TEDWeekends talks innovation for the Global South
[ted id=853] Malaria kills about 2,000 people every day. The mosquito-borne disease has ravaged the equatorial areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, ...
X Marks the Spot: A TEDx event in an ancient Greek amphitheater
The venue that housed TEDxKalamata certainly had some history: held in an ancient amphitheater, this was the first TEDx event in an archaeol...
Your weekend reading: Management 101 for terrorists, the woman who helped Snowden
While the TED Blog chills for the next two weeks, take a break to read some of our favorite pieces from around the Internet over the past se...
How marathons can heal communities: 5 incredible stories
Yes, a marathon is about running 26.2 miles. But as May El-Khalil describes in today’s talk, a marathon can also be about so much more ̵...
Women and children first: Fellows Friday with Zubaida Bai, who creates lifesaving kits for maternal health
Engineer and health entrepreneur Zubaida Bai is passionate about improving women’s lives. Through her company AYZH, she develops health prod...
No more citations for curbside veggies in Los Angeles
Planting a vegetable garden beside a road is no longer a fineable action in Los Angeles. In a major victory for TED speaker Ron Finley, othe...
AquaTop makes bath time fun … and computer friendly
Here at TED, we are big fans of innovative interfaces — from back in 2006, when Jeff Han demoed the multi-touch screen on the TED stag...
9 classic movies about memory manipulation, and how they inspired real neuroscience
Total Recall, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Inception. In today’s talk, MIT neuroscientists Steve Ramirez and Xu Liu admit that the...
TEDCity2.0: The poster, remixed
“Dream me. Build me. Make me real.” This is the driving philosophy behind TEDCity2.0, happening Friday, Sept. 20. To visually represent the ...