Amanda Palmer – The Art of Asking

Posted: April 3rd, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , | Comments Off

A passionate talk from Amanda Palmer on the new relationship between artist and fan.


Jessica Green – Let’s design for that

Posted: April 2nd, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , | Comments Off

Jessica Green discusses how our bodies are covered in germs, both good and bad.

In a talk that includes designing buildings that would encourage happy, healthy microbial environments, Jessica uses nontraditional tools to visualize the world of germs with things like like art, animation and film.


Catarina Mota – Play with smart materials

Posted: March 28th, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , | Comments Off

Catarina Mota suggests now is the time to start exploring and playing with smart materials from new inks to shape-memory alloys.


Karen Thompson Walker – What fear can teach us

Posted: January 29th, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: | Comments Off

In an interesting talk from novelist Karen Thompson Walker, she discusses how fear propels imagination.


Melissa Marshall – Talk nerdy to me

Posted: December 22nd, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: | Comments Off

Melissa Marshall aims to teach great communication skills to scientists and engineers, so that they can effectively share their work.