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Idea + square = origami: Robert Lang on TED.com

Robert Lang is a pioneer of modern origami — using math and engineering principles to fold mind-blowingly intricate designs that are b...

Jul 31, 2008
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Ashraf Ghani on fixing failed states: New BBC interview

TED.com commenter David Smith points us to this new interview with Ashraf Ghani, available as a podcast from the BBC World Service. Ghani (w...

Jul 30, 2008
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Education

NextEinstein is recruiting a CEO

Via the TED Prize blog, over on TEDPrize.org: If you’d like to lead an incredible drive to build math and science academies all over A...

Jul 30, 2008
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Making a brain in silicon: Kwabena Boahen on TED.com

Stanford researcher Kwabena Boahen is looking for ways to mimic the brain’s supercomputing powers in silicon — because the messy...

Jul 30, 2008
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Jetpack!

Each year I donate a percentage of my income to Lightsaber Research and I encourage all my peers to do the same. A similarly futuristic tech...

Jul 29, 2008
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Technology

Microsoft Surface Sphere preview

Via Gizmodo: The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has a preview of Microsoft’s prototype spherical multi-touch screen, Surface Sphere. It&#8...

Jul 29, 2008
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The first 5,000 days of the web, and the next 5,000: Kevin Kelly on TED.com

At the 2007 EG conference, Kevin Kelly shares a fun stat: The World Wide Web, as we know it, is only 5,000 days old. Now, he asks, how can w...

Jul 29, 2008
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Architecture

Architecture, romantic and modern: Reed Kroloff on TED.com

Reed Kroloff gives us a new lens for judging new architecture: is it technocratic, or is it romantic? Look for glorious images from two lead...

Jul 28, 2008
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Mash-ups, from the Model T to Johnny Lee

The New York Times has a thoughtful piece today on Model T hacking — which kicked off the modern sport of customizing, bending, moddin...

Jul 27, 2008
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