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Marin County fair submission 2014.
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Marin County fair submission 2014.
Pop Tech: Josh Nesbit

2009 PopTech Fellow Josh Nesbit co-founded Medic Mobile to bring the innovative use of mobile phones for healthcare to the developing world. A central clinic laptop runs FrontlineSMS software, enabling […]
PopTech: Carlo Ratti

Director of MIT’s SENSEable City Lab Carlo Ratti wondered if there was a way to create a small, inexpensive, scalable, self-organizing system to help remove the oil after the Gulf […]
PopTech: Paula Kahumbu

As executive director of WildlifeDirect, 2009 PopTech Fellow Paula Kahumbu is building a global wildlife conservation community that connects conservationists and their supporters through blogs and direct funding. The goal: […]
PopTech: Dr. Hayat Sindi

PopTech’s 2011 conference presents Dr. Hayat Sindi. A leader in both science and social innovation, Dr. Hayat Sindi launched i2, the Institute for Imagination and Ingenuity at PopTech 2011. Dr. […]
PopTech: Eben Bayer

PopTech’s 2009 conference presents Eben Bayer. Ecovative Design founder,Eben Bayer, on this initiative that transforms low-value agricultural byproducts into strong biological composites that can be used as biodegradable alternatives to […]
PopTech: Nicholas Felton

Graphic designer Nicholas Felton is obsessed with data. He knows how many songs he’s listened to and how much it costs him per mile to fly. Felton visualizes these numerous […]
PopTech: Colin Rich

PopTech’s 2010 conference presents Colin Rich.Colin Rich captures fantastic images of the world from 24 miles in space. He creates his amazing videos and still photographs with simple system that […]
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 […]