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Development

Iqbal Quadir's new Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT

TEDGLOBAL2005 speaker and GrameenPhone founder Iqbal Quadir is launching a new center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT, thanks to...

Nov 13, 2007
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Peter Gabriel's "Hub"

Witness, the non-profit led by Peter Gabriel (watch his TED2006 talk) has launched “The Hub”, an online platform allowing anyone...

Nov 13, 2007
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Art

Phil Borges Reception in San Francisco

If you happen to be in the Bay Area Wednesday night, November 14, TED2006 Speaker Phil Borges has a gallery reception in San Francisco and y...

Nov 12, 2007
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"Do people have fun in Africa?"

A powerful question from Tanzanian blogger Ndesanjo Macha: …Africa stands for a lot more than the press –- sorry folks, the U.S. press...

Nov 11, 2007
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SimCity plays with One Laptop per Child

Game publisher Electronic Arts has donated the original SimCity, Will Wright‘s groundbreaking 1989 computer game, to Nicholas Negropon...

Nov 9, 2007
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DNA origami: Paul Rothemund on TED.com

Paul Rothemund compares his work to “casting a spell” — and it does seem akin to magic. By writing a set of instructions, ...

Nov 8, 2007
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A new way to see TED2008: TED@Aspen

In partnership with the world-renowned Aspen Institute, we are proud to unveil TED@Aspen — a brand-new way to experience the full TED2...

Nov 6, 2007
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How creativity is being strangled by the law: Larry Lessig on TED.com

Larry Lessig gets TEDsters to their feet, whooping and whistling, for this elegant presentation of “three stories and an argument.” The Net’...

Nov 6, 2007
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Sirena Huang plays to honor Alice Herz-Sommer

TEDTalks favorite Sirena Huang (watch her TEDTalks performance) played in Manhattan on Sunday night; as the New York Times reports today, &#...

Nov 6, 2007
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