Thursday, January 24th @ 7:30pm
Town Hall
1119 8th Ave. (Downtown)
Project Orion began in 1958 with Ted Taylor and Freeman Dyson, working to build a spacecraft powered by nuclear pulse propulsion. Though the project is looked back on with great fondness by it’s participants, it was ultimately shut down from political concerns. It’s a fascinating story, which George Dyson (Freeman’s son) documented in his book on the subject. Town Hall has some really amazing lectures lined up over the coming months, and this is sure to be no exception.
Saturday, January 26th, 2008 from 1:30p to 6:00p
Velocity Studio, Capitol Hill
Is it all too much? The endless feed reading, Twitters, IMs, emails, news rivers, vlogs, blogs, podcasts, pages and SMSes? If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the demands of our digital age, a new workshop from Leif Hansen at Spark Northwest may help bring some balance back into your life. “Soul Tech: Living a passionately productive life amidst a tech-stressed world” has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and Seattle’s KOMO radio. Like the Humanity 2.0 workshop developed by Spark Northwest last year, Soul Tech promises to help you develop a clearer understanding of “where you want to go with technology.” To register, or for more information, call 1-877-I-AM-GAME.
