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Powerful new documentary on the Darfur genocide

TED Curator Chris Anderson writes: Last night, I attended the New York premiere of The Devil Came on Horseback, a searing documentary about ...

Jul 26, 2007
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"African bloggers stepped up to the plate …"

Guest blogger Imnakoya has been writing Grandiose Parlor, offering “cogitations on sociopolitical and economic issues in Nigeria &#038...

Jul 25, 2007
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High drama inside a cell, on TED.com

David Bolinsky and his team at XVIVO illustrate scientific and medical concepts with high-drama animation. These animators are true auteurs,...

Jul 24, 2007
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"TEDGlobal was a seminal moment for Africa …"

Next week on TED.com, we’ll premiere the first talks from the TEDGlobal 2007 conference, held in Arusha, Tanzania, this June. Several ...

Jul 24, 2007
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TED's Emeka Okafor on the conversation after TEDGlobal

As Program Director for TEDGlobal2007, Emeka Okafor worked with TED Curator Chris Anderson and the TED team to assemble a list of speakers t...

Jul 22, 2007
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Technology

Kevin Kelly: Technology as a teenager

Developing the ideas he laid out in his 2005 talk at TED — where he asked, “What does technology want?” — Kevin Kell...

Jul 21, 2007
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Entertainment

Rives exposes the secrets of 4 a.m., on TED.com

The slam poet/tech artist/paper sculptor Rives does eight minutes of lyrical origami, folding history into a series of coincidences surround...

Jul 19, 2007
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"100-dollar laptop" could go commercial by September

For all those who, seeing the first "100-dollar laptops," have wondered "when can I get one?" the answer is: sooner than...

Jul 18, 2007
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Creativity is on the wall

So you walk down the street and suddenly the wall to your left starts sprouting flowers, drawings and other animations. You slow down to wat...

Jul 17, 2007
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