February 9-13, 2010
February 9-13, 2010
The awesome LA band Ozomatli rocked TED's Wednesday night block party in Long Beach last month -- check out our exclusive photos from the street (and see many more photos here).
You can stream Ozomatli's new single, "It's Only Paper," from their upcoming album Fire Away (due out April 20). Spinner.com calls the single a "dance-heavy sonic mosaic of hip-hop, funk and Latin grooves" with a socially conscious message -- and a guest vocal from Jack Johnson. (At right, below, is another Ozo fan: ukulele star Jake Shimabukuro.)
Top and bottom photos: TED / Marla Aufmuth. Center photo: TED / James Duncan Davidson.
This morning, we shared the LXD's tremendous TED2010 performance with the world. But on the night before TED started, some of us on staff got a private preview, when we snuck away from our pre-TED prep to watch them practice for the first time on the TED stage. Photographer Duncan Davidson caught these intimate shots of the LXD dancers, choreographers and friends.
See lots more photos of LXD in rehearsal >>
Photos: TED / James Duncan Davidson
The LXD (the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers) electrify the TED2010 stage with an emerging global street-dance culture, revved up by the Internet. In a preview of Jon Chu’s upcoming Web series, this astonishing troupe show off their superpowers. (Recorded at TED2010, February 2010 in Long Beach, CA. Duration: 17:30)
Watch The LXD's performance on TED.com, where you can download this TEDTalk, rate it, comment on it and find other talks and performances from our archive of 600+ TEDTalks.
James Cameron's big-budget (and even bigger-grossing) films create unreal worlds all their own. In this personal talk, he reveals his childhood fascination with the fantastic -- from reading science fiction to deep-sea diving -- and how it ultimately drove the success of his blockbuster hits "Aliens," "The Terminator," "Titanic" and "Avatar." (Recorded at TED2010, February 2010 in Long Beach, CA. Duration: 17:08)
Watch James Cameron's talk on TED.com, where you can download this TEDTalk, rate it, comment on it and find other talks and performances from our archive of 600+ TEDTalks.
Using examples from vacations to colonoscopies, Nobel laureate and founder of behavioral economics Daniel Kahneman reveals how our "experiencing selves" and our "remembering selves" perceive happiness differently. This new insight has profound implications for economics, public policy -- and our own self-awareness. (Recorded at TED2010, February 2010 in Long Beach, CA. Duration: 20:07)
Watch Daniel Kahneman's talk on TED.com, where you can download this TEDTalk, rate it, comment on it and find other talks and performances from our archive of 600+ TEDTalks.
CNN.com caught some wonderful fresh-from-the-stage interviews with TED2010 speakers. Today, watch this fresh, fiery video interview with Temple Grandin, moments after she delivered her standing-ovation TEDTalk.
With endearing honesty and vulnerability, Raghava KK tells the colorful tale of how art has taken his life to new places, and how life experiences in turn have driven his multiple reincarnations as an artist -- from cartoonist to painter, media darling to social outcast, and son to father. (Recorded at TED2010, February 2010, in Long Beach, CA. Duration: 17:56)
Watch Raghava KK's talk from TED2010 on TED.com, where you can download this TEDTalk, rate it, comment on it and find other talks and performances from our archive of 600+ TEDTalks.
When the John Lennon bus drove up to TEDActive, attendees got the chance to collaborate on a music video to share their ideas for what the world needs now.
Jill Sobule, John Doe, Sara Watkins, Stuart Johnson, Don Was, Dave Way, Krish Sharma and the amazing team on the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus came together to write, perform and produce an original song, on-site during the conference. Aaron Koblin directed the video, and the TEDActive community turned their ideas into illustrations, with a little help from artist Jansen Yee.