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A meditation on hope: Sherwin Nuland on TED.com

Surgeon and writer Sherwin Nuland meditates on the idea of hope — the desire to become our better selves and make a better world. In a...

Jan 23, 2009
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TED archive tapes arrive in New York

Exciting news — 35 boxes of TED archive tapes just arrived in our New York office. We’ll be digitizing this footage, re-watching...

Jan 22, 2009
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An introduction to genomics: Barry Schuler on TED.com

What is genomics? How will it affect our lives? In this intriguing primer on the genomics revolution presented at Taste3 2008, entrepreneur ...

Jan 22, 2009
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Ideas for changing the world: Jamais Cascio on TED.com

We all want to make the world better — but how? Jamais Cascio looks at some specific tools and techniques that can make a difference. ...

Jan 21, 2009
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Maintenance tonight on TED.com and the TED Blog

TED.com and the TED Blog will be down tonight to add some updates. We anticipate an outage starting 10:30pm Eastern time and going for perha...

Jan 20, 2009
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Photosynth + Multitouch = an astonishing look at the oath of office

Photosynth on Multitouch, uploaded by TED Conference. On CNN’s Inauguration Day coverage today: a massive Photosynth of the precise mo...

Jan 20, 2009
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To watch today: The Anthem Project

It’s Inauguration Day in the US — and a great day to revisit the Anthem Project from Pangea Day. In these wonderful videos, choi...

Jan 20, 2009
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Amory Lovins' think tank spins off a new car company

Via Green Light: The Rocky Mountain Institute, whose chair and chief scientist is TEDTalks star Amory Lovins, this month spun off a car comp...

Jan 19, 2009
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Photosynth Obama's inauguration (update)

Via ReadWriteWeb: CNN.com’s minisite “The Moment” will be Synthing the inauguration on January 20, combining crowd snapsho...

Jan 19, 2009
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