Tomsk
Theme: "Technology and Edventure"
Tomsk, Russian Federation
September 12th, 2012
About this event
When we think and talk about technologies and adventures, do we perceive them as different phenomena or as similar ones?
They are similar, as development of any technology is an adventure for a researcher, inventor or developer. And they differ, as far as technology is a sequence of operations and procedures, while adventure is a unique state one can experience. Technology is well-defined and predetermined. Adventure is unpredictable.
However, today one can hardly claim that these phenomena cannot be combined. And we often come across mergers between technology and adventure. In search of a cure for AIDS American scientists created a fluorescent cat. Thanks to new materials robots learnt to express emotions. Nowadays technologies make new kinds of adventures possible: one can spend a day at the hotel at the bottom of the ocean, experience zero gravity in a shuttle launch simulator, or wander around the virtual Louvre.
Technology and adventure. What do these two words and two areas of human existence mean for us? What do we discover thanks to them? How do they help us understand and change the world and ourselves in it?
Engineers and scientists, thinkers and practitioners will share their answers to these and other exciting questions.
Confirmed Speakers
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Hiroyuki Shinoda
professor of Tokyo University, inventor of three-dimensional ultrasonic haptic display. Specializes in artificial intelligence, human-machine interaction, sensor display systems. -
Konstantin Zhuravlev
traveler, made a round-the-world hitchhiking trip, having visited 37 countries in 777 days. Graduate of TUSUR Faculty of Computer Systems, photographer. -
Denis Petukhov
winner of the LAVOCHKA in Hyde Park project, co-organized by the international branding consultancy Mildberry and Russian Dozhd TV channel. Designer, specializes in design of applications for iOS. Graduate of Governor’s Svetlensky lyceum and TSU Institute of Arts and Culture majoring in “Graphic design”. Lives and works in Yekaterinburg. -
Sergey Khaustov
postgraduate student at the Department of Steam Generating Machinery Engineering, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University. Expert in computational modeling and design of boilers. Student of the Open University Skolkovo. -
Zulfia Khaitova
holds Master’s Degree from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Siberian State Medical University, student of the Open University Skolkovo -
Dmitry Galkin
scholar of art and culture, associate professor of the Institute of Arts and Culture, Faculty of Philosophy, National Research Tomsk State University. Studies techno-art hybridization, analyzing history and aesthetics of the use of technology in artistic practices.
Venue and Details
Tomsk, Russia
Tomsk,
Russian Federation
September 12th, 2012
6:30pm-6:30pm (GMT 7hrs)
Event Type (what is this?) Standard
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