The relationship most adults have with science is one of observation: watching government agencies explore on behalf of us, but not actually exploring it ourselves. Science should be disruptively accessible – empowering people from a variety of different backgrounds to explore, participate in, and build new ways of interacting with and contributing to science. By having a fresh set of eyes from those who solve different types of problems, new concepts often emerge and go on to influence science in unexpected ways. A grassroots effort called Science Hack Day aims to bridge the gap between the science, technology and design industries. A Hack Day is a 48 hour all-night event that brings different people with good ideas together in the same physical space for a brief but intense period of collaboration, hacking, and building ‘cool stuff’. By collaborating on focused tasks during this short period, small groups of hackers are capable of producing remarkable results.
Speakers
Spacehack.org | Ariel Waldman is the founder of Spacehack.org...
Web Developer | Clearleft Ltd | An Irish web developer living...
Research Assoc | Northern Illinois University | Matt is a particle...
Type Interactive,
Panel
Hashtag #sxsw #getexcited
Theme Culture,
Science and Play
Level Intermediate
Website http://schedule.sxsw.com/2012/events/event_IAP10977
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