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Hypernatural intelligence: A Fellows Friday conversation with Skylar Tibbits and Suzanne Lee
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Hypernatural intelligence: A Fellows Friday conversation with Skylar Tibbits and Suzanne Lee

Fashion designer and BioCouture founder Suzanne Lee harnesses the labor of microorganisms to grow clothing. Computational architect Skylar T...

Jan 25, 2013
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David Kelley of IDEO talks “design thinking” on 60 Minutes
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David Kelley of IDEO talks “design thinking” on 60 Minutes

. What makes a great designer? According to IDEO founder David Kelley, who gave the TED Talks “Human-centered design” and “How to build your...

Jan 6, 2013
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Powerpoint clichés we would like to retire in 2013 (and a few techniques to try instead)
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Powerpoint clichés we would like to retire in 2013 (and a few techniques to try instead)

[ted id=1290 width=560 height=315] This talk from TEDxBrussels felt like a breath of fresh stage. A collaboration among science writer John ...

Dec 31, 2012
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4 efforts to diffuse conflict in Israel with art
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4 efforts to diffuse conflict in Israel with art

[ted id=1636 width=560 height=315] Israeli graphic designer Ronny Edry has always loved posting images on Facebook, most of them garnering j...

Dec 21, 2012
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TEDxSanaa uses nature as a billboard
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TEDxSanaa uses nature as a billboard

TEDxSanaa is the first TEDx event in Yemen — with the theme of “inspiring hope,” it will take place on December 31st, the ...

Dec 21, 2012
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The Best TED Images of 2012
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The Best TED Images of 2012

2012 has been big for TED — it’s the year we reached a billion video views and upped the TED Prize to one million dollars. And s...

Dec 20, 2012
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Six great moments in timelapse photography
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Six great moments in timelapse photography

[ted id=1634 width=560 height=315] Years ago, Steven Addis’s wife photographed him holding their 1-year-old daughter on the corner of 57 Str...

Dec 19, 2012
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TED Weekends presents: Imagination Innovation
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TED Weekends presents: Imagination Innovation

When Janet Echelman’s paints went missing, she didn’t let it stop her from making art for her upcoming show deadline. In this classic talk f...

Dec 15, 2012
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Photography for social change: Jon Lowenstein documents the American immigrant
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Photography for social change: Jon Lowenstein documents the American immigrant

TED Fellow Jon Lowenstein makes us look at the painful social issues that we may otherwise ignore through his bold photography. His project,...

Dec 14, 2012
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