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TED Prize

To do this weekend: Vote for Architecture for Humanity

Via Treehugger: The Members Project, from American Express, is a contest to support worthy projects from a $2.5 million fund. 2006 TED Prize...

Aug 29, 2008
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The making of an activist: Ory Okolloh on TED.com

In a moving, personal talk, blogger and activist Ory Okolloh tells the story of her life and her family — and how she came to do her h...

Aug 28, 2008
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Education

How kids teach themselves: Sugata Mitra on TED.com

At the LIFT Conference, in Geneva, Sugata Mitra discusses his “Hole in the Wall” project in India, which proved that kids, witho...

Aug 27, 2008
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Music

Replaying great piano performances: John Q. Walker on TED.com

Imagine hearing great, departed pianists play again today, just as they would in person. At the 2007 EG conference, John Q. Walker shows how...

Aug 26, 2008
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Prototype: Scope, a camera for kids

Inspired by James Nachtwey’s TED Prize wish, designer Bas Groenendaal shares this prototype camera with TED. The Scope camera has a fr...

Aug 25, 2008
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TED is hiring a new video editor

TED.com is looking for an experienced Final Cut Studio editor to work in our Manhattan offices for 3 months. Details below: FILM + VIDEO EDI...

Aug 25, 2008
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The search for dark matter and dark energy: Patricia Burchat on TED.com

Physicist Patricia Burchat sheds light on two basic ingredients of our universe: dark matter and dark energy. Comprising 96% of the universe...

Aug 25, 2008
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Psychology's final frontier: Staying sane in space

Astrobiology Magazine posts an intriguing report today: The American Psychological Association is looking seriously at the question of astro...

Aug 24, 2008
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Invention

New inventions from Amy Smith's students at IDDS 2008

While TED was on vacation last week, Amy Smith‘s second annual International Development Design Summit 2008 was raging at MIT. For fou...

Aug 22, 2008
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