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Technology

Incremental infrastructure for Africa

Extending the discussions at TEDGLOBAL2007 in Tanzania and the conversation that’s currently taking place online, Ethan Zuckerman has ...

Jul 4, 2007
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Dan Dennett on dangerous memes, on TED.com

Here’s one of those talks that can change your view of the world forever. Starting with the deceptively simple story of an ant, Dan De...

Jul 3, 2007
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News

TEDGlobal 2007 Session 9: Connecting the Continent

After lunch on Wednesday, 2:15pm-4pm, … AMD CEO Héctor Ruiz explained his company’s 50×15 initiative, which was established...

Jul 1, 2007
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Welcome TED.com's 10,000th member

This week marks the one-year anniversary of TEDTalks — a year ago this Wednesday, our first five talks went live on TED.com. Since tha...

Jun 29, 2007
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Design

Pogue tests the Apple iPhone

NYTimes tech columnist and TED06 speaker David Pogue has been testing the Apple iPhone, which will hit stores tomorrow Friday in the US, and...

Jun 28, 2007
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To the depths of the Earth … and beyond! Watch Bill Stone on TED.com

Bill Stone, the maverick cave explorer and diver — who has invented robots and rebreathing equipment to let him plumb Earth’s deepest ...

Jun 28, 2007
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Hans Rosling’s jaw-dropping demo, on TED.com

In a follow-up to his now-legendary TED2006 presentation, Hans Rosling demonstrates how developing countries are pulling themselves out of p...

Jun 26, 2007
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Ed Burtynsky's Manufactured Landscapes: The Movie

In an extended run at the Film Forum in New York City (and now playing in Philadelphia), the film Manufactured Landscapes is in the spirit o...

Jun 25, 2007
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Blogging the young windmill builder who rocked TEDGlobal

William Kamkwamba, the 19-year-old self-taught engineer who built a windmill power system for his family’s home in Malawi, was a star ...

Jun 25, 2007
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