As you and I ride here like gage in front of our computers , a cloud of alpha nerds are enjoy in the Long Beach sun and enjoyingTED2012 . Only two public lecture from the show have been released so far , and they have somewhat differ messages : copiousness is Our Future(by Peter Diamandis ) andThe Earth is Full(by Paul Gilding ) . I ’ll go in front and plant the latter , as it ’s a moment more depressing :
But I Want More!
Well , it ’s a tough spear , but somebody ’s gottaliveblog the full conference . No , really!The Guardian ’s intrepid Carole Cadwalladr isposting dispatchesfrom the league , including some snippets that are delightfully bonkers when call for out of circumstance . Here , let me decontextualize some of yesterday ’s coverage for you :
Okay , that ’s enough cribbing from Cadwalladr ’s splendor . You really just have toread it– this is coverage by a swot , for nerds , of nerds – tremendous hooey .
The Party Line
If the lively blog does n’t trend it for you , check outthe official TED web log , sport still photography and summaries of the talks . This is also where you ’ll find video as it ’s post – and it ’s slowly trickling out , as we ’re just starting the third 24-hour interval of the league now . There ’s also aTED2012 Conference Pagethat include a feed of@TEDNews , a boon for the Twitter - addicted ( though@TEDchrisis slightly more exciting ) . you may also watch the league via live cyclosis video if you have aTED lively membership(but do n’t go rushing to corrupt – membershipstartsat $ 995 , though a good chunk of that is taxation - deductible ) .
You might also value theProgram Guide , which tells us that today we ’ll see talks from John Hodgman , Jon Ronson , Philippe Petit , and Liz Diller ( among many others ) .
Nanocopters Perform Bond Theme
To tide you over until more session videos are post , here ’s ( non - TED ) picture of Vijay Kumar ’s swarm of nanocopters do the Bond theme :
As it approaches 8:30am Pacific , Cadwalladr is presumably about to get Thursday coverage . I’m pose my Zea mays everta . Oh , breaking news!Kumar ’s talking on " nimble aerial robots"has just been posted !
