, на котором ещё и проецируются всякие изображения. Спасибо Вам за такое прекрасное видео. 👍👍👍👏👏👏
arty ted talks are my fav ted talks!
Beautiful stuff.
generally artists are not that good at public speaking, there good at art. This is amazing! Thanks for sharing your gift with us.
*their
Are you also an artist? :D
undamned *they're. If you're going to correct somebody, be sure your correction is correct!
Ha! Ya got me! Maybe I'm the artist?
there there...
Usually i'm not impressed by the Art segments on TED, but i really enjoyed this; Great stuff.
The arrays of spheres made me think of 3d apps.
This guy isn't nervous. He thinks on a different level and he is really excited trying to explain this. The concepts in this are ridiculously deep. I would doubt that this guy would get nervous about explaining something so cool
he just don't sleep during 3 days only few hours. not significant about his general health or caracter
Amazing . He does sound ?(scared), he has no need his Art speaks for itself. AWESOME .
^.^ Yeah I gotcha.
You actually brought up some good points. Glad to see someone here can debate without taking it personal.
I should retract a bit of what I said before: art in general ISN'T bullshit. It can be inspiring (in the same way natural fractal broccoli does). I was more talking about modern abstract and conceptual art. There is nothing this guy did that any of our kids could do without any formal training whatsoever.
Yes, art projects truly do consume a significant portion of the world's resources.
Thank you Ted
That's what makes it art. It is thought provoking.
He might be brilliant and visionary and so on. But he really needs to practice giving speeches!
Agreed. I'm sure I would fair no better, though. I can't blame him.
Xavier Jones I would rather have that level of creativity and brilliance than good public speaking skills any day of the week.
Ingenuity is the most important part of this video not the speech!
***** : It's a load of balls, though. Literally. Ingenious..? o.O
quite inspiring, up to the point where he started talking about colleges .. and here in europe studying is much more affordable. to me this exclusivity really let a bitter after taste!
Wow. Are all his sculptures some form of magnetism? Totally awesome.
I was proud of myself when I painted my new apartment; I thought that was some 'hard work' and I 'did something.'
Now, after watching this guy, I feel like crap.
5 stars.
air genie! blows my mind... those installations.. oh man. such a beauty. =) officially inspired!
Relax, he spoke just fine. Great passion in his work. Fascinating. Nerd.
thats art
that last idea is excellent
There is no destruction. Art is great :)
A CONTEMPORARY GENUIS
And it wasn't long until his beautiful idea was turned into a mechanism for war
Stop caring about his speaking ability and pay attention to the content... so many annoying comments
Still, the content is received through his voice. A lot of information and intent can go lost without the proper means to convey it.
This guy is top of the line genius!!!
And Me?
Hugged my children and told them that I love them everyday.
Ridden a bicycle for transportation, saving enough money not buying gas to make at least two to three mortgage payments a year.
I built my own passive solar, energy efficient home in paradise and have extremely small utility bills.
In the middle of economic collapse I have zero credit card debt and don't live beyond our means and live comfortably.
And this mans art is incredibly amazing to me.
He is a genius.
You are right, of course, there are bigger things to complain about.
I was just adding a minor qualification to my approval for this artist's work.
I love what he is doing, and it would be good if it were privately-funded.
All schools should be privatized as well, with needs-based vouchers going only to the bottom 30% based on income and assets.
And I agree that the war is far worse than art spending.
I'd just prefer neither.
I'd also prefer not to encounter the 'f'-word so often...
Watch David Lynch's video. Art is incredibly important.
I agree that commercial art can be overdone, especially regarding the incredibly high prices put on some pieces (gives an elitist feel to art and relegates it to something that's exclusive to high society), but the pieces themselves have great intrinsic value. I think this is especially so when they are viewed with others.
Wonderful work
Wow, his stuff is so cool! It's interesting to know how his stuff works because who would have thought of this? It reminds me of a mixture of modern art and science/technology, both of which are fields that interest me. To see them blended together in this way with such sleek designs is awesome!!
Rise and shine, mister freeman, rise and shine.
@89gerardo
Not everyone is a brilliant orator. He may come across as nervous but that doesn't mean anything...you have to pay attention to the INFORMATION that he's giving us and the contents of his lecture are brilliant!
9:53 "it has generators that generate a million kilowatts"
... that's a Gigawatt, nearly 1.21 Gigawatts
1.21 GIGAWATTS!!!!!!... GREAT SCOTT
no that is A Gigawatt exactly. but how?
Wonderful!
I'm all for it, as long as the funding is voluntary.
That means, NO government/taxpayer funding should be given for these, nor any art project.
We should have a separation of art and state, for the same reasons we favor a separation of church and state.
Power corrupts, and the government tends to corrupt art.
Forcing people to pay for art via taxes is wrong.
But I do hope these projects get lots of voluntary, charitable funding! They are cool!
that floating "stage" sounds awesome!
Brilliant. Absolutly Brilliant.
dude that floating party sphere is one of the best ideas I've heard of in a long time.
The delivery wasnt great but the content is what counts and there are some great ideas and concepts here. Here is another way to look at it, TED is like oral sex, even bad TED is good TED.
This is a very original and beautiful sculpture, but when Mr. Shannon talks I can't help wishing that he would stop.
I have an even better idea to the floating lake? I want to create an inverted replica of Mount Everest made of graphene coated jellybabies floating upside down, peak to peak. The outer layer will be made of photo-voltaic jellybabies that collect sunlight during the day to power high efficiency LEDs at night that illuminate the colourfull jelly babies from the inside.
GENIUS!
летающие шарики - это круто :)
Art is needed for communication, anything communicating appreciation, understanding and encouragment of science is valuable, especially to those who understand or communicate visually. Popularizing science is the only way to combat ignorance and elevate mankind.
But really, you know the E in TED stands for 'Entertainment' right?
that's really fantastic. Holy hell though military would want their hands on it, with invisibility capabilities etc.
that is futuristic, i like that trend of flying spheres
Nah?....LOL
This is advanced science and incredible art combined.
This man is a genius.
With all due respect, what have you done of any worth lately?
Very ingenious gyroscopic apparatus, like all those built by this guy_
Wow, the #ultimateart for humanity, I love it.
This is great!
Brilliant.
GENIUS
I think that his more outrageous art is a mere fantasy about going limitless, he didn't say anything about the realization of any of his concepts... It's a pretty good wet dream to think of instant, clean and plentiful energy, as long as you don't feed this wet dream down anyones throat.
This guy is incredible.
Great stuff!
this guy is amazing...
wow :) the magnetic sculpture was awesome
He seems nervous. He shouldn't feel that way. This wasn't a waste of time. Very interesting.
To everyone bitching about nonsense here (nervousness, mic sounds, other bullshit): He delivered a genuinely terrific and inspiring TED talk - wtf is your purpose..?
Yes! He is great visionary!
That nanotechnologically created floating island has my brain going a hundred miles a minute. Fascinating!
@ArgueExplain Dispite that, the sculpture is amazing!
Beautiful, intelligent. Really amazing.
when he gets to the floating island he basically says "this is really cool! but we have no idea how to do it so enjoy this animated video of it instead!!"
I have invented a space-and-time-travelling craft that is bigger on the inside than the outside because it exists mostly in the time vortex and is therefore physically outside of the physical universe we currently inhabit. The part of it that projects into our universe can be formed into any shape, so the entry portal may be disguised as a mundane object or piece of scenery appropriate to the time period or environment it arrives in.
It can't actually be built yet, but the concept is amply demonstrated by the Doctor Who series. I think that adequately validates it... o.o
no it's 100% possible RIGHT NOW and has been possible for many years, it's hidden from public though because it would ruin many industries
This guy is a genuis!
Great ideas.
Visionary.
Amazing, I just love it.
Tom Shannon, você é o melhor!
Você é meu ídolo.
Sua fã.
Mônica do Brasil.
I love you.
That is MODERN ART
That magnet-surfing thing.
This is how a goddamn genius thinks and creates. I'm wholly inspired by his multi-dimensional thinking. And how fucking sweet would one of those be floating around a concert?
@DreamsCatcher101 ...yes it is. Its magnetism.
Amzing man!
Oversold trivia. You too can lay balls in a straight line or hang magnets from fishing line or make a small airship. You too could use cgi to illustrate ideas that "defy physics". It's very easy.
This is the guy that always won in the show and tell in school
beatiful and great ideas, what an imagination !
all the best innovations come from thinking differently, he can have thousands of failed ideas...but you only need one to change things in a way you could never have understood before.
I'm glad you both 1) equate physics to being ignorant/not ignorant and 2) equate lack of art everywhere to it being "hard". It shows the logic involved in the thinking of someone gullible...
Would a concave magnet float easier so that it wouldn't flip?
Boom! Waala Nomad, Waala! 😄☺️☺️🙏🏽. Concave is actually the answer to many things....including your eyesight 😉🙏🏽
this guy is amazing!!
guy is freaked out....
Why does "society" allow you to sit around making angry comments on youtube? I think he's aware that his giant flying eyeball thing is merely a flight of his imagination. No one is paying for it, so all you amateur "resource allocators," there seems to be a lot of you here in the comments section can just relax. It never hurts to be curious and imaginative.
One of the most dominant fears people experience, is the fear of speaking in public...Get over it and enjoy the beauty of his creations.
1 million kilowatts of clean energy, because it uses "electrical motors"??? What does it use to generate the electricity? The power of happy thoughts?
+Herman Guillermo Dolder Exactly. -it is not possible. The world largest photovoltaic power stations delivers half of that, and covers areas of tens of square km (or sq mi).
hpekristiansen it's 100% possible using hidden technology that is only visible to people in the know in this video.. it's the reason he is using orbs with holes at each end.. the holes exist at each end on all of his levitating works but on most of them they have been covered it seems
The flying sphere is a great idea, but it would no doubt be swamped by corporations for advertising, unfortunately.
Amazing Man !!! very creative
One can not simply defy gravity with any object. Its simple science. However this man has used reacting forces to create the illusion of defying gravity! Very intelligent, but by far a gravity defying object. (click bait title for a video directed at, intelligent, intellectual, people) But can you be an intelligent human being, if you really believe that your going to see a gravity defying sculpture when it is simply not possible, therefore compelling you to click on this video...
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The magnetically levitating object looks like a perfect spaceship