Countdown: 18 ideas that will change the world in 2012
All month on the Huffington Post, we’ve been counting down 18 great ideas from 2011 that we think will change the world in 2012 and be...
When NORAD tracked Santa: Bruno Bowden on the TED Blog
A TED Blog premiere video: At this year’s TEDActive, in Palm Springs, engineer Bruno Bowden tells the amazing story of NORAD’s q...
There are no scraps of men: Alberto Cairo on TED.com
Alberto Cairo’s clinics in Afghanistan used to close down during active fighting. Now, they stay open. At TEDxRC2 (the RC stands for R...
How to stop torture: Karen Tse on TED.com
Political prisoners aren’t the only ones being tortured — the vast majority of judicial torture happens in ordinary cases, even ...
A prosthetic eye to treat blindness: Sheila Nirenberg on TED.com
At TEDMED, Sheila Nirenberg shows a bold way to create sight in people with certain kinds of blindness: by hooking into the optic nerve and ...
The quest to understand consciousness: Antonio Damasio on TED.com
Every morning we wake up and regain consciousness — that is a marvelous fact — but what exactly is it that we regain? Neuroscien...
An unexpected place of healing: Ramona Pierson on TED.com
When Ramona Pierson was 22, she was hit by a drunk driver and spent 18 months in a coma. At TEDxDU she tells the remarkable story of her rec...
Enter Ads Worth Spreading and TED could visit your agency
We’re only two weeks away from the December 31 deadline for Ads Worth Spreading — TED’s initiative to recognize and reward...
Cooking as alchemy: Homaro Cantu + Ben Roche on TED.com
Homaro Cantu and Ben Roche come from Moto, a Chicago restaurant that plays with new ways to cook and eat food. But beyond the fun and flavor...