TED 2009, Geniuses Gather in Palm Springs

February 5, 2009 • 12:44 pm • POSTED BY Adam Flanagan

On Tuesday the nations greatest minds gathered in Palm Springs to share ideas on how to improve the world. It’s the 25th anniversary of the TED conference, and because of the rising popularity of the TED website in the last couple years, this conference is bound to have the world following it’s developments. It’s one of my goals to eventually attend TED, but at $6,000 a person, I don’t think I’ll be attending too soon. Eventually I’ll get there, but in the meantime I’ll follow the happenings from my desk. A short summary of excitement and how you can follow after the jump.

So what’s been going on at TED2009? Well, first Bill Gates talked about Malaria, (now on-line) and how the planet’s poorest citizens should not be the only ones to have to worry about Malaria. Then he opened up a jar filled with mosquitoes, and let them out on the crowd. (Don’t worry the mosquitoes weren’t carriers for Malaria, but an interesting way to prove a point.)

Today, Yves Behar unveiled his Mission One electric motorcycle to the TED attendees. The Mission One is a collobarotion between Behar’s fuseproject and Mission Motors. It is the fastest production electric motorcycle, traveling at a 150 mph, up to 150 miles on a full charge. On top of all that, it’s a beautiful piece of design. More information can be found over at De Zeen.

If you want to keep updated on what’s going on at TED2009, here’s a few good resources.

TED2009. TED Blog. TED Twitter feed. TED photo stream. Tonight at 8 PM Eastern they will announce the winners of the TED Prize via webcast.

Here’s also a list of Twitter users you can follow for quick updates: @TED2009 @TEDpalmsprings @TEDChris @Zappos (CEO of Zappos) @Pierre (Founder/Creator of eBay)

Lastly, here’s the opening titles Trollbäck & Company created for TED2009.