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Crowdsourcing Silence in the Urban Din

Will geotagging your favorite refuge from the maddening crowd ultimately threaten the most peaceful urban hideaways?

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How the 100,000-Student Classroom Came to Life

Peter Norvig, one of the creators of the free online classes being offered by Stanford, shares what he learned about teaching to the globe.

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TED's Taboo: What's Too Controversial for the Hipster Confab?

Real talk about rich people is the last sacred cow at conference where the entry fee starts at $7,500—and reaches heights of $125,000.

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Why TED-Ed Lives Up to the Hype

In a sea of online learning platforms, TED-Ed actually delivers.

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New TED-Ed Platform Aims to Bring TED Talks Into the Classroom

By harnessing the expertise of educators to build out its video library, TED sends the message that teachers matter.

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Intermission: TED Meets Improv Everywhere

Watch what happens when acting troupe Improv Everywhere and TED pull a prank on an unsuspecting audience.

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Crowdsourced Public Art Project Captures Community Spirit Around the World JR's Photography Project InsideOut Goes Global

Street-artist JR extends his reach even further through crowdsourcing, engaging a global audience like never before.

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TED's Chris Anderson Proposes New Rules for Email

Do you feel like you're barely keeping your head above water as the tide of emails in your inbox rises? Follow these ten rules.

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Q&A: Cesar Harada on the Promise of an Open-Source Oil Skimming Robot

The engineer on robot drones, the drawbacks of cutting-edge nanotechnology, and the merits of open-source inventions.

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The Coffee Boosters: A Conversation with Sean Bonner of Coffee Common

Your daily brew just got a lot more amazing thanks to this new collaborative awareness campaign, launched at TED last week.

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Big Ideas from TED 2011: TED Highlights the Boundary-Pushing Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow

No innovator is an island unto themselves; all entrepreneurs and innovators have supporters behind the scenes, helping them succeed. This year...

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Big Ideas from TED 2011: Attendees Weigh in on the New Middle East

From messages of bountiful optimism to warnings about the work let to come, what the TEDsters most intimately familiar with the Middle East think.

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Protei: An Open Source Fleet of Oil Spill Cleaning Robot Drones

Move over, Kevin Costner. There's a new oil spill cleaning robot in town. And this one is being developed for purpose, not profit.

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Feast Your Eyes: Video Tour of Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution Truck

Jamie Oliver has unveiled his brand-new Food Revolution truck, complete with 8 kitchen stations and an inflatable stage.