PopTech: Anab Jain
PopTech’s 2013 conference presents Anab Jain. Anab talks about design in a future world of insect cyborgs, mass surveillance, DNA monetization and guerilla infrastructure. ‘This sort of speculative work explores […]
PopTech: Erik Hersman
PopTech’s 2013 conference presents Erik Hersman. Erik shows off the BRCK, a way to connect to the Internet that is physically robust, able to connect to multiple networks, a hub […]
PopTech: Eric Klinenberg
PopTech’s 2013 conference presents Eric Klinenberg. Sociologist Eric Klinenberg discusses how a dramatic increase in living single is the biggest unnamed modern social trend and he deconstructs old myths about […]
PopTech: Helen Marriage
PopTech’s 2013 conference presents Helen Marriage. Helen Marriage shows how to create breathtaking, city-wide art installations in places like downtown London. ‘These life-changing moments, the joy that you see on […]
PopTech: Reichert and Robertson
PopTech’s 2013 conference presents Todd Reichert and Cameron Robertson. They show how they designed and built a sprawling flying machine that was the first human-powered helicopter to fly an award-winning […]
PopTech: Esther Wang
PopTech’s 2013 conference presents Esther Wang. Esther shares techniques for identifying whether billions of dollars in social interventions actually do measurable good. ‘Measuring impact is a challenge, but it is […]
PopTech: Carmel Majidi
PopTech’s 2013 conference presents Carmel Majidi. Carmel discusses how the robots of the future will be pliable and soft to accommodate the characteristics of the human body. ‘We really need […]
PopTech: Christina Agapakis
PopTech’s 2013 conference presents Christina Agapakis. Microbiologist Christina shows how she makes cheese from bacteria collected from the human body. Armpits. Mouths. Between toes. ‘I’m really excited about things that […]
PopTech: Duygu Kuzum
PopTech’s 2013 conference presents Duygu Kuzum. Duygu shows how she is using her skills as an electrical engineer to make computers operate more like the human brain. ‘My transition from […]
PopTech: Emily Jacobi
PopTech’s 2013 conference presents Emily Jacobi. Emily describes how her group, Digital Democracy, is using technology to improve local social and environmental projects, like assisting local efforts to document oil […]