Kate Stone: The press trampled on my privacy. Here's how I took back my story
At Novalia, Kate Stone and her team use ordinary printing presses to manufacture interactive electronics, which combine touch-sensitive ink technology and printed circuits into unique and cost-effective products. Full bio
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and I spoke about my work.
one dark night with friends,
I suddenly felt a massive thud,
the gate was opened on a garden,
and ran straight into me.
and my esophagus
and fractured my neck.
lying on the floor,
through a hole in my neck.
and although I couldn't speak,
I had a strong sense of calmness,
to do my best in life whenever I can.
as one more moment --
I was still fully conscious,
because I'm a scientist:
the frequency of the street lights
and then airlifted to Glasgow,
and put me in a coma.
I had many alternate realities.
of "Westworld" and "Black Mirror."
from outside the hospital
who was in a coma,
if she would live or die or walk or talk.
I woke up from that coma.
the gift to move,
that I never got back, though,
made the story about gender.
it's not that big a deal.
is way more interesting.
because it's boring.
ran with the headline:
"They've crossed the wrong woman,
what's hit them."
crawl through the sewers,
they're behind you.
with an army or complain,
to help reduce the chances
the price of sacrificing my privacy.
I will tell 10 million people.
people defend themselves.
to these newspapers.
the kind of "Fox News" of the UK,
no retraction, no money,
that they broke their own rules,
I started to learn who they are,
with Philippa from The Sun since then.
were published on a Friday,
I went on the evening news,
Newspapers Admit They Were Wrong."
it's our job as journalists
on a forest floor, gored by a stag.
and the press trampled on my privacy."
of BBC News online that day.
voice and platform
of anger and hatred
bigotry towards them.
with these people
to understand me.
to join the committee
I sip tea and dip biscuits
Paul Dacre, who says to me,
your last few months been?"
members of the public
just like anybody else.
to visit those printing presses
last time at TED, my interactive print,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kate Stone - Shepherd of electronsAt Novalia, Kate Stone and her team use ordinary printing presses to manufacture interactive electronics, which combine touch-sensitive ink technology and printed circuits into unique and cost-effective products.
Why you should listen
Born in Cheshire, England and the child of a continent-hopping engineer, Kate Stone was often left to her own devices among some of the world's most disparate cultures. Whether learning to cook rice from Gurkhas or spending time alongside a garageful of car repairmen in Borneo, Stone quickly learned that nontraditional problem-solving was often the very best kind.
At 20, Stone moved to Australia and eventually to the outback, where she was soon herding 22,000 sheep on a 120,000-acre farm. She then returned to England and began her studies in electronics at Salford University, before being recruited to do her PhD work in physics at Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory, where her focus on moving electrons eventually led to the creation of her groundbreaking company, Novalia.
At Novalia, Stone says: "The work of my team and myself is the realization of my childhood fascinations. We put electronics into paper, and paper is all around us." Stone sees herself as a "creative scientist," blending art and science to create startling fusions of new and old technology. In addition to her work with Novalia, Stone is a member of the Editors Code of Practice committee.
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