Michael Hauskeller – Postmortality for All
How would the world we live in change if we no longer had to die? Some biogerontologists believe this will soon be the case since it won’t be long before we finally figure out how to halt and possibly even reverse the ageing process.
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Who wants to live forever? Joao Pedro de Magalhaes is on a quest for immortality.
Joao Pedro takes us through a brief history of the search for the elixir of youth, then introduces us to some unlikely allies in the war against death from the world around us. You can find a longer version of this talk from our Light Night event here...
Neil MacDonald – The Science Fiction Pubs of Liverpool
Neil MacDonald - There are many ways you can celebrate the anniversary of a blog - guest posts, looking back at the time gone by, a party with clowns - but Neil Macdonald, aka xxnapoleonsolo, took a different path. It led him and a band of friends, fellow bloggers and...
Francis Fish – No projects
Projects “create temporary organisation to meet a need” Temporary means that nothing is ever finished and everything is late …” Follow @fjfish on Twitter Ignite only happens because of people who are willing to get up and...
Neil Simpson – You Only Have One Job as A Professional Creative – And this is it
As a professional creative your job is one thing only – create an instant emotional response, to move people, to create love. In your work, in your management, in your entrepreneuriality. If you forget this, then, you are doing it the hard...
Louise Shannon – The trials and tribulations of getting a gun into the UK
Louise talks us through the problems of getting the first 3D printed gun into the UK to become part of the collection at the V&A. Follow @lmshannon on Twitter Ignite only happens because of people who are willing to get up...
Caron Lyon – My Analogue Life in a Digital World
Everyone has a story. We are analogue beings adapting to a digitally enabled world. This is my story. It all starts with a square peg and a round hole. It’s about personal perspective, about understanding your own story and its place beside...