Pop!Tech 2005
Pop!Tech 2005 ended yesterday in Camden, Maine. As in previous years, there was an astonishingly wide array of speakers, addressing the effects of technology on human society from some unpredictable directions.
Shown above: Todd Kuiken and Jesse Sullivan on building nerve-controlled bionic limbs, Theo Jansen showcasing his evolving mechanical beach-roving animals, Carolyn Porco on the recent and highly successful Saturn flyby mission, Rebecca McKinnon on internet censorship in China, and Ivan Marovic on overthrowing governments using video games and coherent design language.
Additional and equally fascinating presenters ranged from Nicholas Negroponte of MIT Media Lab to shantytown reporter Robert Neuwirth, and are all worth checking out. The Pop!Tech website features numerous links to blogs written by attendees and speakers, and extensive photographic coverage.