TED

DARPA’s Regina Dugan Will Join Google

Liz Gannes in News on March 12 at 1:48 pm PT

Regina Dugan, director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, is leaving to take a role at Google.

Amazing Video: Learning Neuroscience by Making a Cockroach Dance

Liz Gannes in News on March 12 at 9:22 am PT

Greg Gage is on a mission to get kids excited about neuroscience by helping them understand how the brain works — in ways that are extremely memorable.

When Autonomous Flying Robots Fail (Video)

Liz Gannes in News on March 2 at 11:05 am PT

Heard of the amazing flying-robot TED talk? Here’s the flying robot blooper reel.

Viral Video: TED 2023 (According to “Prometheus”)

Kara Swisher in Media on March 2 at 12:44 am PT

Here’s a clever spoof video that was prepared for the TED conference, ending today in Long Beach, Calif.

Put Down the Phone and Learn to Be Alone (And to Listen), Says Sherry Turkle at TED

Liz Gannes in Social on March 1 at 1:19 pm PT

All this time spent communicating digitally gives us “the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship,” according to psychologist Sherry Turkle.

A TED View of the Future: Hypersonic Gliders, Liquid Batteries and Flying Robots

Liz Gannes in News on February 29 at 12:52 pm PT

This morning the TED conference brought researchers out of the lab to show off their latest gadgets — if you can use the word “gadget” to describe collaborative flying robots.

At TED, Susan Cain Tells Business Leaders: Honor Thy Introverts

Liz Gannes in News on February 28 at 1:33 pm PT

The best ideas don’t always come from the people who talk the most, author Susan Cain told the conference.

TED Tech Preview: Robots, Crowdsourcing and Bill Nye

Liz Gannes in News on February 27 at 7:00 am PT

The T in TED stands for technology, and this year’s speaker program is stacked with techies talking about robots, energy, collaboration and, of course, The Future.