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Entertainment

Ads We Love: Pac-Man Puppet Show

Some of the best-loved TV ads can hold their own as short films, with compelling characters, surprising twists, emotional resonance … ...

Jun 22, 2006
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Welcome guest blogger: Bruno Giussani

Starting this week, we add a new pen to our TEDBlog team: Bruno Giussani, who kicked off his tenure yesterday with a piece on rogue gerontol...

Jun 20, 2006
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Musical Juggling

Yes, it is true that Chris Bliss does not have a McCarthur Genius Award like TED alumni Michael Moschen.  Nor is he as funny as TED mai...

Jun 20, 2006
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Entertainment

Ze Frank and his wikicomedy

There’s been a lot of talk in TED HQ lately about The Show. That is, Ze Frank’s show. The one he writes, films and posts each we...

Jun 19, 2006
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Biology

Aubrey De Grey: scientist or dreamer?

Could someone with the proper scientific credentials please stand up and tell us whether Aubrey de Grey’s claim that we can defeat agi...

Jun 19, 2006
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Design

Lego my Audi

Could digitized analog be the new black? From Pixar’s incredible Zoetrope to the time-lapse interstitial films we saw between sessions...

Jun 15, 2006
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Malcolm Gladwell & Steven Levitt: It started at a TED salon …

A great TED tidbit we missed the first time around: In TIME Magazine last month, Tipping Point author Malcolm Gladwell (TED04) wrote a tribu...

Jun 14, 2006
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Architecture

Ads We Love: Adidas football fresco

In celebration of the World Cup, Adidas has launched a series of unconventional, high-profile ads across Germany. We just laid eyes on this ...

Jun 13, 2006
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Great Ideas, Part 2

We applauded last fall, when Penguin released a series of beautiful paperbacks, breathing new life into Great Ideas. We’re gushing all...

Jun 12, 2006
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