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Architecture

Thom Mayne on TED.com

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Architect Thom Mayne has never been one to take the easy option, and this whistle-stop tour of the buildings he’s created makes you glad for it. These are big ideas cast in material form.

Seth Godin on TED.com

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In a world of too many options and too little time, our obvious choice is to just ignore the ordinary stuff. Marketing guru Seth Godin spells out why, when it comes to getting our attention, bad or bizarre ideas are more successful than boring ones.

Janine Benyus on TED.com

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In this inspiring talk about recent developments in biomimicry, Janine Benyus provides heartening examples of ways in which nature is already influencing the products and systems we build.

Golan Levin on TED.com

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Engineer and artist Golan Levin pushes the boundaries of what’s possible with audiovisuals and technology. In an amazing TED display, he shows two programs he wrote to perform his original compositions.

Jane Goodall on TED.com

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Jane Goodall hasn’t found the missing link, but she’s come closer than nearly anyone else. The primatologist says the only real difference between humans and chimps is our sophisticated language. She urges us to start using it to change the world.

Invention

Dean Kamen on TED.com

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Inventor Dean Kamen lays out his argument for the Segway and offers a peek into his next big ideas (portable energy and water purification for developing countries).

New TED.com and TED's June Cohen featured in today's New York Times

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Today’s New York Times carries an article by E-Commerce reporter Bob Tedeschi about the new TED.com: Hiroko Masuike for The New York Times June Cohen, director of TED Media, said putting conference presentations on the Internet helped increase exposure. By BOB TEDESCHIPublished: April 16, 2007THOSE who don’t have $6,000 or enough prominent connections to get […]

TEDTalks

The new TED.com launches today, Monday, April 16

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This morning, we are proud to announce the debut of our brand-new TED website. The site has been completely redesigned to focus on our award-winning TEDTalks, video and audio recordings of great presentations from TED Conferences by speakers including Malcolm Gladwell, Jane Goodall, Julia Sweeney, Richard Dawkins, Dan Dennett, Bono, Bill Clinton, Jeff Bezos, Stefan […]

Music

Listening to music with your whole body: Evelyn Glennie on TED.com

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In this soaring demonstration, percussionist Evelyn Glennie leads the audience through an exploration of music not as notes on a page, but as an expression of the human experience. Playing with sensitivity and nuance informed by a soul-deep understanding of and connection to music, she talks about a music that is more than sound waves […]

2007 TED Prize winner Bill Clinton on TEDTalks

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Accepting his 2007 TED Prize, Bill Clinton says he’s trying to build a better world to hand to his daughter. Unequal, unstable and unsustainable, our world must correct its course, and private citizens (“like me”) can be powerful forces for change. His Clinton Foundation, fresh from its success negotiating down pharmaceutical prices in the developing […]

TED Prize

2007 TED Prize winner E.O. Wilson on TEDTalks

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As E.O. Wilson accepts his 2007 TED Prize, he makes a plea on behalf of his constituents, the insects and small creatures, to learn more about our biosphere. We know so little about nature, he says, that we’re still discovering tiny organisms indispensable to life; and yet we’re steadily, methodically, vigorously destroying nature. Wilson identifies […]

2007 TED Prize winner James Nachtwey

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Accepting his 2007 TED Prize, James Nachtwey talks about his decades as a photojournalist. A slideshow of his photos, beginning in 1981 in Northern Ireland, reveals two parallel themes in his work. First, as he says: “The frontlines of contemporary wars are right where people live.” Street violence, famine, disease: he has photographed all these […]

TED2007: Day four wrap-up

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Quotes of the day: Explorer Bill Stone: "The traditional approach to space exploration has been to carry all the fuel you need, and to carry everybody back in case of emergency. But to prime the pump that will take us beyond, boldness is required: the first expeditionary team must travel to the Moon without the […]

TED2007 Day Three: things that knocked my hat in the creek

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Wow!  Day Three at TED2007 ROCKED!  A magical day which got crank-started by a truly electric presentation on the perils of Local Warming.  This was a day which just can’t wait for the TEDTalks to come out.  Daniel Goleman made a wonderful connection between emotional intelligence and the empathy which will be required — by […]

TED2007: Day three wrap-up

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Quotes of the day: Economist Emily Oster: "Not having sex is like an investment, so you value it more the longer you expect to live in the future." (About AIDS in Africa) "Lost" creator JJ Abrams: "Mystery is more important that knowledge." Participant Production’s Jeff Skoll: "I asked John Gardne how to best use the […]