Gallery: The second half of TED2013, in comic form

Shirin Samimi-Moore — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:47:24 +0000

Denise Herzing works to understand the language of dolphins, with the hopes that we may one day be able to communicate with them. Here’s her talk from session 8.

A TED Talk is generally an auditory experience. But Fever Picture, a collective of graphic mavens who translate the ideas expressed at conferences into graphic form, have changed that. Earlier this week, they thrilled us with their comic versions of the first half of TED2013. Here, their renderings of the second half of the conference.

Also during Session 8, linguist John McWhorter shares why the language of texting may be evidence of advanced intelligence, not (as we so often think) the decline of society.

Ajit Narayanan works to help autistic children communicate through the creation of his app, Free Speech. This uplifting talk was from Session 8.

In Session 9, Rose George says it’s time to end the taboo over excrement, and start “talking shit.” So many are without basic sanitation, which leads to disease, and the potential to harness the gas that poop gives off is exponential.

James Lyne, also in Session 9, shares the secret lives of cyber criminals — and what you can do to protect yourself against them.

Anas Aremayaw Anas is an undercover journalist. In Session 9, he gave a peek at how he exposes corruption and uncovers injustice.

In Session 10, Hyeonseo Lee talks about her escape from North Korea and her goal to help North Korean refugees.

Peter Gabriel, Diana Reiss, Neil Gershenfeld and Vint Cerf discuss the prospects of an interspecies internet during Session 10.

Eleanor Longden gave an incredible talk in Session 10, detailing how she came to terms with the voices in her head.

Joshua Prager told the moving story of a car crash that changed him forever, and his search for the man responsible.

Daniel Reisel shares his experience training the brains of psychopaths at Session 11.

In session 12, Dan Pallotta delivered a powerhouse talk asking us to think about more than a charity’s overhead when judging its worth.

Gallery: TED2013 so far, in comic form

Shirin Samimi-Moore — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:54:49 +0000

Former governor of Michigan, Jennifer Granholm, was a pioneer for clean energy job policies in her state. In session 1 of TED2013, she makes the case for the private sector to invest in clean energy, rather than waiting for the government to step in.

Fever Picture is a collective of scribes and graphic facilitators who translate the words said in conferences into comic form. With this graphic method of note-taking, they’ve illustrated several talks given so far at TED2013, highlighting main points through speech bubbles and quotes. Here, we’ve gathered some of these illustrations from their Facebook page.

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Also in Session 1, Erik Brynjolfsson explains the future of technology saying that, contrary to popular belief, we haven’t flat-lined and that there is much room for growth.

Saskia Sassen discussed the dynamism of cities in Session 2, showing the potential within them to transform technology and culture.

When artist Phil Hansen developed permanent nerve damage in his hand, he was devastated. Until he was inspired to “embrace the shake,” and work within his physical limitations to the benefit of his creativity. A great talk from Session 2.

Sebastião Salgado is a photojournalist who shoots his native Brazil and the deteriorating landscape with the hopes of rebuilding the rainforest. This Fever Picture includes many of Salgado’s works.

Edith Widder discovered a new method to find underwater giant squids, and in this talk from Session 2, she describes how.

Just 13 years old, Richard Turere is a passionate inventor who created “lion lights” — lights that frighten lions away from his father’s cattle. He shared during session 3.

In Session 4, musician Amanda Palmer delivered a powerful idea—instead of trying to make people pay for music, let them pay for music.

Larry Lessig’s powerhouse talk from Session 4 had a simple message: We need a government that works. He says it’s all of our job to make this happen.

Stewart Brand is the man behind the “long now.” In Session 5 he shared a fascinating idea: could we de-extinct a species?

In session 6, Kate Stone played turntables, err, a piece of cardboard.

When Jack Andraka was 15, he didn’t know what a pancreas was. Now, he may just have invented a cheap, easy early detection test for pancreatic cancer. He spoke in Session 6.

Renegade gardener Ron Finley asked us to “get gansta with your shovels” and plant food, during Session 7.

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Gallery: The second half of TED2013, in comic form

Gallery: TED2013 so far, in comic form