Vietnamese/Australian entrepreneur Tan Le tells us that our communications with machines have always involved explicit commands. Human communication is much more subtle – we communicate… Read More »TEDGlobal: Tan Le reads our minds and moves our robots
The final session of day 2 at TEDGlobal 2010, Different by Design, starts with a strange, ethereal multimedia performance by Miwa Matreyek. Using animations, music,… Read More »TEDGlobal: Neil Gershenfeld promises us a replicator
John Hardy tells us he grew up in a small village in Canada as an undiagnosed dyslexic. He was the little kid in the village… Read More »TEDGlobal: John Hardy’s Green School
Chef Arthur Potts Dawson describes himself as “a London boy with country roots” who’s fascinated by urban sustainable food. He wants to make food that… Read More »TEDGlobal: Arthur Potts Dawson and urban sustainable food
Annie Lennox explains why, in her excellent set at TED Global last night – she was wearing a shirt that says “HIV Positive”. Indeed, she’s… Read More »TEDGlobal: Addressing HIV in Southern Africa
Inge Missmahl is a Jungian analyst who’s worked in Afghanistan since 2004. She’s working on an important, but sometimes unexplored, aspect of reconstruction – recovery… Read More »TEDGlobal: Inge Missmahl and the talking cure in Afghanistan