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Hiding in Plain Sight: Hasan Elahi at TEDxVilnius

668 views · Published 17 December 2012 · 16:42 · Indexed 21 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2012 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Hasan M. Elahi is an interdisciplinary media artist with an emphasis on technology and media and their social implications. His research interests include issues of surveillance, simulated time, transport systems, and borders and frontiers.

Hasan started his famous tracking transcience project after being detained in Detroit airport in 2002 for being suspected of hoarding explosives in a Florida locker. Now project holds tones tones of pictures from every corner of the world following every step Hasan does and reporting it to FBI.

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

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