http://blog.ted.com/2013/02/25/asha-de-vos-meets-a-puppet-of-herself/ The TED Blog shares interesting news about TED, TEDTalks video, the TED Prize and more. Tue, 21 May 2013 09:11:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://blog.ted.com/2013/02/25/asha-de-vos-meets-a-puppet-of-herself/comment-page-1/#comment-31264 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:56:13 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=70625#comment-31264 [...] completed a TED-Ed lesson, which she unveiled from the Fellows stage. And was gifted with an adorable puppet of herself. Alicia Eggert, interdisciplinary artist Alica Eggert is preoccupied with time. Her sculptures of [...]

]]> http://blog.ted.com/2013/02/25/asha-de-vos-meets-a-puppet-of-herself/comment-page-1/#comment-31257 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 09:30:46 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=70625#comment-31257 [...] Video:  A brief animation from artist and TED Senior Fellow Colleen Flanigan depicts sea creatures suddenly drawn to a Greek temple-shaped structure as it’s plugged in. Colleen designs coral habitats with Biorock technology, which uses metal and electricity to draw hard minerals to form a coral-friendly substrate.   Asha de Vos, blue whale researcher Asha researches an unusual population of blue whales who stay in the warm waters of Sri Lanka to feed, rather than migrating as blue whales normally do. Why do they do it? Is there really enough food? She set out to answer these questions, and offers the results for the first time today. It turns out the south coast of Sri Lanka is teeming with krill, which is the blue whales’ exclusive diet. Unfortunately, this fertile strip also happens to be a busy shipping lane, and whales are often injured or killed. The next phase of her research will be to reduce whale death by ship strike: she plans to use science to measure where the overlap is, work with shipping companies to move the lanes, and launch a public campaign to mobilize public support, so that humanity can marvel at whales in their own natural habitat. Asha recently completed a TED-Ed lesson, which she unveiled from the Fellows stage. And was gifted with an adorable puppet of herself. [...]

]]> http://blog.ted.com/2013/02/25/asha-de-vos-meets-a-puppet-of-herself/comment-page-1/#comment-31248 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 06:37:37 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=70625#comment-31248 Reblogged this on The Debut.

]]> http://blog.ted.com/2013/02/25/asha-de-vos-meets-a-puppet-of-herself/comment-page-1/#comment-31247 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 06:18:34 +0000 http://blog.ted.com/?p=70625#comment-31247 [...] Asha de Vos meets a puppet of herself [...]

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