Alan Kay wants us to know that the world is not always as it seems. We start with the classic example of a long table… Read More »The world is not what it seems: Alan Kay

John Maeda is a brilliant designer who’s known for his art, which lives on the border between simplicity and complexity. Simplicity has been his recent… Read More »John Maeda’s simple talk

Nathan Myrvold found himself in a hotel lobby in southern Chile, using the wifi and looking at a strange, abstract photo. “Is that Jackson Pollack?”… Read More »Mile wide, inch deep

The presence of a huge white mass, looking like tinkertoys gone mad, on the TED stage can mean only one thing: Theo Jansen. Jansen builds… Read More »Theo Jansen’s Strandbeests

Ted Sargent is introduced as “the boy wonder of nanotechnology”, based on the strength of his book, “The Dance of Molecules”. Sargent introduces us to… Read More »The kitchen chemistry of photovoltaics

Jonathan Harris is an artist and storyteller who works with data, specifically the data we leave behind ourselves on the web. He suggests that people… Read More »Jonathan Harris and new constellations