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Tying a stronger shoelace knot

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Lesson 1

A surprising shoelace discovery

I'm used to thinking of the TED audience as a wonderful collection of some of the most effective, intelligent, intellectual, um, savvy, worldly, and innovative people in the wor...

Language: enDuration: 1 min

Lesson 2

The weak form of the knot

He took a look and said, "Oh, you're tying them wrong." Now, up until that moment, I would have thought that by age 50, one of the life skills that I had really nailed was tying...

Language: enDuration: 1 min

Lesson 3

Making the strong knot

axis of the shoe. That's the weak form of the knot. But not to worry, if we start over and simply go the other direction around the bow, we get this, the strong form of the knot...

Language: enDuration: 1 min

Lesson 4

A small change makes a difference

I think you can handle it. Pull the knot. There it is. The strong form of the shoe knot. Now, in keeping with today's theme, I'd like to point out, and something you already kno...

Language: enDuration: 1 min

Lesson 5

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Full video: How to tie your shoes | Terry Moore

Language: en

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