Segways, String Theory and Snacks: A Report From TED
You know you’re at a TED conference when one of the first people you see, aside from the concierge at the Marriott, is making his way down Linden Avenue in Long Beach, Calif., astride a Segway. (You...
View ArticleThe Surprising Big Idea at TED: Turn Off Technology
It’s a TED tradition: when the stage lights go up at the beginning of a talk, the little gadgets go away—iPhones, iPads, and Blackberries all have to be powered down, even by the tech big wigs who were...
View ArticleTED Talks For Kids
Over the years, Michelle Obama, Bill Gates, Dave Eggers and other big names have given TED talks on the subject of education. Now, in addition to spreading big ideas about how to improve education and...
View ArticleHave We Evolved to Be Religious?
We humans have many varieties of religious experience. One of the most common is self-transcendence — a feeling becoming part of something larger, grander and nobler. Most people experience this at...
View ArticleThe TED Prize-Winning Idea: A School in the Cloud
When TED first started awarding an annual cash prize back in 2005, the winner was the world-famous singer turned activist Bono. His award was $300,000 which went to benefit his nascent ONE...
View ArticleThe Wunderkinder of TED
The theme of this year’s TED is “Young, Wise, and Undiscovered,” and they weren’t exaggerating about the young part. Some of the biggest showstoppers at the annual event in Long Beach, Calif. — which...
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