What’s the best way to keep automobile traffic moving calmly and rationally through an intersection? It’s not a stoplight, it’s not a stop sign, and it’s not a yield sign (who knows what to do at a yield?). In Session 6, Gary Lauder suggests we “Take Turns.” Roundabouts are the best way to build intersections, […]Read more
In Session 7, Breakthrough, Gary Flake demo’ed Pivot, amazing new data visualization tech from Microsoft Live Labs. Learn more here and, if you have a PC, download Pivot and play. Learn more about Pivot here at PressPass (you may need to install Silverlight) and on YouTube.
Above, TED Senior Fellow Juliana Machado Ferreira watches TED in simulcast at the Global Village, a social space dedicated to the TED Fellows program. Supported by the Kauffman Foundation, the Global Village sports comfy cushion seating (below) and a touchscreen (bottom) for pinpointing the home countries of the TED Fellows and Senior Fellows at Long […]
Sharing powerful stories from his anti-obesity project in Huntington, W. Va., 2010 TED Prize winner Jamie Oliver makes the case for an all-out assault on our ignorance of food. (Recorded at TED2010, February 2010 in Long Beach, CA. Duration: 21:53) Watch Jamie Oliver’s TED Prize talk on TED.com, where you can download this TEDTalk, rate […]
Above, a crowd at Palm Springs — including TED’s manager of translation, Kristin Windbigler, at left — chats via AT&T’s HD teleconferencing with TED’s own Leigh Ferreira in Long Beach (seen onscreen wearing a hot pink scarf from TEDIndia…). During the course of TED2010, Leigh led half a dozen chats between Long Beach and Palm […]
We visited the Intelligentsia Slow Coffee Bar in Bing’s Innovation Lounge to learn what slow coffee is, and hear about the simple approach that brews a perfect cup. “‘Slow coffee’ is an attempt to tackle the notion of quantity and convenience as what defines good coffee. We think the quality of the cup is the […]
OMG, the LXD. Many more photos here >> Jane McGonigal: “An entire generation of young people are virtuoso gamers. We need to figure out exactly what skills they’re honing.” David Byrne: “Like the birds, our joy is always there. We just change it to fit the context.” Jake Shimabukuro jamming with Ethel. Blaise Aguera y […]
An amazing shot by TED photographer James Duncan Davidson of the LXD‘s evening rehearsal on Tuesday. (The LXD’s jawdropping show opened Session 6, going on now.) Photo: TED / James Duncan Davidson
Photo: TED / Marla Aufmuth
Starting the session, former CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson calls for the complete elimination of nuclear weapons. “It’s a wake-up call we need.” Michael Sandel: “We need to rediscover the lost art of democratic argument.” Christopher “m00t” Poole: “I asked 4chan what I should say at TED. And I got 12,000 responses in about 24 […]
(Photo credit: TED / James Duncan Davidson) Michael Specter: “You’re entitled to your own opinion — but you’re not entitled to your own facts.” (Photo credit: TED / James Duncan Davidson) Sam Harris: “Does the Taliban have a point of view on physics that is worth considering? … No.” (Photo credit: TED / James Duncan […]
TED’s photo editor Mike Femia digs this picture above: “It looks like an impressionist painting, but in neon lights.” From the Wednesday-night Block Party on Pine Street in Long Beach, with the amazing Ozomatli (below). More pics from the Block Party >> Photos: TED / James Duncan Davidson
From the TED Prize session: Jamie Oliver has announced his TED Prize wish. THE WISH: “I wish for your help to create a strong, sustainable movement to educate every child about food, inspire families to cook again and empower people everywhere to fight obesity.” THE PLAN: Set up an organization to create a popular movement […]