TED is now a favorite

I have just recently been introduced to TED presentations that are utterly unbelievable. They seem like what has only been portrayed in movies, but the abilities are actually available today. TED Conferences cover new ideas in Technology, Entertainment and Design. Here's a newsclip:

Each year since 1984 many of the world's top minds have come to a gorgeous Monterey Bay setting to discuss big ideas at TED, but the ideas are as varied and sweeping as the entirety of human existence. They often have a technological bent -- the Adobe computer programs Acrobat and Photoshop were first unveiled at TED. But speakers are just as likely to talk about architecture, astrophysics or genetics. Humanitarians regularly grace the stage, as did Bill Clinton last year when he sought to enlist members of the TED community to help build a nationwide health care system in Rwanda.
One thing is certain -- in its 24 years the conference has gone from a mere meeting of the minds to a phenomenon approaching cult status.
The Star-Ledger, Michael Reilly, March 9, 2008

I would love to go to one of these conferences. Here are two links to videos from TED. One talks about statistics of third world countries (exciting and amazingly presented) http://tinyurl.com/7dafs7 and the other is related to how pictures will be linked on the web, much like text is currently searched, which will enable us to see landscape and the insides of buildings, etc.-you've got to see this! http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/blaise_aguera_y_arcas_demos_photosynth.html I'm reading: TED is now a favoriteTweet this!