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Entertainment

A whistleblower you haven’t heard: Geert Chatrou on TED.com

At TEDxRotterdam, world champion whistler Geert Chatrou performs the whimsical “Eleonora” by A. Honhoff, and his own “Fête...

Feb 11, 2011
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Entertainment

Watch Carolyn Porco’s 2007 TEDTalk re-created shot for shot in LEGO

[vimeo http://vimeo.com/18074950 w=525&h=294] From the great blog annals of spacetime: This. Plus a lovely essay on the how and why. The...

Jan 15, 2011
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How to make a splash in social media: Alexis Ohanian on TED.com

In a funny, rapid-fire 4 minutes, Alexis Ohanian of Reddit tells the real-life fable of one humpback whale’s rise to Web stardom. The ...

Dec 16, 2009
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Entertainment

Will Wright forms his own think tank, the Stupid Fun Club

A Forbes article points us to an interesting bit of news for star game designer (and TED speaker) Will Wright: [Will Wright] is leaving EA t...

Apr 10, 2009
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Culture

A trickster’s theory of everything: Emily Levine on TED.com

Philosopher-comedian Emily Levine talks (hilariously) about science, math, society and the way everything connects to everything else. She&#...

Apr 9, 2009
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Entertainment

My quest for the dodo bird, and other obsessions: Adam Savage on TED.com

At EG’08, Adam Savage talks about his fascination with the dodo bird, and how it led him on a strange and surprising double quest. It&...

Mar 18, 2009
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Entertainment

TED ringtones now available!

That catchy music that introduces every TEDTalk is now available as free ringtones! Both the current “TEDTalks Phase II” theme a...

Mar 4, 2009
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Q&A with Brenda Laurel: We "brought girls roaring into the online game space"
Entertainment

Q&A with Brenda Laurel: We "brought girls roaring into the online game space"

Brenda Laurel spoke at TED in early 1998 — at a watershed moment. In 1997, she launched Purple Moon to make smart computer games aimed...

Mar 2, 2009
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Entertainment

Immersa-Dome: the future of entertainment (and the "now" of marketing)

TEDBlog talked to Tom Milks of Aardvark Applications about Palm Springs’ exclusive demonstration of their incredible Immersa-Dome. As ...

Feb 3, 2009
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