PopTech: Leetha Filderman
PopTech president Leetha Filderman sits down with John Maeda for a discussion about the history of PopTech, its mission and what’s next.
Pop Tech: Derek Lomas
2009 PopTech Fellow Derek Lomas is director of the Playpower Foundation, a global network of developers, designers, academics, NGOs and businesses. Playpower leverages the availability of ultra-low-cost computers to create […]
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: Jonah Lehrer
Author Jonah Lehrer explores the power of outsider intelligence. At PopTech 2009, the best-selling author of How We Decide and Proust Was a Neuroscientist, notes that, paradoxically, lacking expertise on […]
PopTech: Dan Ariely
MIT professor Dan Ariely believes that the starting point for making better decisions, particularly with financial matters, requires understanding the impulse to act irrationally. At PopTech 2009, Ariely discussed an […]
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: 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: Michael Blum
PopTech’s 2010 conference presents Michael Blum.Tulane ecology professor Michael Blum has been at the front lines of the Gulf coast oil spill response and clean-up efforts. In his PopTech talk, […]
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 […]
