wired uk ran a competition to win a ticket to tedglobal. this was my 100 word entry... it won... ! it's fair to say i'm quite excited...

how are technology, entertainment and design creating a smarter planet?

it is a commonly held assumption that to improve our situation we must change our behaviour. not any more.

we can predict disease through patterns in search queries, understand a place by tagging photographs, sense problems in large institutions via email networks, progress science by playing computer games and take a city's pulse through it's mobile phone usage. none of these consequences require explicit action.

desirable devices, smart interfaces and the ability to analyse large datasets in real time are improving how we act, measure and respond. but the best thing is, we're only just getting started...