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- Sir Ken Robinson's new book, The ElementYesterday
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Sir Ken Robinson's new book, The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything, is published today in the United States and on Feb. 12 everywhere. It's the book he mentions in his TEDTalk ...
He sends this message to the TED community:
"At TED 2006, I talked about creativity and education and the urgent need to make the best of all of our talents. I said I was writing a book about this called Epiphany. The book is published today - except it's not called Epiphany. it's called The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything. The Element is where natural talent meets personal passion. When people arrive at the Element, they feel most themselves and achieve at their highest levels. The Element draws on a wide range of personal stories, from Paul McCartney to Matt Groening; from Meg Ryan to writer Arianna Huffington to renowned physicist Richard Feynman and others, including business leaders and athletes. It looks at the critical conditions that enable us to find the Element in ourselves and in others, and the obstacles that get in the way. I believe passionately that understanding the processes of the Element is essential for transforming educa
- Theremin-in-a-mugYesterday
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Steep yourself in the delightful tones of this homebrew theremin, built with a mug of tea:
The latest in TEDBlog's chronicle of the evolution of untouchable music, it joins this cool Wii remote hack.
Thanks for the tip via Posterous, reflectionof.me
- Take a ride in the Skycar: Paul Moller on TED.comYesterday
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Inventor Paul Moller talks about the future of personal air travel -- the marriage of autos and flight that will give us true freedom to travel off-road. He shows two things he's working on: the Moller Skycar (a jet + car) and a passenger-friendly hovering disc. (Recorded February 2004 in Monterey, California. Duration: 15:39.)
Watch Paul Moller'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 350+ TEDTalks -- including more talks about invention.
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Get updates via Twitter >> - What can fossils teach us? Paul Sereno on TED.comJanuary 7
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Strange landscapes, scorching heat and (sometimes) mad crocodiles await scientists seeking clues to evolution's genius. Paleontologist Paul Sereno talks about his surprising encounters with prehistory -- and a new way to help students join the adventure. (Recorded February 2005 in Monterey, California. Duration: 21:46.)
Watch Paul Sereno'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 350+ TEDTalks -- including more talks about evolution.
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Get updates via Twitter >> - TEDTalks embed swap: updates and tipsJanuary 6
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To recap: If you've embedded a TEDTalk in the past on your own site or blog, you will need to get a new embed code from TED. Our former embed host has left the business, and we unfortunately have to ask everyone to migrate to our new host, which means pulling replacement code. On the positive side, for this switch, we wrote a really cool new embeddable player (and a brand-new player on the site too).
On your blog or site, you may have noticed a message in the embed player window: "Click here to view this video on TED.com. (Webmaster: Click through to embed our new player in your site)" Clicking through the embed window will take you to the individual Talk page for the video, where you can find and copy the new embed code.
You can find the new embed code by clicking on the Share button, circled in green on the image above.
UPDATES AND TIPS:
+ If you changed over your embed codes on Jan. 1, you may still be getting an error message when you click the Play button. We fixed a video bug on Jan. 2 -- please try copying the embed code again from the TED.com site.
+ If your new embed window shows a photo of the TED audience instead of the speaker photo, let me know via contact@ted.com, and title your email "embed code