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Architecture

TED BookClub: Design Like You Give a Damn

Design Like You Give A Damn By Cameron Sinclair Published by Metropolis Books 336 pages | List price: $35.00 I’m delighted to share wi...

Jul 13, 2006
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Biology

The jury's still out on Aubrey de Grey's anti-aging claims

Aubrey de Grey‘s claims that aging can be defeated, which he voiced at TEDGLOBAL last year and at TED2006, "exist in a kind of an...

Jul 12, 2006
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Architecture

Joshua Prince-Ramus on TEDTalks

Joshua Prince-Ramus is architect of the Seattle Public Library and principal of REX (Ramus-Ella Architects). Previously, he was U.S. Directo...

Jul 11, 2006
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Julia Sweeney on TEDTalks

Julia Sweeney is a comedian and playwright, well-known both for her stint on Saturday Night Live (she created the character “Pat.&#822...

Jul 11, 2006
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Technology

Larry Brilliant on not being evil at Google

From Wired‘s July issue: A charming Q + A with 2006 TEDPrize winner Larry Brilliant, recently appointed Director of the $1B Google Fou...

Jul 7, 2006
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Welcome guest blogger: Russell Davies

Today we add another voice to the TEDBlog: TEDster Russell Davies, who begins his TEDBlogging career with a post incorporating not one, but ...

Jul 6, 2006
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Design

For the collection: Beautiful Evidence

Edward Tufte is deeply suspicious of presentation software. Hans Rosling makes it sing. And they’re both right. In the wrong hands Pow...

Jul 6, 2006
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Business

What does a search engine look like?

In the words of Swiss technophilosopher René Berger, "It’s becoming impossible not to visit with Google daily". But when you...

Jul 5, 2006
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A Taste of TED

For those of you who haven’t attended TED … this 3-minute trailer will give you a taste … Once we’ve whet you’...

Jun 28, 2006
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