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Kara Platoni in conversation with Kelly Vicars: We Have the Technology
Presented by Peninsula Arts & Letters and Kepler's Books
We Have the Technology: How Biohackers, Foodies, Physicians, and Scientists Are Transforming Human Perception, One Sense at a Time
Thursday, March 3, 2016 7:30pm
Seating Area opens at 6:30pm Kepler's Books 1010 El Camino Real Menlo Park, CA 94025
How do we know what's real? That's not a trick question: sensory science is increasingly finding that we don't perceive reality: we create it through perception. In We Have the Technology, Oakland-based science writer and award-winning journalist Kara Platoni guides us through the latest developments in the science of sensory perception.
Joshua Davis, author of "Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream" says We Have Technology "introduces us to the biohackers, surgeons, perfumers, chefs, and patients pushing the boundaries of reality by inserting perception-altering technologies inside their bodies. Deeply reported and deftly told, We Have the Technology draws back the curtain on a brave new world in which being a hacker means hacking oneself."
Researchers are changing the way we experience the world: creating scents that stimulate the memories of Alzheimer's patients, constructing virtual limbs that approximate a sense of touch, or building augmented reality labs that prepare soldiers for the battlefield. These diverse investigations not only explain previously elusive aspects of human experience, but offer tantalizing glimpses into a future when we can expand, control, and enhance our senses as never before.
A fascinating tour of human capability and scientific ingenuity, We Have the Technology offers essential insights into the nature and possibilities of human experience.
Kelly Vicars is a journalist, artist, and editor at Epic Magazine, a digital publication of incredible non-fiction stories. She received her Bachelor's degree in Cultural Anthropology from Stanford in 2013. She is interested in virtual reality, synesthesia, and the future of immersive art and storytelling.
This event is free but please register here.
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LocationKepler's Books (View)
1010 El Camino Real
Menlo Park, CA 94025
United States
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