Gee whiz.

Gee whiz, look at this.

Oh, gee whiz, I wouldn't like that. Oh, no.

When I was a kid, I was a calculus whiz.

The Pop Tart, the Pringle, Cheez Whiz, none of that stuff.

The Pop Tart, the Pringle, Cheez Whiz, none of that stuff.

I could whiz around and feel the wind in my face again.

I could whiz around and feel the wind in my face again.

Gee whiz, I could use that as a raft in case the boat sunk.

And as they whiz by you, it's like being passed by a little iron Raisinet going up the hill.

Sculptor and engineer Arthur Ganson talks about his work kinetic art that explores deep philosophical ideas and is gee whiz fun to look at.

The LHC is a magnificent engineering project, whose many gee whiz features have been widely reported. I will forego all that, and skip to the chase what can we hope to see?

In this unmissable look at the magic of comics, Scott McCloud bends the presentation format into a cartoon like experience, where colorful diversions whiz through childhood fascinations and imagined futures that our eyes can hear and touch.

This recommendation may seem radical, but only because the view of a one way flow of innovation from West to East has become so entrenched. In fact, there is no good reason for Western businesses to stand on the sidelines as Asia produces whiz kid entrepreneurs and high tech start ups.

Usman Riaz is a 21 year old whiz at the percussive guitar, a style he learned to play by watching his heroes on YouTube. The TED Fellow plays onstage at TEDGlobal 2012 followed by a jawdropping solo from the master of percussive guitar, Preston Reed. And watch these two guitarists take on a very spur of the moment improv.

But there is another problem in their homes and workplaces, the sense of excitement about the future is missing, despite all the gee whiz gadgetry that now surrounds them. And while the US Federal Reserve s policy of quantitative easing has propped up businesses, it is no substitute for the enthusiasm and anticipation needed to propel investment.