2013: The Year in Ideas
In 2013, TED published more than 250 talks, each with an idea worth spreading. And yet, certain ideas seemed to resonate throughout the year...
A biologist, an engineer, a designer and a musical robot builder walk into a room. Not a joke; it’s their office
Listen to too much talk about innovation, and before long you’re bound to hear someone utter the “cross” word. It might be...
A very cool new video: A brief introduction to 4D printing
It’s not often that you see a designer throw their creation on the ground and break it to smithereens. But that’s exactly what T...
Awesome new video: A cell phone tool to help micro-entrepreneurs get loans
In the developing world, would-be entrepreneurs are easily able to get microloans. But getting access to formal financial institutions ̵...
Phil Hansen gives the gift of TED
Limitations, schimitations. At TED2013, Phil Hansen shared the story of how he thought his art career was over when he developed a severe ha...
Gallery: Beautiful words from TEDxMet, immortalized as art
When the lights went down at TEDxMet, a TEDx event hosted by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in October, anyone looking very closely could se...
How should we talk about mental health?
Mental health suffers from a major image problem. One in every four people experiences mental health issues — yet more than 40 percent...
Mother knows best: Re-making the Embrace baby warmer for moms
When Jane Chen and her team arrived in India five years ago, it was with a bold idea. They wanted to develop a simple, affordable solution t...
Lisa Bu gives the gift of TED
The pressure to find great gifts is on. And rather than wait in a long line to purchase yet another sweater, we ask: why not give the gift o...