One more round of cymatics: Visions of the Amen - an interactive kinetic sculpture by Mitchell F Chan - translates sounds in waves of string. In this video, soprano Ashleigh Semkiw performs Messiaen's Poemes Pour Mi.

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On Friday January 8, seven TED fans braved the cold and icy weather to attend the TEDxTheHague New Year salon. The theme selected by Yolanthe was "TEDIndia", a tribute to the first full-fledged TED conference held in India in November 2009. We watched three presenters on video, who managed to challenge our world views with their wide, Asian perspectives.

Hans Rosling: Asia's rise -- how and when
As a young guest student in India, Hans Rosling soon realized that Asia could be the world's… Continue

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Q&A with Shereen El Feki: A glimpse of Arab society in a globalizing world

As I was browsing the TEDx items from my Google Blog Alerts I came upon this interview with Shereen El Feki who spoke at TEDGlobal in Oxford last July. Reading the interview it struck me that TED is no longer an American or even Western phenomenon, but is now also making headway all across the globe.
Shereen talks about the impact TED has had on her work and personal life and that of others and also about the… Continue

On Friday December 11 sixteen people came together at Berg Kleijn Communicatie in The Hague to watch and discuss three of the many video's shot at last month's TEDxTheHague mega event in Amsterdam.
After taking some time to have a drink, getting acquainted and decompressing from the week we started with a quick introduction round and onto the first video.

Princess Mabel van Oranje: no, this is not a fairy tale princess dressed in in pink, but a serious power babe with an urgent and imort… Continue