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  • Unseen Narratives: The TEDSalon in London

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    bgiussani
    14 May 2012 | 6:43 pm
    Books, film, art, food — and science and social issues — were at the center of the talks at the sixth TEDSalon in London. The event took place on May 10 in a packed Unicorn Theatre, with the support of longtime TED partner frog. “Our bodies are made of atoms, but our lives are made of stories”, host and TEDGlobal curator Bruno Giussani said, introducing the event’s theme: “Unseen Narratives.” We are our stories, he suggested, our memories, desires, passions, dramas. Stories are what our imagination projects, what our creativity produces, what helps us…

  • TED: Jean-Baptiste Michel: The mathematics of history - Jean-Baptiste Michel (2012)

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    TEDTalks
    15 May 2012 | 10:00 am
    What can mathematics say about history? According to TED Fellow Jean-Baptiste Michel, quite a lot. From changes to language to the deadliness of wars, he shows how digitized history is just starting to reveal deep underlying patterns.

  • TEDNews: RT @FoodRev: How your school can get involved in the #foodrevolution this week! http://t.co/yHWZZE5d

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    15 May 2012 | 4:13 pm
    TEDNews: RT @FoodRev: How your school can get involved in the #foodrevolution this week! http://t.co/yHWZZE5d

  • Patterned by Nature: An exhibit by TED Fellow James Patten explores how our minds simplify nature with pattern

    TED Fellows
    14 May 2012 | 11:23 am
    Patterned by Nature is a 90 foot long sculpture installed in the atrium of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science. The sculpture is comprised of 3,600 individual liquid crystal tiles. Together, the tiles act as a huge display that shows abstract visualizations of different patterns in nature such as birds flocking and fluid flow. The technology behind this display is in some ways similar to that found in an old digital watch or a modern computer screen. The difference is that while a typical computer screen has an embedded backlight, this display uses the sun as its backlight. As a…
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  • Unseen Narratives: The TEDSalon in London

    bgiussani
    14 May 2012 | 6:43 pm
    Books, film, art, food — and science and social issues — were at the center of the talks at the sixth TEDSalon in London. The event took place on May 10 in a packed Unicorn Theatre, with the support of longtime TED partner frog. “Our bodies are made of atoms, but our lives are made of stories”, host and TEDGlobal curator Bruno Giussani said, introducing the event’s theme: “Unseen Narratives.” We are our stories, he suggested, our memories, desires, passions, dramas. Stories are what our imagination projects, what our creativity produces, what helps us…

  • Reports from the road: TED Talent Search in Nairobi …

    tedstaff
    12 May 2012 | 10:38 am
    As the TED team travels around the world hosting salons in 14 cities, we’re collecting great local stories. Start with this Storify from Nanjira Sambuli that rounds up tweets from TED@Nairobi: 62% of secondary school students are reading #ShujaazFM. 'It's not about ideas,it's about how you deliver them'. @awelltoldstory this is!— Nanjira Sambuli (@NiNanjira) May 05, 2012 From the blog “Inflation, Stilettos, Pacifiers & An African Dream,” this generous and insightful blog post: For 6 minutes, I learned about the bees that make it possible to have…

  • Life on Mars: Fellows Friday with Angelo Vermeulen

    Karen Eng
    11 May 2012 | 10:21 am
    When artist and scientist Angelo Vermeulen (watch his TED Talk) first started weaving together biological and technological systems in his artwork, little did he know he’d someday be asked to consider how to create living ecosystems for future space habitation… Do you consider yourself an artist or scientist first? I usually describe myself as an artist with a background in science, but I feel first and foremost an artist. Artist, biologist, space researcher, and TED Fellow — that’s how I describe myself now, but it changes. It seems when people are confronted with a hybrid…

  • Watch Vidal Sassoon’s moving, funny TEDx talk

    Emily McManus
    10 May 2012 | 6:48 pm
    At TEDxOxford last September, legendary stylist Vidal Sassoon, who died this week at 84, shared this moving talk about his extraordinary life. As a YouTube commenter writes: “A good way to remember this humble and inspirational man.” Plus! See this talk (and many others from TEDxOxford) illustrated by the Livescribes, a British group of live illustrators.

  • Revealed! Speaker lineup for TEDGlobal 2012: Radical Openness

    Emily McManus
    8 May 2012 | 10:23 am
    Today, we’re thrilled to announce the TEDGlobal 2012 speaker lineup — exploring the theme “Radical Openness.” As the world becomes ever more interconnected, the ways we relate, the means by which we learn about one another and develop mutual understanding, and the rules about what we hide and what we share are changing. That’s the inspiration for the theme — and it’ll be explored by scientists, artists, technologists, students and visionaries from around the globe. Explore the full program guide, or scroll down for the full lineup … TEDGlobal…
 
 
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  • Patterned by Nature: An exhibit by TED Fellow James Patten explores how our minds simplify nature with pattern

    14 May 2012 | 11:23 am
    Patterned by Nature is a 90 foot long sculpture installed in the atrium of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science. The sculpture is comprised of 3,600 individual liquid crystal tiles. Together, the tiles act as a huge display that shows abstract visualizations of different patterns in nature such as birds flocking and fluid flow. The technology behind this display is in some ways similar to that found in an old digital watch or a modern computer screen. The difference is that while a typical computer screen has an embedded backlight, this display uses the sun as its backlight. As a…

  • Life on Mars: Fellows Friday with Angelo Vermeulen

    11 May 2012 | 10:37 am
    When artist and biologist Angelo Vermeulen (watch his TED Talk) first started weaving together biological and technological systems in his artwork, little did he know he’d someday be asked to consider how to create living ecosystems for future space habitation… Do you consider yourself an artist or scientist first? I usually describe myself as an artist with a background in science, but I feel first and foremost an artist. Artist, biologist, space researcher, and TED Fellow — that’s how I describe myself now, but it changes. It seems when people are confronted with a…

  • Pink Cloud 9 News: Edition 8

    7 May 2012 | 1:53 pm
    Hey folks, quick shout out for TED Active producer Sarah Shewey that a lot of you have already met.  She just launched her  wedding company Pink Cloud 9  which is a branch of her main company Pink Cloud events.  Yes, she also did my wedding, so I have a little cameo in the video.  Plz share with your friends who are independent minded, creative married couples to be who are budget conscious- they consult for anyone around the world via 'chat' in English.  ECvZBegin forwarded message:From: Pink Cloud 9 <support@pinkcloud9.com>Subject: Pink Cloud 9 News:…

  • Imagination is not a luxury: Fellows Friday with Gabriella Gomez-Mont

    4 May 2012 | 10:37 am
    Gabriella Gomez-Mont founded cultural salon Tóxico Cultura to build bridges between the arts within Mexico City. Today, she’s transforming Tóxico into an international platform for synthesizing art with a wider range of disciplines, creating new “blueprints for reality.” You’ve said that being a TED Fellow messed with your mind. Why? Tóxico Cultura — the independent art lab and cultural salon I founded in 2007 — is very much about exploring the unmapped gray areas between artistic disciplines, creating experimental territories and…

  • '49 days to the future we want': Rio+20

    2 May 2012 | 3:01 am
    Last week I got an invitation from the Brazilian Government to participate as a panelist for the 'Oceans' theme in the Rio+20 Sustainable Development Dialogues. As you can imagine, I was super psyched and my first reaction was to dance around like a Leprechaun. Realising that that was not going to help the world in any way I then composed myself and decided it was my duty to engage as many people as I possibly could in the discussions. This is why I reach out to all of you.  Rio+20 is so called because it marks the twentieth anniversary of the United Nations Conference on…
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