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Articles, reflections, and teachings from our community.

Design

Rethinking the way we sit down: Niels Diffrient on TED.com

Design legend Niels Diffrient talks about his life in industrial design (and the reason he became a designer instead of a jet pilot). He det...

Apr 21, 2009
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Film

J.J. Abrams guest-edits Wired; watch the TEDTalk that inspired it

Star Trek‘s J.J. Abrams guest-edits this month’s Wired magazine — packed with puzzles and mysteries and little jokes, some...

Apr 21, 2009
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Crocheting in hyperbolic space: Exclusive interview with Margaret Wertheim on TED.com

Masterminding a project to model a coral reef in crochet, Margaret Wertheim hopes to share some of the most complicated mathematical models ...

Apr 20, 2009
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Apply to become a Fellow at TEDIndia

Apply now to become one of 100 TED Fellows to attend TEDIndia in Mysore, held Nov. 4-7, 2009. TED Fellows will attend TEDIndia, join a two-d...

Apr 20, 2009
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The beautiful math that links coral, crochet and hyperbolic geometry: Margaret Wertheim on TED.com

Margaret Wertheim leads a project to re-create the creatures of the coral reefs using a crochet technique invented by a mathematician &#8212...

Apr 20, 2009
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The week in comments

We’re on to our second week of picking our favorite comments from the pile, and it already seems to be getting harder. Your voices are...

Apr 19, 2009
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John R. Wooden Awards announced

A week ago today, the John R. Wooden Award was given to the best college basketball players of the year. Back in 2001, Coach Wooden (the nam...

Apr 17, 2009
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Hang in there! 9 life lessons from rock climbing: Matthew Childs on TED.com

In this talk from TED University 2009, veteran rock climber Matthew Childs shares nine pointers for rock climbing. These handy tips bear on ...

Apr 17, 2009
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How to feel like the Incredible Hulk: Tim Ferriss on TED.com

Productivity guru Tim Ferriss‘ fun, encouraging anecdotes show how one simple question — “What’s the worst that coul...

Apr 16, 2009
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