This was an amazing experience… hanging out with fascinating people (Alan Kay, Thad Starner, Dean Kamen, and other highly creative notables), displaying my toys in an interesting setting, a well-managed show… like the ACM97 show four years earlier, it was wildly educational. The only artifacts that remain are the gorgeous photo above showing the Microship,…

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This was a beautifully produced event, with a refreshing inversion of the usual trade-show marketroid demographic. It was like a grown-up Science Fair, with almost every exhibit a fascinating presentation of somebody’s techno-passion. Wearables, music, robotics, even a jeep with a built-in recliner made of powerful speakers that let you feel the music big-time… lots…

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ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY and the Department of Computer Science University of Nevada present Steve Roberts and his Grand Touring Machine Thursday, April 16th, at 4 p.m., in SEM 101 Meet BEHEMOTH: Have you ever seen a $1.2 million, 105-speed recumbent bicycle with satellite data link, GPS navigation, ham radio station, cellular phone with fax…

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