TED Prize winner: Jamie Oliver
4 Americans will die from the food they eat in during Jamie Oliver’s 18min talk. This is the first generation where the life span of the parents exceeds their children. It is a dark truth. Obesity is...
View ArticleChris Anderson starts the day off at TED Active
TED owner and curator, Chris Anderson, came to Palm Spring this morning to open the conference. He is currently talking about the vision of TED Active and of the TED organization. Over the past 3...
View ArticleTED Fellow Sara Mayhew on Skepticism
The morning started with TED You talks by participates in Palm Springs. TED Fellow Sara Mayhew’s work is a fusion of art and science, combining her passion in science and use in manga art to provoke...
View ArticleYes Men at TED Active
I thought I saw them last night at the party. And now they are here on stage at TED active. The Yes Men launches the Yes Lab for Creative Activism where they are going to provide tools and training...
View ArticleG-Speak – Future of Interfacing with Your Computer
We started our first session with John Underkoffler showing off the G-speak system, the very system that is featured in Minority Report. The very same one that we have at RISD. This is a brand new...
View Article2+2=5
Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin from KIPP talked about the extensive problem of the education system in America where only 1 of 10 children graduates from college. “We don’t believe we have proven what...
View ArticleChris Anderson’s Play on Mac and PC
After last year, he opened an Apple Macbook in front of Bill Gates during Q and A. This year for Q and A, Chris brought this in front of Bill Gates. Bill Gates responded, “I have your face on my PC”
View ArticleDavid Rockwell: Designing for Play
David Rockwell, the Architect who was responsible for Kodak Theater and the Jet Blue Terminal at the JFK airport, speaks about his passion for play. He designed the 2008 Academy award’s stage design...
View ArticleSimplicity vs. Complexity
“Whatever inspiration is, it comes from a continuous I don’t know” Magnus Lindkvist, a TED You speaker talks about his cure for the loss of creativity. “Genetically, we’re 99.5% the same. 0.5% of us...
View ArticleRoss Evans at TED Active
Ross Evans a serial social entrepreneur whom I invited to the Better World by Design Conference who brought his successful bike company Xtracycles. He also invented “Bike Surfing”. He has multiple...
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