April 8, 2006
Not the same old same old: Pop!Tech
Buzz Bruggeman and Maryam and I are hanging out and he brought in a DVD and said "you gotta watch this."
It was a DVD of the Pop!Tech conference last year. It'll be on PBS in May, he says. Not sure when.
But, wow, reminds me that not every conference is the same. The first guys that were on the DVD are simply remarkable. Jesse Sullivan.
The guy has no arms.
And Todd Kuiken, works as a doctor at the Rehabilitation Center in Chicago.
Buzz says this talk was gripping. You can see it on the DVD. It got Maryam to stop what she was doing and sit down and watch and she usually doesn't care about geeky stuff that I put on the TV.
What was remarkable? Todd built him prosthetic technology that lets him control his robotic arms with just his mind. And they went further and hooked into his nerves sensors so he can feel again.
Do conferences matter? Pop!Tech shows that they do.
You can listen to the sessions on ITConversations for $5 a piece. Well worth the price. I'll let you know when the DVD comes up on PBS in May.
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Wow, that’s quite the typo: griping vs. gripping.
Comment by Adam Dunn — April 8, 2006 @ 8:13 pm
Adam: yikes, fixed that. Thanks!
Comment by scobleizer — April 8, 2006 @ 8:27 pm
The $5 charge is only for “early access” to IT Conversations shows. It’s one way we raise $$ to make everything (eventually) free to everyone. In fact the Sullivan/Kuiken show has been available for free for a few months at http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail763.html.
Comment by Doug Kaye — April 9, 2006 @ 12:57 am
As Doug mentioned, they’ll eventually be free. In fact, half of the 32 PopTech shows have already been released, and can be downloaded for free. Just go to this URL
http://www.itconversations.com/series/poptech2005.html
And scroll down to the bottom. Those are already-released show that you can listen to for free.
Comment by Minh — April 9, 2006 @ 10:18 am
Hey they have great Podcasts - I didn’t know that they are now putting out DVDs. Cool
Comment by Bill Flatley — April 11, 2006 @ 9:07 pm
The talk by the guy with no arms “was gripping” ?!
No, tell me I didn’t just read that…
Comment by Michael Maggard — April 13, 2006 @ 2:21 am