Buzz Bruggeman and Maryam and I are hanging out and he brought in a DVD and said "you gotta watch this."
It was a DVD of the Pop!Tech conference last year. It'll be on PBS in May, he says. Not sure when.
But, wow, reminds me that not every conference is the same. The first guys that were on the DVD are simply remarkable. Jesse Sullivan.
The guy has no arms.
And Todd Kuiken, works as a doctor at the Rehabilitation Center in Chicago.
Buzz says this talk was gripping. You can see it on the DVD. It got Maryam to stop what she was doing and sit down and watch and she usually doesn't care about geeky stuff that I put on the TV.
What was remarkable? Todd built him prosthetic technology that lets him control his robotic arms with just his mind. And they went further and hooked into his nerves sensors so he can feel again.
Do conferences matter? Pop!Tech shows that they do.
You can listen to the sessions on ITConversations for $5 a piece. Well worth the price. I'll let you know when the DVD comes up on PBS in May.