TED announced today that TEDGlobal 2011, which was originally scheduled to take place in Oxford, is moving to Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland. The dates won’t change: the conference (theme: “The Stuff of Life“) will take place 11-15 July 2011. We have asked TED’s European director, Bruno Giussani, to explain the reasons for the […]
At TED2010, we sent a video crew to follow two speakers as they prepared to give the talk of their lives. One, the artist Raghava KK, had never spoken at TED before. The other, Sir Ken Robinson, in 2006 gave one of the most watched TED Talks of all time. Follow both speakers on their journey […]
Boxee, the video player that puts web content into an intuitive TV-friendly interface, has built a cool new app just for TED. The TED App runs on the free Boxee downloadable player; and it’ll work on the upcoming Boxee Box, due in the US this November. Using an elegant and simple interface developed by Boxee […]
Today, TED announces its Ads Worth Spreading Challenge. An open invitation to the global advertising community to reinvent, inspire and engage audiences with a new definition of what video advertising can mean in the digital age, using TED.com as its platform. TED is supported in part by advertising. Support from our partners allows TED to […]
Here at TED HQ we’re having fun playing with the new BitTorrent app for TEDTalks — part of the new BitTorrent Mainline client (and the current µTorrent beta). It’s Windows-only for now. Using the TEDTalks BitTorrent app, you can browse the TEDTalks library by date and keyword, finding talks that are most emailed, most tweeted, […]
At TED@Cannes, Gary Wolf gives a 5-min intro to an intriguing new pastime: using mobile apps and always-on gadgets to track and analyze your body, mood, diet, spending — just about everything in daily life you can measure — in gloriously geeky detail. (Recorded at TED@Cannes, June 2010 in Cannes France. Duration: 5:11) [ted id=966] […]
Founder of Acumen Fund Jacqueline Novogratz recently visited Pakistan (along with TED Curator Chris Anderson) to offer what help she could and work with local friends on their relief efforts. On returning to New York, she gave a short talk at TED HQ and shared the stories of the Pakistani people she met along with […]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNgG-NTlYRA] TED’s curator, Chris Anderson, was born in Pakistan, and feels an enduring tie to the country — which has recently experienced the worst floods in living memory, killing thousands and displacing tens of millions of people. Chris and his wife, Jacqueline Novogratz of the Acumen Fund, traveled the country, visiting camps and flooded cities […]
Bristol Baughan is a producer of award-winning films — including a documentary that received an Academy Award nomination — and a co-founder of Good Magazine. Now experimenting with concepts like “commercials for ideas,” and “personal producing,” Bristol is discovering new ways of seeing herself and her work. Dedicated to finding lasting solutions for complex social […]
Guest piece from TEDster Katy Klassman, via the TED Prize blog: “I wish for your help to create a strong, sustainable movement to educate every child about food, inspire families tocook again and empower people everywhere to fight obesity.” –- Jamie Oliver As I sat in the audience listening to Jamie Oliver make his wish, […]
Jeremy Rifkin on “the empathic civilization” In this talk from RSA Animate, bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin investigates the evolution of empathy and the profound ways it has shaped human development and society. Watch now »
Physics and marketing don’t seem to have much in common, but Dan Cobley is passionate about both. He brings these unlikely bedfellows together using Newton’s second law, Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, the scientific method and the second law of thermodynamics to explain the fundamental theories of branding. (Recorded at TEDGlobal 2010, July 2010 in Oxford, UK. […]
Michelle Borkin’s 3-D imaging work uses tools from astronomy to help doctors visualize patients’ hearts. She makes fluid flow visualization pop with 3-D modeling, helping everyone from geophysicists to architects see their data in new ways. You have your fingers in a lot of different pots. What are you up to these days? I’m working […]
In the Gulf oil spill’s aftermath, Lisa Margonelli says drilling moratoriums and executive ousters make for good theater, but distract from the issue at its heart: our unrestrained oil consumption. She shares her bold plan to wean America off of oil — by confronting consumers with its real cost. (Recorded at TEDxOilSpill, June 2010 in […]
Food Revolution hero Ann Cooper recently re-launched her new and improved website for The Lunch Box — a collection of scalable recipes, resources and general information to turn any school lunch system into a healthy, balanced diet for kids. One of the most exciting initiatives of this revamp is the Great American Salad Project (GASP) […]
Cartoonist Jim Toomey created the comic strip Sherman’s Lagoon, a wry look at underwater life starring Sherman the talking shark. As he sketches some of his favorite sea creatures live onstage, Toomey shares his love of the ocean and the stories it can tell. (Recorded on Mission Blue Voyage, April 2010 in the Galapagos Islands. […]