In 2008, a few of the astonishing objects from Jay Walker‘s Library of Human Imagination provided the backdrop to the TED main stage — and Jay Walker conducted a fun, three-part show-and-tell. Now, for the first time, he has allowed video cameras inside. We’re pleased to give you this sneak peek: Last week, TED Blog […]
We asked our Twitter fans on @missionblue to share their ideas for saving the ocean. Here’s a sampling of what they replied: @galapa_gal: Placing GPS units on all registered vessels like they are doing now in Galapagos good idea however pirates still fish @oceanuni: fund research in healthcare to reduce amount of plastics/ improve disposal/ […]
Kristina Gjerde: How do we monitor the open ocean? Using technology from space exploration. Barton Seaver: Just because there’s cod at the counter, doesn’t mean there’s enough cod in the sea. Damien Rice: “We have 12 minutes 37 seconds to write a song. Give me a chord and name an emotion.” Enric Sala: In a […]
Barbara Block: We know very little about tuna. It’s the 21st century but we really have just begun studying the oceans. Brian Skerry: The ocean’s not a grocery store; we can’t keep taking and not paying. Daniel Pauly: Ocean simluations draw gasps now, because we know we are seeing what we have lost. Dianna Cohen: […]
As attendees of the Mission Blue Voyage were having their breakfast, they were treated to one of the rarer sightings in the Galapagos — a couple of orcas swimming close to the Endeavor. Luckily, Peter Tyack of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute managed to snap a few close-ups of the giant beauties. Keep following all […]
At the end of the first day of the Mission Blue Voyage, seven Idea Champions with marine and environmental expertise across disciplines pitched their big ideas for ocean protection and restoration. These ideas will form the building blocks for actions pursued by the Mission Blue team in the months to come, as they continue in […]
Yesterday began the Mission Blue Voyage — a first-of-its-kind conference hosted by TED. Marine scientists, deep-sea explorers, tech innovators, policy makers and cultural icons will come aboard the National Geographic Endeavor and sail to the Galapagos Islands. For four days, they’ll brainstorm how to make Sylvia Earle‘s TED Prize wish — to protect and restore […]
Solar Impulse, the solar airplane that Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard described in his captivating talk at TEDGlobal 2009, took off successfully this morning from Payerne airfield, in Western Switzerland, on its maiden flight. The aircraft (which has a wingspan of 63.40 meters but a weight of only 1600 kg and a speed at takeoff of […]
In her TED 2007 talk, director Deborah Scranton detailed how she put cameras in the hands of soldiers fighting in Iraq to realize her acclaimed “The War Tapes” documentary. For her new film, “Earth Made of Glass“, which will premiere on April 26th at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York (Film’s trailer – Facebook […]
Jesse Schell: When games invade real life Games are invading the real world — and the runaway popularity of Farmville and Guitar Hero is just the beginning, says Jesse Schell. At the DICE Summit, he makes a startling prediction: a future where 1-ups and experience points break “out of the box” and into every part […]
In an incisive talk at TEDGlobal 2009 in Oxford, investigative journalist Misha Glenny (author of McMafia) described the global shadow economy and crime networks in minute details. After his talk, several attendees asked TED European director Bruno Giussani to invite Misha back to discuss not only the results of his investigations and research, but […]
Patsy Rodenburg: Why I do theater Patsy Rodenburg says the world needs actors more than ever. In this intimate talk at Michael Howard Studios, she tells the story of a profound encounter that reveals the deeper role theater can play in people’s lives. Watch Patsy Rodenburg’s talk >>
Now there’s an easy way to browse all of the videos in our Best of the Web collection — a “Best of the Web” theme on TED.com! Explore it now >> And look for a new Best of the Web talk every Saturday!
In his 2010 TEDTalk, Alan Siegel called for a simple, sensible redesign of legal paperwork — to make it intelligible to the rest of us. Here’s one of the redesigned documents he showed: a sample credit card agreement which is easy to understand and, dare we say, pretty? Download the PDF >>
Douglas Adams: Parrots, the universe and everything Blind river dolphins, reclusive lemurs, a parrot as fearless as it is lovelorn … Douglas Adams’ close encounters with these rare and unusual animals reveal that evolution, ever ingenious, can be fickle too — in a University of California talk that sparkles with his trademark satiric wit. Watch […]
The Abreu Fellows are in the running for a $250K grant from Pepsi. You can vote for them once a day … all month. The Abreu Fellows program is a project of Jose Abreu’s 2009 TED Prize wish — to teach children around the world to play music using El Sistema (“the system”), a proven […]