TEDBlog January, 2009 Archive
31 January 2009
The Kohler LivingHome: Crane shots
The Kohler LivingHome, a prefab house designed by KieranTimberlake, was brought in by crane yesterday for TED2009 in Long Beach. After the conference, the house will stay in Long Beach as an exhibit until February 20. Get more information >>
31 January 2009
Rives + Jennifer 8. Lee = this
We missed this last week: Jennifer 8. Lee's hypothesis that Abraham Lincoln used emoticons.
30 January 2009
Maira Kalman's back on NYTimes.com
The wonderful Maira Kalman is writing and painting a new blog, “And the Pursuit of Happiness,” for NYTimes.com. New entries appear the final Friday of each month and include Kalman’s thoughts on American democracy. This first installment is especially divine: The Inauguration. At Last.
For more Maira, watch her TEDTalk:
30 January 2009
Playing the Cape Breton fiddle: Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy on TED.com
Natalie MacMaster and her musical partner Donnell Leahy play tunes from the Cape Breton tradition — a sprightly, soulful style of folk fiddle and piano. It’s an inspired collaboration that will have you clapping (and maybe dancing) along. (Recorded February 2003 in Monterey, California. Duration: 18:47.)
Watch Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy’s performance on TED.com, where you can download this TEDTalk, rate it, comment on it and find other talks and performances from our archive of 370+ TEDTalks — including lots more live music.
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29 January 2009
Watch TEDTalks stars who'll be speaking at TED2009
Saul Griffith, Seth Godin, Golan Levin, Barry Schwartz and more than a dozen other TEDTalks speakers are coming to TED2009 with something new to share. We've rounded up all the talks from these returning speakers in a newly created Theme on TED.com: "Speaking at TED2009."
29 January 2009
Hunting the next killer virus: Joe DeRisi on TED.com
Biochemist Joe DeRisi talks about amazing new ways to diagnose viruses (and treat the illnesses they cause) using DNA. His work may help us understand malaria, SARS, avian flu — and the 60 percent of everyday viral infections that go undiagnosed.(Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, California. Duration: 16:06.)
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28 January 2009
Running on high-tech legs: Aimee Mullins on TED.com
In this TED archive video from 1998, paralympic sprinter Aimee Mullins talks about her record-setting career as a runner, and about the amazing carbon-fiber prosthetic legs (then a prototype) that helped her cross the finish line. (Recorded February 1998 in Monterey, California. Duration: 20:43.)
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27 January 2009
Akoha's Inspired Minds Deck (or, the TED Pokedex)
Akoha is a card game whose players go on missions based on the cards in each hand — with missions such as “Thank someone” and “Invite someone for coffee,” it’s a great excuse to be a nice person and still be kind of competitive. Akoha’s new Inspired Minds Deck offers 9 different missions based on TEDTalks and TED values. We love the missions (“Share a documentary”; “Photograph the need for change”). And we also love the little TED-as-Pokémon cartoon characters on each card, including a bright-eyed gentleman in a vest who might be Chris Anderson, a hip Dave Eggers type and a downright cuddly Philip Zimbardo.
27 January 2009
Watch the TED Prize wishes live in cinemas
Next Thursday night, Feb. 5, the 2009 TED Prize winners will make their audacious wishes to change the world. We’ve been working hard to make this session accessible to people around the world. So we’ll be presenting, for the first time ever, the TED Prize live in select theaters and cinemas across the US.
In this live simulcast at some of America’s most glorious theaters, watch as deep-ocean explorer Sylvia Earle, astronomer Jill Tarter, and maestro Jose Antonio Abreu reveal their 2009 TED Prize wishes to change the world. Be among the first to see what they wish for!
When: Thursday, February 5
Start time: 5pm Pacific / 7pm Central / 8pm Eastern
Tickets: $20.
Theaters include:
Laemmle Music Hall, Beverly Hills, CA, 310-274-6869
Laemmle’s Playhouse, Pasadena, CA, 626-844-6500
Michigan Theatre, Jackson, MI, 517-783-0962
Bryn Mawr Film Institute, Bryn Mawr, PA, 610-527-9898
Jane Pickens Theater, Newport, RI, 401-846-5252
We hope you can join us!
More details and an updated list of cinemas >>
27 January 2009
Earth's mass extinctions: Peter Ward on TED.com
Asteroid strikes get all the coverage, but “Medea Hypothesis” author Peter Ward argues that most of Earth’s mass extinctions were caused by lowly bacteria. The culprit, a poison called hydrogen sulfide, may have an interesting application in medicine. (Recorded February 2008 in Monterey, California. Duration: 19:42.)
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