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The next Web of open, linked data: Tim Berners-Lee on TED.com

20 years ago, Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. For his next project, he’s building a web for open, linked data that could ...

Mar 13, 2009
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Scientific American on the day the Web was born

For some more background on why today’s TEDTalk is especially appropriate today, read Scientific American‘s thorough and fascina...

Mar 13, 2009
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TED Prize

Watch Karen Armstrong on Bill Moyers Journal

Watch Karen Armstrong make her audacious wish during the TED Prize session at TED2008:

Mar 12, 2009
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Why play is vital — no matter your age: Stuart Brown on TED.com

A pioneer in research on play, Stuart Brown says humor, games, roughhousing, flirtation and fantasy are more than just fun. Plenty of play i...

Mar 12, 2009
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Technology

An interview with Pranav Mistry, the genius behind Sixth Sense

Pranav Mistry is the MIT grad student behind Sixth Sense, a tool that connects the physical world with the world of data. He and his advisor...

Mar 11, 2009
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News

It's our 400th TEDTalk today

For those keeping score, Aimee Mullins’ funny and astonishing TEDTalk this morning marks our 400th TEDTalk. I asked followers of the T...

Mar 11, 2009
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How my legs give me super-powers: Aimee Mullins on TED.com

Athlete, actor and activist Aimee Mullins talks about her prosthetic legs — she’s got a dozen amazing pairs — and the supe...

Mar 11, 2009
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Technology

Pattie Maes demos the Sixth Sense on TED.com

This demo, from Pattie Maes‘ lab at MIT (and spearheaded by her student Pranav Mistry), was the buzz of TED2009. Sixth Sense is a wear...

Mar 10, 2009
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Architecture

Design for the minds of the future — a new contest!

Architecture for Humanity wants your ideas and designs for the classrooms of the future. Their 2009 Open Architecture Challenge invites stud...

Mar 9, 2009
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