Alan Gershenfeld, who co-created a storytelling game sharing Alaska Native culture, Never Alone, won the BAFTA Games Best Debut of 2015. In our interview with him, he talks about how he offers gaming that is culturally and educationally relevant and impacts the gaming industry.
Lessons from Nobel Laureates BY LEAH KURITZKY "If you don't find intense joy from discoveries, even small discoveries, then you are in the wrong business, because this is currency we work for." - Peter Agre (photo) "Contrary to popular belief, [...]
Did you kill another plant? How are you going to live off-the-grid if you can't grow that vegetable patch? Rory Aronson created FarmBot that will seed, water, and care for your vegetables. All you need to do is harvest and eat.
The Materials Research Laboratory (MRL) at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) promotes research of its affiliated faculty, students, and alumni in part through its annual research symposium, which took place on Feb. 2-3 2016.
"I got nominated for the first Emmy. I felt like I already had won... The Academy does not have a history of rewarding first timers very often, so I went into this whole thing with the red carpet, and I had the tux, and my wife had a beautiful dress. We're just going along for the ride because we figure there's no way I'm going to win. We just enjoyed the journey. Then I won..."
Prystowsky spoke with impactmania about his journey, the impact of his efforts as a physician in the U.S. and abroad and his impact makers.
"Without even reading the proposals, she whipped a paper shredder from nowhere, and proceeded to slowly and deliberately decimate our beautiful ideas."