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It's not a car, it's a vehicle

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Josh Goldman is the first TEDster to go on an Aptera test drive. He’s actually #315 on the waiting list for the car (out of 3800) … but this is his first time getting his hands on one. Note — you have to go in bottom first, then pull your legs in. After his ride, […]

Twitter Snapshot: Anticipation mounts

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Here’s a roundup of recent tweets on TED2009. Excitement is building with just one day left to go. Just when I was wondering if it was all worth it, if life has lost all meaning, I remembered I’m going to TED this week! — moltz The Riviera sounds fabulous. Can’t wait to hang where Frank […]

Preparations begin at Palm Springs

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Setup is in full swing here at Palm Springs. Here’s a sneak peek at what you’ll find when you arrive. Only an overly saturated photo can communicate the beauty of the Riviera. TED@PalmSprings attendees are truly in for a treat. The entrance to the Riviera Resort and Spa. Setup of the Grey zone at the […]

Architecture

The Kohler LivingHome: Crane shots

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Kohler LivingHome at TED2009, originally uploaded by TED Conference. The Kohler LivingHome, a prefab house designed by KieranTimberlake, was brought in by crane yesterday for TED2009 in Long Beach. After the conference, the house will stay in Long Beach as an exhibit until February 20. Get more information >>

Maira Kalman's back on NYTimes.com

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The wonderful Maira Kalman is writing and painting a new blog, “And the Pursuit of Happiness,” for NYTimes.com. New entries appear the final Friday of each month and include Kalman’s thoughts on American democracy. This first installment is especially divine: The Inauguration. At Last. For more Maira, watch her TEDTalk:

Steven Johnson and the case against Candy Land

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TEDTalks favorite Steven Johnson has been guestblogging at boingboing.net — and this post will resonate with anyone who is cooped up indoors with a small child this season: The case against Candy Land. The essay (and the discussion afterward) touches on the nature of play, the utter futility of the game Battleship, and the idea […]

Photosynth + Multitouch = an astonishing look at the oath of office

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Photosynth on Multitouch, uploaded by TED Conference. On CNN’s Inauguration Day coverage today: a massive Photosynth of the precise moment that President Barack Obama took the oath of office. In the image above, an anchor sifts through individual images on a Multitouch screen. We’re proud because both these technologies — Photosynth and the Multitouch screen […]

Amory Lovins' think tank spins off a new car company

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Via Green Light: The Rocky Mountain Institute, whose chair and chief scientist is TEDTalks star Amory Lovins, this month spun off a car company, Bright Automotive, that’s focused on making street-legal all-electric cars. From the story on Green Light: Bright Automotive wants to make plug-in hybrids. The cars will go about 30 miles on a […]

Photosynth Obama's inauguration (update)

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Via ReadWriteWeb: CNN.com’s minisite “The Moment” will be Synthing the inauguration on January 20, combining crowd snapshots of this historic Tuesday into an immersive experience: “We’ll take your photos from every angle, combine them with CNN’s professional shots, and produce what we hope will be an amazing experience that will be shown live on CNN. […]

Music

Rokia Traoré’s new record, Tchamantché

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This week, the wonderful Rokia Traoré released her new record, Tchamantché, and it’s been rolling up glowing reviews. If you fell in love with Rokia’s smoky voice and her thoughtful, sensitive songs via her two songs on TED.com, or during her knockout set at Pangea Day last May, seek this record out. You can find […]

Earth from space, on the Big Picture

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Here’s a mind-expanding set of photos from Boston.com’s photo feature, The Big Picture — taken by satellites or by astronauts as they fly above the Earth. The images come from NASA’s Earth Observatory. Talk about taking the 30,000-foot view …

Mark Bittman and Isaac Mizrahi on braised artichokes

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This odd couple banters their way through a lesson on braising artichokes as part of Isaac Mizrahi’s (watch his 2008 TEDTalk) series of webisodes. The dish itself? Artichokes braised with pancetta in lemon juice and white wine — elegant yet simple, and in line with Bittman’s charge to eat more vegetables. These two don’t let […]

Peter Ward on Earth's appetite for destruction

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Peter Ward spoke at TED2008 about Earth’s mass extinctions (watch for his TEDTalk later this month). You probably know about one of these events, the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction 65 million years ago that ended the age of dinosaurs. In today’s Boston Globe, Ward talks with writer Drake Bennett about the other four extinctions — and about […]

Get to know Steven Pinker

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In tomorrow’s New York Times Magazine, online today, there’s a very in-depth story about Steven Pinker — My Genome, My Self: Steven Pinker Gets to the Bottom of His Own Genetic Code. Pinker, along with nine other volunteers, had his genes sequenced last year as part of the Personal Genome Project. He learned many, many […]