# Demo: The Orb

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2007
- Speaker: Nick Sears
- Year: 2007
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/nick_sears_demo_the_orb)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Inventor Nick Sears demos the first generation of the Orb, a rotating persistence-of-vision display that creates glowing 3D images. A short, cool tale of invention.

## Lectures

1. [Demo: The Orb](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/nick_sears_demo_the_orb/3d809dfe11c9), 4 min (TED's player)