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2011: A Sense of Place
Our existence is defined through our experience of place: our place on Earth, in the universe, in culture, and in time. Understanding place is critical to the spread of knowledge, ideas and to progress. From the smallest sub-atomic particles to cities, to galaxies and undersea mountain ranges, everything has a place. TEDxMidAtlantic 2011 celebrates and explores place, mobility, context, and locality – and humanity’s ongoing desire to achieve a sense of place.
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Vint Cerf: Interplanetary Internet
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Reggie Watts: What Does it Mean When Technology Fails?
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The Wire Conversation
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Avi Rubin: All Your Devices Can Be Hacked
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Jane Rigby: Putting Telescopes into Space
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Arun Majumdar: This is the Future of Energy
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Luis von Ahn: Translating the Web Into Every Language
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Ping Chong: All Islands Connect Underwater
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Paula Apsell: Using Television to Teach Science
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Bob Corrigan: Building the Encyclopedia of Life
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Stowe Boyd: An Architecture for Cooperation
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Rebecca Renard: The Truth About ‘Using’ Teens
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Duncan Watts: The Myth of Common Sense
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Dante Chinni: Our Patchwork Nation
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Eldar Shafir: Living Under Scarcity
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Jay Parkinson: Rethinking Healthcare
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Danielle Brian: Unifying a Divided Country
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Jon Maurer: The Harpejji
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Erica Frenkel: Demonstrating the Universal Anesthesia Machine
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Phil Salesses: Hot or Not for Cities
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