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TED2011 Report – Session 8: Invention and Consequence
Edward Tenner, historian of technology and culture, shares the intrigue of unintended consequences: “I didn’t always love unintended consequences, but I have learned to appreciate them.” Eythor Bender...
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TED2011 Report – Session 9: Threads of Discovery
Janet Echelman reshapes urban airspace with monumental, fluidly moving sculpture that responds to environmental forces. Daniel Tammet is a high-functioning autistic savant, has synesthesia, and has an...
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Listen to the TEDActive 2011 “Entry Mix”
DJs frosty and Turquoise Widsom of dublab.com put together the mix of tunes that played before and after each speaker session at TEDActive 2011. They called it the Entry Mix, and it’s well worth a...
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WEF announces 2011 Young Global Leaders
The World Economic Forum has announced the selections of their 2011 Young Global Leaders. Young Global Leaders “represent the future of leadership, coming from all regions of the world and representing...
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Cracking Stuxnet, a 21st-century cyber weapon: Ralph Langner on TED.com
When first discovered in 2010, the Stuxnet computer worm posed a baffling puzzle. Beyond its unusually high level of sophistication loomed a more troubling mystery: its purpose. Ralph Langner and team...
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The invention that unlocked a locked-in artist: Mick Ebeling on TED.com
The nerve disease ALS left graffiti artist TEMPT paralyzed from head to toe, forced to communicate blink by blink. In a remarkable talk at TEDActive, entrepreneur Mick Ebeling shares how he and a team...
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Big history: David Christian on TED.com
Backed by stunning illustrations, David Christian narrates a complete history of the universe, from the Big Bang to the Internet, in a riveting 18 minutes. This is “Big History”: an enlightening,...
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The World Peace Game: John Hunter on TED.com
John Hunter puts all the problems of the world on a 4′x5′ plywood board — and lets his 4th-graders solve them. At TED2011, he explains how his World Peace Game engages schoolkids, and why the complex...
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Silk, the ancient material of the future: Fiorenzo Omenetto on TED.com
Fiorenzo Omenetto shares 20+ astonishing new uses for silk, one of nature’s most elegant materials — in transmitting light, improving sustainability, adding strength and making medical leaps and...
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“Composers”: Roundup of TEDWomen, Session 3
Deborah Rhodes‘ spectacular collaboration with a nuclear physicist led to a breakthrough in breast cancer detection. Kate Orff introduces us to the new hero of ecology: the oyster. Amber Case is a...
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“Duets”: Roundup of TEDWomen, Session 4
Beverly + Dereck Joubert: Conservationists and documentary filmmakers Beverly & Dereck Joubert focus on iconic cats, particularly the leopard. Heather + Tony Podesta: We like artwork where, when...
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“Harmony & Discord”: Roundup of TEDWomen, Session 5
Kiran Bedi‘s campaign to bring mindfulness to prisons was expressed in one amazing photo: 1,000 prisoners meditating in one room. Sheikha Al Mayassa (live via satellite from TEDxDoha) on cultural...
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“Crescendo”: Roundup of TEDWomen, Session 6
Joan Halifax: Essential to compassion: We cannot be attached to outcome. Donna Karan: I realized I needed to address people, not just dress them. Sejal Hathi: I made it my mission to build a...
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Gaming to re-engage boys in learning: Ali Carr-Chellman on TED.com
At TEDxPSU, Ali Carr-Chellman pinpoints three reasons boys are tuning out of school in droves, and lays out her bold plan to re-engage them: bringing their culture into the classroom, with new rules...
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A photo report from the TEDx Organizers Workshop at TEDActive 2011
Since the TEDx program launched 18 months ago, it has grown to include over 1,700 organizers globally, with hundreds of TEDx events planned for the upcoming months. On Sunday, February 26th, at Cabot’s...
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Join the TED-ED Brain Trust
Every minute, 300 new learners are born into this world. How can TED play a role in enriching their education? We need your help to answer this question. In a few weeks, TED will be launching an online...
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TED2011 Report – Session 7: Radical Collaboration
JR made his inspired TED wish: I wish for you to stand up for what you care about by participating a global art project. And together we’ll turn the world INSIDE OUT. Antony, musician and artist,...
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