The future of transportation | Ryan Janzen | TEDxToronto

On October 27, 2016, some of Toronto’s greatest thinkers and change-makers joined together onstage at TEDxToronto to deliver powerful talks and performances that embodied our theme, Symbols Signals. To learn more visit: . Follow TEDxToronto on Twitter (@TEDxToronto), Facebook (TEDxToronto), and Instagram (@TEDxToronto). Ryan Janzen is a scientist, engineering researcher, and artist. His work, featured on the Discovery Channel, the World Expo in Shanghai and the Metropolitan Museum in New York, embodies a fusion between science, technology and art, and has led to advances in acoustics, optics, aerospace electronics, mathematics, and vehicle propulsion. Janzen is co-founder and CTO of TransPod, working to design ultra-high-speed aerospace vehicles, moving passengers and cargo between cities faster, with reduced dependency on fossil fuels – creating the future of transportation. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local