A very cool project and clever marketing act by software maker Autodesk:

The BIGVIZ is an exploration in visualizing the Big Ideas presented on the TED mainstage. Two visual cartographers, David Sibbet and Kevin Richards, created over 700 spontaneous sketches of the presenters’ ideas using Autodesk Sketchbook Pro software running on Wacom Cintiq tablets and rendered on a Perceptive Pixel multi-touch display. These tools illustrate the power of interactive visualization to present the big picture to foster insight and communicate ideas visually, central principles of design innovation.

Download the stunning 200 page PDF here (50MB)

Amazingly forward thinking presentation of the founder of the MIT Media Lab recorded in 1984.

Another two great presos from the recent TED conference:

Roy Gould: WorldWide Telescope

Howard Rheingold: Way-new collaboration

Get it in various formates at Information Architects.