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TED Fellows

Fellows Friday with Apurv Mishra

Since he was 11 years old, Apurv Mishra has been accelerating change. Inventor of the Glabenator, a device that helps paralysis victims comm...

Apr 1, 2011
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News

Google’s driverless car: Sebastian Thrun on TED.com

Sebastian Thrun talks about Google’s amazing driverless car — and his very personal quest to save lives and reduce traffic accid...

Mar 31, 2011
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Tom Morello shreds at TEDActive

[vimeo http://vimeo.com/21651186 w=525&h=294] New video from TEDActive’s Desert Party: On the final evening of TEDActive, the all-...

Mar 30, 2011
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Art

The genius puppetry behind War Horse: Handspring Puppet Company

“Puppets always have to try to be alive,” says Adrian Kohler of the Handspring Puppet Company, a gloriously ambitious troupe of ...

Mar 30, 2011
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Technology

Cracking Stuxnet, a 21st-century cyber weapon: Ralph Langner on TED.com

When first discovered in 2010, the Stuxnet computer worm posed a baffling puzzle. Beyond its unusually high level of sophistication loomed a...

Mar 29, 2011
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TEDx

Moving forward: TEDxTokyo shares their story

Via the TEDx Blog: Patrick Newell, organizer of TEDxTokyo, has been collecting and sharing news from TEDx communities affected by the recent...

Mar 29, 2011
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Global Issues

“5 Bodily Fluids”: A public service announcement

[vimeo http://vimeo.com/21083101 w=525&h=294] Last weekend, TED’s Film + Video director, Jason Wishnow, made this video for Maitri...

Mar 28, 2011
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Language

Don’t insist on English! Patricia Ryan on TED.com

At TEDxDubai, longtime English teacher Patricia Ryan asks a provocative question: Is the world’s focus on English preventing the sprea...

Mar 28, 2011
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Music

Thomas Dolby’s new EP, ‘Oceanea,’ drops today

TED’s musical director, Thomas Dolby, releases his new EP Oceanea today, a preview to his upcoming full-length A Map of the Floating C...

Mar 28, 2011
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