TEDxBoston 2010 Adventures
2010 marked the first year that TEDxBoston community members were able to interact with each other prior to the event – through ADVENTURES. Over 500 sign-ups exemplified the enthusiasm for the 22 activities planned in the days immediately leading up to and following TEDxBoston on July 29th.
The adventures were planned with the aim of celebrating the TED mission of sharing ideas and recognizing the innovation present in the greater Boston community. Participants went behind-the-scenes to engage in intimate conversations and activities with leading intellectuals, groundbreaking inventors, and local experts. So much of the TEDxBoston experience is about sharing – sharing revolutionary ideas, sharing goals for the future, and sharing Boston’s treasures. Feedback indicates that the adventures did just that – inspire the TEDxBoston community. A group of teenagers felt determined to help avoid environmental crises, professionals learned that they, too, could work with robots, and Boston natives discovered aspects of their city never before glimpsed. Even for people who did not have the chance to participate in many adventures (in contrast to those individuals who took two days of work off to attend eight), the experiences can be gleamed from the highlights below. May the inaugural adventures serve as a legacy for future celebration of the revolutionary ideas that make Boston such a remarkable city.
2010 Past Adventures
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WGBH World-Class Headquarters Tour
How does the nation’s most prolific PBS content-producer preserve the quality of its programming while shaping the future of our
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Lock-Up
How can innovative education and health care keep people from returning to prison?
Suffolk County Sheriff Executive Office, 20 Bradston Street, Boston
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Go Behind The Scenes Of Gillette Stadium With The New England Patriots
How does “The Best Team in Sports” prepare in the off season?
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Beyond Robotics
How can a local startup provide access to robotics development for everyone? April 20, 10:00am
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Perspectives On The State House
What’s inside Boston’s “new” State House, built in 1798?
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Steeple Climb
Can a long line of highly educated, liberal clergy set the standard for revolutionary ideas?
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Chameleon Guitar
Can a digital instrument have a physical heart?
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Boston Harborwalk
What happens when City and State agencies, private property owners, residents, and environmental advocacy groups come together?
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Exploring Presidential Technology And Design
What idea did President Kennedy have in mind when he commented, "A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on”
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Cycling The Paul Revere Route With An Olympian
Can you recreate Boston's most revolutionary ride?
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The Future Of Search
Besides helping us sort through vast stores of changing information, is search altering the fundamental way in which people and
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Urban Renewal In Codman Square
Can a previously written-off neighborhood become the “best urban community in America”?
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The Art Of The Boston Ballet
How can an art dating to the 15th century stay innovative in the 21st?
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City Fresh Foods
Can a 100% community-owned business provide high-quality, ethnically diverse, and healthy meals to Massachusetts residents?
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Musical, Afterdark Tour Of Boston
How do the sites of the Revolution appear after dark?
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Helicopter Tour Of Boston
What kind of innovative structures would you spy from a bird’s-eye view of Boston?
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Folding Cars And More With Ryan Chin
Can a team of researchers in the Boston area revolutionize urban transportation around the world?
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Dean Kamen's Lab And Non-Profit Headquarters
Is it possible to innovate around core technologies?
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Billions Of Entrepreneurs With Tarun Khanna
How are billions of entrepreneurs in India and China reshaping the future of the world’s citizens?
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Behind The Scenes at The MIT Media Lab
Does unorthodox research have the power to change the way humans live and adapt?

