I’ve seen some very interesting TED talks — this one by Michael Shermer comes to mind — but I think this most recent one by Bill Gates is going to be the one to remember. After all, he let loose thousands upon thousands of real live mosquitoes into the audience. The talk was on malaria and the spread of disease, and for emphasis, he unleashed Florida’s state bird on the theater, saying “Not only poor people should experience this.”
How awesome is that? It’s a bug and a feature!
[via Valleywag]
Update: The TED blog is ambiguous over whether the mosquitos were released or only pretend released. I’m going with actually released, since it appears to just be a jar of several hundred. He could take care of that himself, he’s got the moves.
Woah i want to see a video of this
me three
this is why bill gates is the man……
no kidding. as soon as ted puts it up…
It looks like Bill was inspired from Dwight’s little firedrill from last weeks office!
Videos or it didn’t happen.
prove it
Please see my post http://budurl.com/tedkill I was sitting in the front row at this presentation and this is simply turning into an Urban Legend (in a day).