data

Mobile: How to Build Beyond the Phone

What is the next step in mobile technology beyond the smart phone? Wearable technology – watches, activity trackers, health monitors, augmented reality headsets, pet wearables, shirt camera. Connected technology – smart house, floor mat, vehicles. This panel began with a brain-dumping of all the mobile technology these panelists currently see on the market, or in […]

Preview: How We Listen to Music

Although our love for it has never faltered, the way we listen to music has drastically changed in the last 75 years. The addition of streaming services like Spotify has enabled us to listen to an unlimited amount of digital music. So how does having endless listening options affect the way we interact with our […]

Preview: Your Data, My Data, Everyone's Big Health Data

When talking with Dr. Chirag Patel it is easy to see how far computer technology has come. What he and many others are trying to do is pierce a veil of isolation. Patel’s panel, Your Life in Big Data: Drugs and the Environment, will cover that attempt. Despite our propensity for pattern recognition, it is […]

Preview: Interstellar Social Media - A Talk With Tony Darnell

As part of whetting your appetite for all things cosmic at SXSWi, I had the opportunity to talk with one of my former colleagues from the Space Telescope Science Institute (STSci). Without further ado below is the little chat I had with Tony Darnell. As part of our full disclosure that we worked together, he […]