In the closing performance, Salman invites USC students to join him in singing John Lennon's "Imagine."

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Paul Debevec animates a photo-real digital face: At TEDxUSC, computer graphics trailblazer Paul Debevec explains the scene-stealing technology behind Digital Emily, a digitally constructed human face so realistic it stands up to multiple takes.

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Restoring Sight to the Blind

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Tribal Leadership

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The Blue Revolution

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The Art of Inspiring Thousands Toward a Common Goal

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Life in Biosphere 2: Jane Poynter tells her story of living two years and 20 minutes in Biosphere 2 -- an experience that provoked her to explore how we might sustain life in the harshest of environments. This is the first TED talk drawn from an independently organized TEDx event, held at the University of Southern California.

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Are Video Games Art?

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Qi Zhang's electrifying organ performance: Organ virtuoso Qi Zhang plays her electric rendering of "Ridiculous Fellows" from Prokofiev's "The Love for Three Oranges" orchestral suite. This exhilarating performance from TEDx USC features the Yamaha Electone Stagea, a rare, imported instrument specially programmed by Qi herself.

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