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Are you ready for a challenge?

Today we’re excited to launch a great campaign as part of TEDxAmsterdam – the TEDxAmsterdam Challenges. As you may be aware, last year we received over 4,500 requests to attend our event. This year (if our inbox is anything to go by so fa

By Sasha Naod on July 1, 2010 1 comments

TEDx comes of age

Today marks the one-year anniversary of TEDx, the program that supports independent TED-style events in local communities around the world. On all continents, in cities, villages and the occasional shanty town, people are organising events around t

By Monique van D… on April 16, 2010 0 comments

Atomic passion makes smashing story

This is absolutely the week of LHC. Every newspaper, every television show and nearly every tweet has something to do with the world’s biggest and most ambitious experiment ever: the large Hadron Collider in Cern, Switzerland. You probably kno

By Jim Stolze on March 30, 2010 0 comments

That was it!

TEDxAmsterdam: Last words host Joris Luyendijk from TEDxAmsterdam on Vimeo. TEDxAmsterdam was held on 20 November 2009, and as it happens, today, on the last day of 2009, we finally got round to publishing all the TEDxAmsterdam talks. For your conve

By Monique van D… on December 31, 2009 0 comments

VIDEO: Interview with Kevin Kelly

Kevin Kelly – interview by Aldith Hunkar from TEDxAmsterdam on Vimeo. What does technology mean in our lives? That’s the question Kevin Kelly explored in his new talk at TEdxAmsterdam. Kelly presented a new definition of technology: ‘anyth

By Monique van D… on December 31, 2009 0 comments

VIDEO: Moon Advertising by Bobby Voeten

As part of TEDxAmsterdam,we hosted a special challenge for students, who could enter their own 3-minute video. The winner was invited to show their video to the TEDxAmsterdam audience. Student Bobby Voeten won the challenge with his video on ”

By Monique van D… on December 31, 2009 0 comments

VIDEO: Asha ten Broeke on ‘Goodbye Men from Mars and Women from Venus’

Asha ten Broeke was one of the three winners of the NRC Challenge, which challenged readers to come up with a three minute video talk with an idea worth spreading. Asha briefly presented her idea in English on the main stage – but we feel it i

By Monique van D… on December 31, 2009 0 comments

VIDEO: Danny Plass and Bram van de Laar on Alpha World of Warcraft

TED Talk Alpha World of Warcraft from TEDxAmsterdam on Vimeo. aWoW (Alpha World of Warcraft) is an application that extracts your state of mind and applies this information in the actual game. By means of relaxing or agitating yourself you are able

By Monique van D… on December 10, 2009 1 comments

VIDEO: Gernout Erens on Wattcher

TEDxAmsterdam Talk: Gernout Erens on Wattcher from TEDxAmsterdam on Vimeo. The Wattcher is a product that displays the electricity consumption in the home allowing you to monitor and curb energy use. Dtuch designer Marcel Wanders designed the Wattch

By Monique van D… on December 10, 2009 1 comments

VIDEO: Gaston Peer wins NRC Challenge with Icon Beach

TEDxAmsterdam: Gaston Peer wins NRC Challenge with Icon Beach from TEDxAmsterdam on Vimeo. As part of TEDxAmsterdam, newspaper NRC Next hosted a special challenge. Readers could enter their own idea for a 3-minute TED talk, and the winner was invit

By Monique van D… on December 1, 2009 0 comments

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