Behold, 6 real-life cyborgs
“I feel like a cyborg,” Neil Harbisson declares in a fascinating talk from TEDGlobal 2012. Born color-blind, Harbisson lived in a “grayscale...
UPDATE: Parkinson’s Voice Initiative more than 50% completed, thanks to you
In this video, Karen Eng speaks with MIT postdoc and TED Fellow Max Little, who on the opening Monday of TEDGlobal 2012 announced the launch...
9 reasons to be excited by the new TED Books app
Via TED Curator Chris Anderson’s personal blog: After a couple of weeks in beta, the new TED Books app launched today on iPad and iPho...
From Arab sci-fi to war zone survival tips: Highlights from TED@Doha
This spring, TED headed on the road, visiting 14 cities across six continents on the hunt for untapped talent. The idea behind the sweeping ...
TED ebook: High-wire legend Philippe Petit offers advice for the balancing act of life
Philippe Petit startled the world when he walked on a taut cable between the soaring twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City ...
How a TED collaboration is helping residents of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation tell their own story
Photographer Aaron Huey set out seven years ago to capture images of poverty in America. The mission brought him to Pine Ridge Indian Reserv...
Go ahead and give augmented reality a test drive
So what exactly, you ask, is augmented reality? As Matt Mills and Tamara Roukaerts explained in their exciting talk at TEDGlobal 2012, it’s ...
From counterfactual reasoning to iPhone art: Highlights from TED@SãoPaulo
This spring, TED headed on the road, visiting 14 cities across six continents on the hunt for untapped talent. The idea behind the sweeping ...
Does having choice make us happy? 6 studies that suggest it doesn’t always
We have all been there: standing in aisle five of the supermarket trying to decide which jar of mustard to buy. Do we go organic, or for the...