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TEDxSydney bills itself as "the leading platform for the propagation of Australian ideas, creativity and innovation to the rest of the world", and it's on right now!

Richard Browning, successful inventor and builder of a patented jet-powered suit, took flight on the Gold Coast in an Australian first, hosted by IT services disruptors DXC Technology.

TED stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design and comprises a global set of conferences run by the private, non-profit Sapling Foundation – its mantra is "Ideas Worth Spreading". It has just made all the technology-related talks from this year’s TEDx Sydney event live on its website.

NBN Co says that fast broadband and online video is ‘the new Australian chalkboard’, transforming Australian living rooms into online classes.

One of the best festivals of ideas, dangerous or otherwise, is the TED series, with TEDxSydney unveiling its 2015 speaker line up.

The annual TED conferences, held annually in Monterey, California have spawned a number of child events across the world. This week, TED launched a new education channel on YouTube where teachers can create, share and access short lessons to support their classes.

A team from Rutgers University is trying tocreate the next generation version of the Internet, dubbed MondoNet, based on a global mesh of wireless access points that would be resistant to surveillance and state censorship and control.

The second day of is year's annual TED conference, being held in Long Beach on 3 March and 'curated' by Bill Gates, will be beamed live to an audience in Sydney's Bondi Pavilion.