PopTech: Jim Olson
PopTech’s 2013 conference presents Jim Olson. Jim invented a potentially revolutionary ‘tumor paint’ that locates and lights up tumor cells to show surgeons exactly what to excise. ‘In a few […]
PopTech: Nick Martin
PopTech’s 2013 conference presents Nick Martin. Listen to Nick Martin describe his unique, interactive model for online training for social change. ‘In the field of international development, so many people […]
PopTech: Joe Palca
PopTech’s 2013 conference presents Joe Palca. Watch NPR’s Joe Palca interview cancer researcher Jim Olson, materials engineer Jonathan Wilker and pioneering gamer Kevin Slavin.
PopTech: Jessica Richman
PopTech’s 2013 conference presents Jessica Richman. Jessica shares the importance of crowdsourcing scientific research, such as to explore the human microbiome. ‘Citizen science is the process of involving the public […]
PopTech: Jonathan Wilker
PopTech’s 2013 conference presents Jonathan Wilker. Jonathan shows how adhesives derived from animals, like barnacles, might one day be used in medicine. ‘Wouldn’t it be better if we could just […]
PopTech: Nathaniel Raymond
PopTech’s 2013 conference presents Nathaniel Raymond. Watch Nathaniel argue passionately that information during a disaster should be protected under international law and human rights standards just like food, water, medicine […]
PopTech: Julia Watson
PopTech’s 2013 conference presents Julia Watson. Julia explains why it is so important to preserve environmentally sensitive sites and ecosystems around the world while considering the interests and participation of […]
PopTech: Prabhjot Singh
PopTech’s 2013 conference presents Prabhjot Singh. Prabhjot has scaled up networks of front-line health workers across sub-Saharan Africa. He discusses his work bringing this health care model to Harlem to […]
PopTech: Kevin Slavin
PopTech’s 2013 conference presents Kevin Slavin. Pioneering gamer Kevin Slavin takes the PopTech audience on a colorful tour of the history of luck in America, games of chance, gambling and […]
PopTech: Lisa Aziz-Zadeh
PopTech’s 2013 conference presents Lisa Aziz-Zadeh. Lisa explores the complex relationship between emotions, physical movement and brain activity. ‘Our bodies are the frames that our brain uses to understand other […]