About me
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Location:
United States, New York, NY -
Current organization:
TED -
Current role:
Editor, TED.com -
Gender:
Female
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I am:
Blogger, Photographer, Writer/Editor -
TED Conferences Attended:
TED2009, TED2008
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Talk: Penelope Boston says there might be life on Mars– December 24, 2008
Schlog, your second point is really interesting! What kind of person would sign up for a mission like this? Maybe Bill Stone's approach would work -- bringing enough fuel to get you there, and then hoping to find enough fuel on Mars to bring you home (or not...).
Talk: Nicholas Negroponte takes OLPC to Colombia– December 23, 2008
Hi Sven -- watch past 00:25 when you get a minute -- you'll see that the 2006 quote is to put Negroponte's project in context. His last name is spelled correctly, but thanks for your eagle eye!
Talk: Larry Burns on the future of cars– December 7, 2008
@Dan, @Tomas, @Tim -- thanks for your notes; we'll be revisiting the edits on this and a couple other talks in the new year.
Talk: Gregory Petsko on the coming neurological epidemic– December 7, 2008
@Shayna -- this is the entire talk; at TED, speakers and audience members often give 3-minute talks between the longer 18-minute talks. But it is a big idea, isn't it? I know I'm drinking more coffee because of this talk ...
Talk: Dan Barber's surprising foie gras parable– December 3, 2008
@Gary -- I think Dan is referring to Janine Benyus, who has her own great talk here on TED.com:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/janine_benyus_shares_nature_s_designs.html