It is nice to get to speak in my own voice after so much of the last week was saying what was said and offering a take on someone else’s point of view. It feels good to get to put my thoughts down on all that has transpired this past week. SXSW was a tremendous […]
Kimberly and the rest of the SXTXState team had a great time at SXSW. Here is Kimberly’s Tuesday.
Today Astro Teller talked about how to shoot for the metaphorical moon by failing up. “I fear thoughts that fear technology. You have to approach the changing world with knowledge and confidence, not fear.” Teller talked about bringing the internet to the world with balloons designed to fail… … and self driving cars that learn […]
Elizabeth Ames, Vice President of Marketing and Alliances for the Anita Borg Institute began her Tuesday SXSW Interactive panel by presenting a date to the audience. May 28, 2014. Though most people may not recognize the date, she cites it as an important turning point in the struggle of women in STEM fields. On that day […]
So many of use have been wowed in recent years. Recent being since the time of Galileo and Copernicus, by the images of the cosmos. How these are made and why they move us so deeply. Astrophysics goes to Hollywood at SXSW brought together Dr. Robert Hurt, Dr. Donna Cox, and Dr. Frank Summers to […]
“Print is just a broken touchscreen.” This radical statement introduced the SXSW Interactive audience Tuesday to Kate Stone and Charlotte Brimner’s panel, Making Music Physical Again. Stone, of UK technology company Novalia, explained that she works with bluetooth connectivity to build interactivity based around paper. By channeling touch, connectivity and data back into everyday physical objects many […]
[View the story “Fixing Transportation with Humanity and Technology” on Storify]