TED Conference Opens in Long Beach, as Bill Gates Releases Mosquitoes

The high-level, think-tank-style TED Conference (the name stands for technology, entertainment, design) kicked off Tuesday in Long Beach, California—the conference's new home, after more than two decades in Monterey, California.
Adding a level of drama to yesterday's events, Bill Gates opened a jar of mosquitoes on stage to draw attention to the malaria epidemic. "Not only poor people should experience this," Gates told the assembled group, according to news reports online, before reassuring the crowd that those particular insects did not carry the disease. Reports of the incident varied: Facebook's Dave Morin first reported an unspecified number on Twitter, some bloggers characterized it as a "swarm," and other outlets reported seeing only a handful of bugs.

The conference runs through February 7 and is also being simulcast in Palm Springs, California.
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Bill Gates unleashes mosquito swarm on TED Conference attendees

According to several conference attendees, Bill Gates unleashed a swarm of mosquitoes upon TED conference attendees, announcing “not only poor people should experience this.”

The stunt was clearly designed to make a vivid point about the continuing battle against malaria in developing nations, as Mr. Gates was at TED to discuss his work with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Foundation has spent millions on fighting malaria in poor nations.

No word yet on the legality of his actions. One has to imagine that some sort of health code violation took place. We’ll keep on eye on the story as it develops.
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