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TED goes to Washington: Today is TED@State

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TED is in Washington, DC, today, helping to throw a first-of-its-kind conference: TED@State, bringing great ideas from TEDTalks to Washington. This afternoon at the State Department, five TEDTalks stars — Clay Shirky, Paul Collier, Jacqueline Novogratz, Stewart Brand, and Hans Rosling — will share insight and new ideas; music will come from the legendary Zap []

Film

Capturing fragile Earth in wide-angle: Yann Arthus-Bertrand on TED.com

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In this image-filled talk, Yann Arthus-Bertrand displays his three most recent projects on humanity and our habitat — stunning aerial photographs in his series “The Earth From Above,” personal interviews from around the globe featured in his web project “6 billion Others,” and his soon-to-be-released movie, “Home,” which documents human impact on the environment through []

A university for the coming singularity: Ray Kurzweil on TED.com

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Ray Kurzweil‘s latest graphs show that technology’s breakneck advances will only accelerate — recession or not. He unveils his new project, Singularity University, to study oncoming tech and guide it to benefit humanity. (Recorded at TED University 2009, February 2009, in Long Beach, California. Duration: 8:42) Watch Ray Kurzweil’s talk from TED University 2009 on []

Music

"Playing with Pink Noise": Kaki King on TED.com

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Kaki King, the first female on Rolling Stone’s “guitar god” list, rocks out to a full live set at TED2008, including her breakout single, “Playing with Pink Noise.” Jaw-dropping virtuosity meets a guitar technique that truly stands out.(Recorded at TED2008, February 2008, in Monterey, California. Duration: 14:49) Watch Kaki King’s performance from TED2008 on TED.com, []

Why we're posting a Michelle Obama speech as today's TEDTalk

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Today’s TEDTalk is unusual. It wasn’t recorded at a conference, but at a public event. And it features America’s first lady, Michelle Obama, who’s never been to a TED conference. What happened here? Well, first of all, TED is strictly nonpartisan. In fact, we tend to stay away from politics altogether. But our mission is []

Language

The world’s English mania: Jay Walker on TED.com

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Jay Walker explains why two billion people around the world are trying to learn English. He shares photos and spine-tingling audio of Chinese students rehearsing English — “the world’s second language” — by the thousands. (Recorded at TED2009, February 2009, in Long Beach, California. Duration: 4:35.) Watch Jay Walker’s talk from TED2009 on TED.com, where []

25 new TED Fellows announced for TEDGlobal in Oxford

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The TED Fellows program brings outstanding, world-changing leaders to participate in the TED community. We introduce today the 25 new TED Fellows who will participate in TED’s annual international conference, TEDGlobal. These Fellows have been invited to join the TED community by attending TEDGlobal 2009, to be held in Oxford, UK, July 21-24. The 25 []

Technology

Watch the TEDxTokyo slideshow

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TEDxTokyo, held last week in Japan, brought 200 attendees together to celebrate homegrown and international ideas worth spreading. TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event, is a way to host a TED-style event in your community: at your school or company, at a local library, in your living room … Learn more about TEDx. []

Live from TED

Gorgeous graphic notes from TED2009

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YouTube’s Margaret Stewart shares her sketchbook notes from the TED2009 sessions — a lively, personal way to see TED through one creative person’s eyes. Click the image above to view the full set of sketchbook pages. We’re always interested in creative ways to take notes on TED and TEDTalks (check out Autodesk’s BigViz sketchbook, and []

Design

Supercharged motorcycle design: Yves Behar and Forrest North on TED.com

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Yves Behar and Forrest North unveil Mission One, a sleek, powerful electric motorcycle. They share slides from distant (yet similar) childhoods that show how collaboration kick-started their friendship — and shared dreams. (Recorded at TED2009, February 2009, in Long Beach, California. Duration: 2:23.) Watch Yves Behar’s talk from TED2009 on TED.com, where you can download []

Watch the TED Fellows video — and apply for a TEDIndia fellowship

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The TED Fellows program helps world-changing innovators from around the globe become part of the TED community. This short video conveys the intense, potentially life-changing experience of becoming a TED Fellow, through interviews with some of the TED2009 Long Beach Fellows and with TED’s Community Director, Tom Rielly: Inspired? Apply for a TEDIndia Fellowship! Applications []

Science

Could a Saturn moon harbor life? Carolyn Porco on TED.com

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Carolyn Porco shares exciting new findings from the Cassini spacecraft’s recent sweep of one of Saturn’s moons, Enceladus. Samples gathered from the moon’s icy geysers hint that an ocean under its surface could harbor life. (Recorded at TED University 2009, February 2009, in Long Beach, California. Duration: 3:29.) Watch Carolyn Porco’s talk from TED University []