From: PopTech on Tue, Jan 19 2010 6:32 PM

Pop sociologist and best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell has honed in on a profound new question: what separates extraordinary and average people? Discussing findings from his much-anticipated book “Outliers,” Gladwell details how we’re squandering human potential everywhere from the football fi...

From: PopTech on Tue, Jan 19 2010 6:32 PM

As Corporate Vice President of External Research for Microsoft, Tony Hey is responsible for public-private partnerships with scientific and engineering communities, government agencies, and industry partners worldwide. At PopTech 2009, Hey discussed the critical role of citizen scientists in und...

From: PopTech on Tue, Jan 19 2010 6:32 PM

Robert Guest is a Washington correspondent and the Lexington columnist for The Economist, covering American news and politics. Despite some predictions otherwise, Guest suggests that America is uniquely positioned to continue as the world’s leading superpower thanks to its unparalleled ability t...

From: PopTech on Tue, Jan 19 2010 6:32 PM

The Mexican acoustic guitar duo sensation Rodrigo y Gabriela put fast fingers to strings for a performance that will put you on your feet and keep you moving. There’s no better way to say it: they rock!

From: PopTech on Tue, Jan 19 2010 6:32 PM

Pioneering epidemiologist Dr. Lipkin is developing world-changing methods to rapidly identify and decode mystery pathogens. Listen as he explains how an increased understanding of “zoonotic diseases,” coupled with advancements in diagnostic technology, is helping us to predict and preve...

From: PopTech on Tue, Jan 19 2010 6:32 PM

Dr. Serena Koenig, director of Haiti programs for Partners in Health, isn’t afraid to ask the searing questions, especially about global inequalities in health care. With a simple philosophy—equal lives deserve equal treatment—she addresses the dilemma head-on.

From: PopTech on Tue, Jan 19 2010 6:32 PM

Chandler Burr is the New York Times’ first-ever fragrance critic. His knowledge of the history, culture, emotion, economics, science and global geography of scent may be unrivaled. Come along with Chandler as he leads the Camden Opera House on an interactive, hyper-articulate and hilar...

From: PopTech on Tue, Jan 19 2010 6:32 PM

A machine that builds itself? Adrian Bowyer, leading researcher at the University of Bath, shows us that this seemingly fantastic idea is not far from becoming reality. The self-replicating rapid prototyper, or “RepRap,” could have dramatic effects on people in developing countries.

From: PopTech on Tue, Jan 19 2010 6:32 PM

Many consider Jason Moran, 32, the foremost jazz pianist of his generation, with seven albums under the Blue Note label since 1999. Here’s a sample of how he experiments with new methods and ideas to cook up his own flavor of jazz.

From: PopTech on Tue, Jan 19 2010 6:32 PM

2009 PopTech Fellows Aviva Presser Aiden and Hugo Van Vuuren co-founded Lebônê Solutions in 2007 to help meet the need for off-grid energy and lighting in the developing world. Fuel cells sold by local entrepreneurs generate electricity from soil microbes to power LED lights, cell phones, and ot...

From: PopTech on Tue, Jan 19 2010 6:32 PM

As leader of the Imaging Science Team on the Cassini mission to Saturn, Carolyn Porco brings to the Pop!Tech stage breathtaking images and stories of exploration and discovery that, by her own admission, make grown men cry.

From: PopTech on Tue, Jan 19 2010 6:32 PM

Jonathan Harris is redefining the idea of what it means to tell a story. Take a ride through an arctic whale hunt and plunge headfirst into the feelings Harris finds running rampant in cyberspace as he describes what he calls “storytelling platforms.”

From: PopTech on Tue, Jan 19 2010 6:32 PM

Zinhle Thabethe has faced the prospect of her own death. Her personal stories about survival and family loss reflect a nation’s epidemic in a sobering and inspirational wake-up call.

From: PopTech on Tue, Jan 19 2010 6:32 PM

Ecologist, author and lifelong fisherman Carl Safina is fighting to wake people up to the fact that fish are going the way of the buffalo. In this eye-opening Pop!Cast, Safina paints a grim portrait of the impact we’re having on the Earth’s oceans and what we need to do to turn the tide.

From: PopTech on Tue, Jan 19 2010 6:32 PM

Rapidly-rising, uncategorizeable cellist Rufus Cappadocia joins forces with a group of incredible Haitian drummers for one of the most rousing performances of Pop!Tech ‘08.

From: PopTech on Tue, Jan 19 2010 6:32 PM

Who says we should only dance on our feet and not on our shoulders, hands or backs? Why dance on the ground but not in the sky? Take a look as self-described ‘action inventor’ Elizabeth Streb dreams up new ways to set the human body in motion.

From: PopTech on Tue, Jan 19 2010 6:32 PM

2009 PopTech Fellows Taylor Stuckert and Mark Rembert co-founded Energize Clinton County after the departure of a major employer threatened the Wilmington, Ohio region. The grassroots movement transformed the crisis into an opportunity for the region to become the country’s first Green Enterpris...

From: PopTech on Tue, Jan 19 2010 6:32 PM

Ph.D. candidate Nicole Kuepper has been passionate about solar energy since she received a toy solar-powered car for her 8th birthday. Kuepper has recently patented a simple low-temperature process for printing low-cost solar cells that could make solar energy affordable across the developing world.

From: PopTech on Tue, Jan 19 2010 6:32 PM

You say you want a revolution? Ivan Marovic’s got one for you—a nonviolent one, that is. This Serbian activist is connecting the virtual world to the real world with a video game to promote nonviolent strategies. It’s an interactive approach that teaches in a way books and films can’t.

From: PopTech on Tue, Jan 19 2010 6:32 PM

Dr. Craig Venter’s contributions to human genome research have made him one of the 21st century’s leading biologists. He introduces potential opportunities for using recombinant DNA and synthesized cells to help solve the world’s energy problems.