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We are all cyborgs now: Amber Case on TED.com

Technology is evolving us, says Amber Case, as we become a screen-staring, button-clicking new version of homo sapiens. We now rely on &#822...

Jan 11, 2011
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TEDx

New Tomorrows: Report from TED@MotorCity

On Sunday night, January 9, in Detroit, TED presented TED@MotorCity, an evening salon supported by Lincoln under the theme “New Tomorr...

Jan 10, 2011
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A realistic vision for world peace: Jody Williams on TED.com

Nobel Peace laureate Jody Williams brings tough love to the dream of world peace, with her razor-sharp take on what “peace” real...

Jan 10, 2011
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The 3 A’s of awesome: Neil Pasricha on TED.com

Neil Pasricha’s blog 1000 Awesome Things savors life’s simple pleasures, from free refills to clean sheets. In this heartfelt ta...

Jan 7, 2011
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Fellows Friday with Michele Koppes

Glaciologist Michele Koppes travels to some of the coldest, iciest places on Earth for work. Her one-of-a-kind research in the Himalayas fil...

Jan 7, 2011
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Judy Bonds: Majora Carter remembers

This week, Judy Bonds — whose work and life Majora Carter describes movingly in her latest TEDTalk — died after a battle with ca...

Jan 6, 2011
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A powerful tool for detecting breast tumors (and why we’re not using it yet): Deborah Rhodes on TED.com

Working with a team of physicists, Dr. Deborah Rhodes developed a new tool for tumor detection that’s 3 times as effective as traditio...

Jan 6, 2011
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Meet TED2011’s guest curators: Juan Enriquez and Bill Gates

This year at TED2011, we issued an unprecedented invitation to two global thinkers: Curate a session of TED. Juan Enriquez (watch his TEDTal...

Jan 5, 2011
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Your brain on improv: Charles Limb on TED.com

Musician and researcher Charles Limb wondered how the brain works during musical improvisation — so he put jazz musicians and rappers ...

Jan 5, 2011
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