ABOUT THE TALK	Tod Machover—composer, inventor, and professor of music and media at the MIT Media Lab—will be presenting his latest work at this week's prestigious TED Conference in Monterey, California, joining such luminaries as Al Gore, Amy Tan, Craig Venter, Isaac Mizrahi, and Thomas Krens. Machover's talk, on Friday 2/29, will outline his work on "Active Music" that led to Hyperinstruments, the Brain Opera, Toy Symphony, and Guitar Hero, and will also offer a sneak preview of his robotic opera-in-progress, Death and the Powers. He will be joined by Dan Ellsey, a Boston-area resident with severe cerebral palsy, who will perform an original composition created with Machover's Hyperscore. Adam Boulanger, Dan Ellsey, and Tod Machover
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE	TED, an organization that believes passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world, stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. Each year, the conference brings together 50 the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, each challenged to give the talk of their lives. The content includes science, business, the arts and the global issues facing our world. This year's conference will be addressing questions like "Who are we?" "What is art?" "How do we create?" "What is love?" and "What is evil?" in unexpected ways. Tod Machover's presentation will be available on the TED website after the event.
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