The TED Fellows program
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The TED Fellows program helps world-changing innovators from around the globe become part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities. Fellows are drawn from many disciplines that reflect the diversity of TED's members: technology, entertainment, design, the sciences, the humanities, th... Read more
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- -: The TED Fellows program
May 22, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)The TED Fellows program helps world-changing innovators from around the globe become part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities. Fellows are drawn from many disciplines that reflect the diversity of TED's members: technology, enter...
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- -: Qi Zhang's electrifying organ performance
June 19, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Organ virtuoso Qi Zhang plays her electric rendering of "Ridiculous Fellows" from Prokofiev's "The Love for Three Oranges" orchestral suite. This exhilarating performance from TEDx USC features the Yamaha Electone Stagea, a rare, imported instrument specially programmed by Qi h...
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- -: Peter Haas: Haiti's disaster of engineering
October 14, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com "Haiti was not a natural disaster," says TED Fellow Peter Haas: "It was a disaster of engineering." As the country rebuilds after January's deadly quake, are bad old building practices creating another ticking time bomb? Haas's group, AIDG, is helping Haiti's builders learn mod...
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- -: Robert Gupta and Joshua Roman duet on "Passacaglia"
May 27, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com It's a master class in collaboration as violinist Robert Gupta and cellist Joshua Roman perform Halvorsen's "Passacaglia" for violin and viola. Roman takes the viola part on his Stradivarius cello. It's powerful to watch the two musicians connect moment to moment (and recover f...
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- -: PopTech 2009 Social Innovation Fellows
October 23, 2009 (over 14 years ago)http://poptech.org/class2009 PopTech Social Innovation Fellows are high potential young leaders with new approaches poised for transformational impact. Fellows work in both the for-profit and not-for-profit worlds, nationally and internationally (as far away as India, South Africa, and Brazil), ...
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- -: PopTech Announces the Science and Public Leadership Fellows
October 24, 2009 (over 14 years ago)http://poptech.org/sciencefellows At a time when our nation and our planet face unprecedented challenges, the sciences have a more important role to play in society than ever before. Yet today surprisingly few working scientists and researchers become visible, actively engaged public leaders. T...
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- -: Mukara Meredith
March 19, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Mukara Meredith, President of Matrixworks on collective leadership.
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- -: Amishi Jha: Building Attention
November 30, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Amishi Jha is a brain scientist who is working on ways to train brains to pay better attention. How can mindfulness training help people in high-stress situations -- from medical staff to soldiers -- better navigate their challenging environments?
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- -: Amro Hamdoun: Cell Self-Defense
November 30, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Cell biologist Amro Hamdoun seeks to understand the systems that cells and embryos use to protect themselves against chemical pollution. Why do some "bad" chemicals make it into cells, and how can we predict which ones will as we develop even more chemicals?
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- -: Ben Dubin-Thaler: Science by Bus
November 30, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Ben Dubin-Thaler, a biologist and founder of Cell Motion Laboratories Inc., drives the BioBus, a remodeled yellow school bus outfitted with a high-tech science lab that serves as a mobile laboratory to get kids interested in science.
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