TED Weekends shares the story of a once locked-in grafitti artist
Completely paralyzed except for his eyes, graffiti artist Tony “TEMPT” Quan could no longer create his art, let alone communicate with his f...
Your weekend reading: The wrong kind of Caucasian, the graduate school question, and how the Internet ruined everything
A weekly round-up of interesting, weird and useful reads from around the interwebs. In “The wrong kind of Caucasian,” Sarah Kend...
X marks the spot: This week’s TEDx Talks
Designs for rethinking the toilet, how to transcend tragedy and a look at “soft,” flexible robotics — these topics are all covered in ...
Turning New York City INSIDE OUT: Volunteering at JR’s photo truck
On an unseasonably chilly Monday evening in Manhattan, hundreds stood in line in Times Square for up to two hours. As a city-dweller for sev...
How soon is now?: Fellows Friday with Alicia Eggert
Conceptual artist Alicia Eggert uses words as found objects in her sculptural art — a body of work that serves as an ongoing investiga...
25 life hacks you didn’t know you needed, but do. Probably.
David Pogue is a member of a very select club. As of today, he’s one of the few people with four talks featured on TED.com. (Two others who&...
TED appears in the NY Times crossword puzzle, New Yorker’s Shouts & Murmurs
The TED office is abuzz about two high-profile mentions this week. First, we were excited to see ourselves included in The New York Times cr...
Last night at TED headquarters: a salon on life hacks
Last night in the TED office, we held a salon all about spring cleaning — for your life. Themed “A Better You,” the event ...
10 adorable animated characters from the first year of TED-Ed
A year ago today, the TED-Ed website launched. Since then, the site has published 175 original animated lessons, ranging from “How sim...