Make your smartphone a personal robot: Keller Rinaudo at TED2013
Sometimes, it feels like your smartphone is your friend. But if Keller Rinaudo has his way, your phone may be more like a pet. Rinaudo, the ...
Robots as part of daily life: Rodney Brooks at TED2013
We’ve heard a lot about robots at TED over the years. Demos of amazing specialized robots … talk about what robots can and can&#...
“The musician’s musician”: Pedrito Martinez at TED2013
“He is simply one of the best musicians in the country,” says TED music advisor Bill Bragin of Pedrito Martinez, who’s jus...
Debate: Erik Brynjolfsson and Robert J. Gordon at TED2013
TED Curator Chris Anderson opened this morning’s first session, Progress Enigma, with a provocative question: What is the future of wo...
Race with the machines: Erik Brynjolfsson at TED2013
Erik Brynjolfsson says growth is not dead. To make his case in session 1 of TED2013, he points out two moments in the past — one that ...
Is growth over? Robert J. Gordon at TED2013
Could US economic growth be over? That’s the provocative question that economist Robert J. Gordon begins with. And it’s a big qu...
Talks from the audience: TED University session 1 at TED2013
At TED University, members of the TED audience get a chance to step on stage and give a talk — about their work, about their passion, ...
New TED Book: The City 2.0
The world’s cities are on pace to balloon from 3.6 billion inhabitants today to more than 6 billion by midcentury. As a result, we face both...
How about creating a national energy policy?: Jennifer Granholm at TED2013
Kicking off the TED conference would be a daunting prospect for most, but Jennifer Granholm has tackled both nastier challenges and less fri...