I’m at the TED conference this week, held in Long Beach, California. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design and it is an annual gathering of amazing ideas and stories. Here’s a list of TED 2010 speakers.
In past years, I’ve posted summaries of all the presentations, but this year I’m going to write a daily wrap-up instead. I’ll post my first this evening.
The highlight of TED each year is the TED prize. The winner of this year’s prize is celebrity chef and international nutrition advocate Jamie Oliver, who gets $100,000 and “the opportunity to present his wish to change the world.” CNN is live streaming Oliver’s talk, “in which he will reveal his one wish to change the world.” You’ll be able to watch it here at 8:50 p.m. (ET).
I was happy to learn that Intelligentsia Coffee is making espresso drinks for everyone at TED, and our pal Kyle Glanville, Intelligentsia’s director of espresso research and development and first place winner of the National Barista Championship, is pulling shots. Kyle just made me a mind bending double espresso!
Ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro is about to perform, so I’m signing off to enjoy his performance of “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
Above, a multiscreen, ultrafast Google Earth station, called Liquid Galaxy. I shot a video that I’ll upload later. Photo by Marla Aufmuth, an old Wired colleague of mine.