For almost ten years, Caleb Wojcik has been intermittently producing videos. During that time, he has captured footage for the NHL, MLB, NCAA basketball and football, weddings, advertisements, book trailers, and a ton of online training videos. He founded Fizzle.co, The Sparkline blog, and The Fizzle Show with other people. He also teaches solo web video production at CalebWojcik.com and... read full bio
Paulina Bozek started her career in video games in public relations at Ubisoft after being born in Poland and reared in Canada. She transitioned into project management in 1999 and began working for Gameloft, a company that at the time was only focused on online multiplayer. After leaving the business to travel throughout Europe, she traveled to London to get... read full bio
Dr. Lyle Ungar assists businesses in comprehending how machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI) and computer automation are transforming their markets and our way of life. He specializes in using machine learning and text mining techniques to extract important information from big volumes of text by merging two distinct fields of study — computer and information science with psychology and neuroscience. Dr.... read full bio
Fast Forward Labs was founded by Hilary Mason, who is also the Data Scientist in Residence at Accel and the founder of the machine intelligence research firm. She formerly held the position of Chief Scientist at bitly. She is a member of NYCResistor, co-host of DataGotham and co-founder of HackNY. Hilary thinks that technology should endow us with superpowers. They are creating these... read full bio
Miles OBrien is a veteran news broadcaster and web journalist. Miles focuses on topics such as, technology, science, and aerospace. Currently, he is a PBS News Hour Science Correspondent and is a regular correspondent for any related PBC documentary for the television series Frontline and National Science Foundation Science Nation. Miles OBrien has had over 30 years of experience in... read full bio
Etsy is a happening little company with a lot of promise. The three-year-old site, where people buy and sell homemade arts and crafts, last year sold $27 million in goods with very little marketing. Its secret Hitting a chord with people who are tired of the ordinary and the mass produced. Thomas' job is to let more people aware that... read full bio
The founder of Digg is one of the most well-known faces of the new Web elite. That's partly because the computer-science dropout from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas changed the way millions of people each month get the news, taking power from front page editors and giving it to people who submit and vote for stories on Digg.com. The site,... read full bio
The first woman to pilot and command an American spacecraft, astronaut Eileen Collins has led an inspiring life of adventure, leadership, and achievement. A female trailblazer, Collins was named an astronaut by NASA in 1990. She quickly went on to become the first female pilot on a space shuttle with the Discovery flight in 1995, and the first female commander... read full bio
Whether it's a faulty memory, a tendency to multitask, or difficulty managing our time, every one of us has limitations conspiring to keep us from being organized. But, as organizational guru and former Google CIO Douglas C. Merrill points out, it isn't our fault. Our brains simply aren't designed to deal with the pressures and competing demands on our attention... read full bio
Referred to as the father of the MP3 player, Nathan Schulhof is an entrepreneur who has been advancing in the technology industry for over thirty years. He is the lead inventor for three different patents, including the mp3 player, which was a major innovation within the music and technology world. He is also the co-inventor of a few other patents.... read full bio
New Media pioneer Adam Curry has been bringing his special brand of social commentary, music, humor and geek wizardry to your earbuds for over a decade. The first to put together syndication and scripting technology with a daily audio show, Adam ushered in a new era of independent media at a time when the corporate media conglomerates were spewing forth... read full bio
Electrical engineer and toy inventor Jay Silver is a graduate of the MIT Media Lab PhD program and the first Maker Research Scientist at Intel. He is the founder and CEO of the Kickstarter funded ($500,000 raised) JoyLabz/MaKey MaKey - An Invention Kit for Everyone. The toy allows users to connect everyday objects like fruit or silverware to computers. The... read full bio
Ramona began her career in the Marine Corps as one of a few women in a fight attack aviation squadron, but after a tragic accident which left her in an 18-month coma and completely blind for nearly 11 years, her military career ended. During that time, Ramona returned to college and worked towards becoming a neuroscientist and educator. Ramona focused... read full bio
Bob Pflugfelder, better known as, Science Bob, is an award winning science teacher with several other titles under his belt including author, maker, presenter, and television personality. Science Bob is known for making science come to life through his regular appearances on popular television shows such as ABCs Jimmy Kimmel Live, Live with Kelly & Michael, The Dr.Oz Show and... read full bio
John Underkoffler is a technology researcher with MIT. He has worked for a variety of popular films, including Minority Report, The Hulk, and Iron Man, to give real-world insight into the technologies of the future. Underkofflers work has earned him a National Design Award, as his forward-thinking imagination has turned into real-world developments and applications. Now, Underkoffler is an inspiring... read full bio
Manoush Zomorodi is an author, podcast host, and examiner of the human condition. As the host and managing editor of Note to Self, a WNYC Studios podcast, Zomorodi helps audiences understand the changes occurring in our modern world. This podcast has been named the Best Tech Podcast by the Academy of Podcasters. Zomorodi has published a book titled Bored and... read full bio
Alan Lightman is a novelist, essayist, physicist, and educator. Currently, he is John Burchard Professor of Humanities and senior lecturer in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is married to Jean Greenblatt Lightman, a painter, and has two daughters, Elyse and Kara. Lightman's books have been translated into 30 languages. He has written countless essays on the... read full bio
Andreas Dengel is a Scientific Director at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, and a Professor at the University of Kaiserslautern in Germany where he is the chair of Knowledge-Based Systems. Other jobs that Dengel has held includes Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Intelligent Systems, working at a Siemens research lab in Munich, a guest researcher... read full bio
John Henry is a Dominican-American entrepreneur, podcaster, and investor. He has had many jobs over the years and has been Founder and CEO of Mobile City Services and also Program Director of AREA Accelerator. Currently, Henry is the Co-founder and chairman of the non-profit Cofound Harlem, a branded podcast host with Gimlet Media, and a partner of Harlem Capital. When... read full bio
Nina Tandon is a biotech specialist. She is the CEO and co-founder of EpiBone, a “grow your own bone,” bone reconstruction company. Utilizing patient stem cells, EpiBone is able to reconstruct and repair bone-related injury. Apart from her work with EpiBone, Tandon is a professor of Electrical Engineering at the Cooper Union and an electrical and biomedical engineer at Columbia... read full bio
