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Reinventing the car: GM’s head of R&D, Larry Burns, on TED.com

Want to see what a post-bailout auto industry could look like? General Motors VP of R&D Larry Burns previews next-gen car design: sleek,...

Dec 4, 2008
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A US soldier who said no to torture

The Washington Post has a fascinating story of a US interrogator, pseudonymed “Matthew Alexander,” who refused to use aggressive...

Dec 3, 2008
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Second Life, where anything is possible: Philip Rosedale on TED.com

Why build a virtual world? At this year’s Serious Play conference, Philip Rosedale talks about the virtual society he founded, Second ...

Dec 3, 2008
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TED’s Chris Anderson talks big ideas with Alain de Botton

TED curator Chris Anderson appears on BBC Radio 4’s “iPM: Share What You Know” to discuss a provocative topic: Is the age ...

Dec 2, 2008
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Climbing the world’s biggest trees: Richard Preston on TED.com

Science writer Richard Preston (he wrote The Hot Zone) talks about some of the most enormous living beings on the planet, the giant trees of...

Dec 2, 2008
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The coming neurological epidemic: Gregory Petsko on TED.com

Biochemist Gregory Petsko makes a convincing argument that, in the next 50 years, we’ll see an epidemic of neurological diseases, such...

Dec 1, 2008
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Wii Remote theremin

In an ingenious geek-out that’s almost too perfectly suited for TED, designer Ken Moore presents a much-anticipated hack of the Ninten...

Nov 29, 2008
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Sneak preview: Next month on TED.com

We’re not posting a new TED Talk today or tomorrow — it’s Thanksgiving Day in the United States. But here are some talks w...

Nov 27, 2008
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Atlas Shrugged, updated

The blogosphere is all a-blog of a new cringe-inducing spoof published at McSweeney’s. Its title, “Atlas Shrugged Updated for th...

Nov 26, 2008
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