California Conversations: A State of Technology April 4, 2013

Discover the artistic innovations of three artists and scientists whose work plays at the intersections of art, technology, science, and Judaism. Composer and electronic musician Amy X Neuburg, robotics engineer Ken Goldberg, and science hacker Ariel Waldman will discuss how their work reinvents Jewish traditions for the twenty-first century. Prior to the conversation they will each present clips of their art. Moderated by Boing Boing co-editor David Pescovitz.

Amy X Neuburg is an American composer, vocalist, and electronic musician. She holds a BM in voice from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and a BA in linguistics from Oberlin College.

Ken Goldberg is a Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, with a joint appointment in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and in the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley.

Ariel Waldman is the founder of Spacehack.org, a directory of ways to participate in space exploration, and the global instigator of Science Hack Day. She is also an interaction designer, a research affiliate at Institute for the Future, and an advisor for the SETI Institute’s radio show, Big Picture Science. Previously, she worked at NASA’s CoLab program. Waldman has also been a sci-fi movie gadget columnist for Engadget and a digital anthropologist at VML. In 2008, she was named one of the top 50 most influential individuals in Silicon Valley.

David Pescovitz is the managing partner and co-editor of Boing Boing and a research director at Institute for the Future.

Presented in conjunction with California Dreaming: Jewish Life in the Bay Area from the Gold Rush to the present.

Official Website: http://www.thecjm.org/programs/lectures-and-gallery-talks/335-a-state-of-technology