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SXSW: Technology, Thy Name Is Woman

By on March 15, 2013 in Culture, Future Tech, Gaming, Odds And Ends, Politics, Science
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Every year, the Interactive portion of SXSW exhibits new technologies and introduces the people behind them. Pop culture would have you believe that women are uninterested in science and technology, with depictions of the people in those fields being distinctly male. This could not be farther from the truth if the impressive lineup of women […]

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SXSW: 100 Year Starship Panel Explains How Interstellar Travel Can Affect Life On Earth

By on March 11, 2013 in Culture, Future Tech, Odds And Ends, Science
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Raucous applause greeted guests of the 100 Year Starship panel at SXSW as they took the stage. It seems little introduction was necessary for this crowd to heap praise upon the panel, but the moderator Benjamin Palmer (of the interactive marketing firm The Barbarian Group) introduced the panelists anyway as: Dr. Mae Jemison (astronaut, first […]

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