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Cool new things you can do with your mobile phone: David Pogue on TED.com

In this engaging talk from the EG’08 conference, New York Times tech columnist David Pogue rounds up some handy cell phone tools and s...

Mar 25, 2009
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From a Nairobi slum, a tale of hope: Jacqueline Novogratz on TED.com

Jacqueline Novogratz tells a moving story of an encounter in a Nairobi slum with Jane, a former prostitute, whose dreams of escaping poverty...

Mar 24, 2009
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TED celebrates women in technology today

In January, Suw Charman-Anderson declared March 24 Ada Lovelace Day — a day to celebrate female role models in technology. She asked o...

Mar 24, 2009
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TED Prize

James Nachtwey speaks in Rio to mark World TB Day

Photographer James Nachtwey, whose TED Prize wish was to raise awareness of TB and the mutant strain XDRTB, will speak in Rio de Janeiro tod...

Mar 24, 2009
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Inventing a super-kite to tap the energy of high-altitude wind: Saul Griffith on TED.com

Unveiled at TED2009: In this brief talk, Saul Griffith debuts the invention his new company Makani Power has been working on: giant kite tur...

Mar 23, 2009
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How to grow your own fresh air: Kamal Meattle on TED.com

Researcher and activist Kamal Meattle shows how an arrangement of three common houseplants, used in specific spots in a home or office build...

Mar 20, 2009
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Where does consciousness originate? All over our brain

New Scientist is running a fascinating article on new brain research happening at INSERM that appears to show that consciousness arises from...

Mar 19, 2009
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Art

Nostalgia for a future that never happened: Bruce McCall on TED.com

Bruce McCall paints a future that never happened — full of flying cars, polo-playing tanks and the RMS Tyrannic, “The Biggest Th...

Mar 19, 2009
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Entertainment

My quest for the dodo bird, and other obsessions: Adam Savage on TED.com

At EG’08, Adam Savage talks about his fascination with the dodo bird, and how it led him on a strange and surprising double quest. It&...

Mar 18, 2009
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