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Biology

Designing a living machine

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At TED2005 and TEDGlobal, genomics pioneer Craig Venter mentioned — casually, as always — his desire to create a fully synthetic lifeform, preferably one that will serve society’s greater needs. Venter’s work is singularly ambitious, but he’s not the only one with his eyes on that prize. The idea of designing living machines (albeit ones […]

Entertainment

Jill! Susheela! Rachelle! On stage in New York

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Some of the most memorable moments at any given TED come from the hand-picked performers, who often make us feel we’ve unearthed a rare gem. We had that rush of discovery all over again when we learned three powerful chanteuses of TEDs past will appear next week at New York’s Joe’s Pub. On Monday, Susheela […]

Design

A "Slow Design" movement?

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At TEDGlobal, Carl Honore explained the motivation behind his book, In Praise of Slowness: While reading his son a “One-Minute Bedtime Story,” he suddenly saw the lunacy in his speed-obsessed life, and set out to explore the alternative: a worldwide slow movement that offered a different approach to eating, living, and being with each other. […]

Martin Luther King's Iconic speech

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I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.” I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons […]

Architecture

Google Earth Released for the Mac

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At long last, Google Earth — which has been demoed at several TEDs in different contexts — has been released for the Mac. TEDsters got an early glimpse of Google Earth at TED2002 when Dan Dubno gave a fly-through of its previous incarnation, Keyhole. And Domus editor Stefano Boeri used Google Earth to explore the […]

Noah Feldman on politics and presidential power

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At TED2003, NYU Professor Noah Feldman was fresh off the publication of his first book, After Jihad: America and the struggle for Islamic democracy. Like so many TED speakers before him, he adapted his talk on the fly to better suit the occasion, and delivered a fascinating speech describing religion as a kind of technology […]

Entertainment

Video Games and the Evolution of Microprocessors

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I’ve just returned from this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. CES is a veritable festival of microprocessors. There were 28 football fields worth of microprocessor-driven gadgets. As exciting as it was to see thousands upon thousands of high definition televisions, the biggest crowds formed around Sony’s PlayStation 3 and Microsoft’s Xbox 360. I […]

Science

The Year of Thinking Dangerously

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Each year, EDGE founder John Brockman poses a question to members of the so-called Third Culture. Last year’s question (What is it you believe but cannot prove?) was translated into an utterly delightful book. This year, Brockman ups the intellectual ante, asking, “What is your dangerous idea?” The provocative answers promise a lively year ahead […]

Science

Don't Put The Octopus In With Your Sharks

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The thing I find so compelling about aquariums is that they are both scientifically fascinating and visually stunning.  Which is why the Aquarium Party is always among the many highlights of the TED experience for me.  Last year’s attendees of the Aquarium Party had the added pleasure of observing the worlds only Great White Shark […]

Inspired Holiday Gifts, Part 2

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Technology-based gifts — while always welcome — can be a bit, well, boring. Here: some indulgent and unexpected choices. For someone with a big project … and a really big desk: The 30-inch Apple Cinema Display monitor. More than 4 million pixels of gorgeous flat-screen glory. Utterly indulgent, but worth every penny. $2499 at Apple.com […]

Transcript

Congratulations, Bono

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Time magazine gives the inaugural TED Prize Winner their big annual award. (Well, he has to share it with a Mr. and Mrs. Gates.) And if you missed the talk Bono gave at TED last year, there’s a transcript here, and link to Bono’s TEDTalk here. Well worth hearing.