Every year, the organization known simply as TED (short for Technology, Entertainment, Design) awards three "exceptional individuals" with $100,000 and the granting of "One Wish to Change the World." We'd like to congratulate 2009's three winners: the deep-sea explorer Sylvia Earle, the extraterrestrial life researcher Jill Cornell Tarter, and the classical musician and social reformer José Antonio Abreu.This is a significant honor for the prize winners, to be sure, but the most exciting part of the award's bestowal is that world-changing wish. Those wishes will be unveiled at the 2009 TED Conference next spring.
Every year, the organization known simply as TED (short for Technology, Entertainment, Design) awards three "exceptional individuals" with $100,000 and the granting of "One Wish to Change the World." We'd like to congratulate 2009's three winners: the deep-sea explorer Sylvia Earle, the extraterrestrial life researcher Jill Cornell Tarter, and the classical musician and social reformer José Antonio Abreu.This is a significant honor for the prize winners, to be sure, but the most exciting part of the award's bestowal is that world-changing wish. Those wishes will be unveiled at the 2009 TED Conference next spring.