Mae Jemison – Techcitement* https://techcitement.com get excited Sat, 16 Mar 2013 03:16:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 SXSW: Technology, Thy Name Is Woman https://techcitement.com/culture/politics/sxsw-technology-thy-name-is-woman/ Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:10:15 +0000 http://techcitement.com/?p=18015

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 […]]]> SXSW: 100 Year Starship Panel Explains How Interstellar Travel Can Affect Life On Earth https://techcitement.com/culture/sxsw-100-year-starship-panel-explains-how-interstellar-travel-can-affect-life-on-earth/ Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:22:52 +0000 http://techcitement.com/?p=17801

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 […]]]>