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New TEDTALES: Ideas Worth Spreading- Nicholas Negroponte, Inventor Jeff Han

This week, we peer into the near future of computing with Nicholas
Negroponte, who’s determined to level the global playing field with
his now-famous $100 laptop for the developing world, and inventor
Jeff Han, whose stunning new interface may radically change the way
we use computers.

Technology Visionary Nicholas Negroponte
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Nicholas Negroponte is former Director of the MIT Media Lab, and
founder of the non-profit, One Laptop Per Child, dedicated to making
the famed $100 laptop a reality. In this talk, he outlines some of
the challenges of getting a $100 laptop produced, and explains why he
stepped down as Media Lab director to focus on it full-time, "for the
rest of my life." (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA.

Inventor Jeff Han

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Jeff Han is a research scientist for New York University’s Media
Research Lab. Here, he demonstrates – for the first time publicly –
his intuitive, "interface-free," touch-driven computer screen, which
can be manipulated intuitively with the fingertips, and responds to
varying levels of pressure. (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA.

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(Many thanks to Abe Abramson for passing this along. Russ)

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