Four months ago, musician Bono, photo-artist Edward Burtynsky, and inventor Robert Fischell — were each granted THREE WISHES as winners of the inaugural TED Prize. They were given time to formulate their wishes and strongly encouraged to THINK BIG in order to impact life on this planet. TED agreed to spend $100,000 on each winner to help make their dreams come true.
Now, live on stage, at the TED 2005 conference, three individuals divulged their wishes to the world.
- ROBERT FISCHELL sought new uses for his extraordinary invention of a neurostimulator implanted in the cranium, to follow on from its potential in curing epilepsy.
- BONO announced the launch of ONE, a new social movement in the US, aimed at fighting poverty worldwide. He then called for one billion impressions about ONE prior to the African G8 Conference.
- EDWARD BURTYNSKY wished for the launch of a major campaign based around his landscape photographs that would raise people’s awareness of man’s impact on the environment. He also called for a major competition in primary schools to promote sustainable ideas — and an IMAX movie.
TED — an acronym for Technology, Entertainment, Design — is an annual conference that has been described as the ultimate brain spa. Each year a unique audience of 1,000 leading opinion formers experiences the latest, greatest ideas, inventions and passions, delivered by more than 50 speakers and performers.
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