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Preview: Tech That's Changing Sports and Building Empathy

Chris Kluwe is a former NFL punter who will be looking into the growth of technology in sports, more specifically augmented reality. According to Mashable, augmented reality is “a live, direct or indirect, view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data.” […]

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In a world where thousands of people work bent over computers every day, the question of office health is especially relevant. Panelists Jason Levitt and Clayton Aynesworth talked about the health risks of sitting and slouching too much, as well as some of the myths that dramatize the dangers of being sedentary at their SXSW panel, “The […]

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The lack of diversity in the innovative field of tech and startups is an issue that is being addressed more and more frequently. This absence of diversity ranges from gender, to race, to sexual orientation and beyond. This year’s SXSW Interactive programming features a theme specifically geared toward these issues, and will continue to influence […]

Preview: Who Owns the Data? Self-Tracking to Health 2.0

Who Owns the Data? Self-Tracking to Health 2.0 Saturday, March 9 12:30PM – 1:30PM Sheraton Austin, Creekside In today’s world, it’s not enough to only consider how web and smart phone data influence your life. What about the data being collected about your health? In the past, data was paper based and technically was owned […]

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SXSW Gaming Expo Friday, March 8 – Sunday, March 10 Palmer Events Center Calling all gamers! This is your chance to revel in the many, wonderful free activities that will be offered at this year’s SXSW Gaming Expo. Year after year, the Expo has gotten bigger and better. And this year is no different. Gaming […]