Jeff Han, the most prominent man in the field of multi-touch technology, discusses the benefits of touch screen displays. Jeff argues (in reference to the movie Minority Report) that touch screens are the most effective means for preforming tasks in virtual 3D space.

Bruce Sterling, notorious design critic, discusses hostile design and provides a few antidotes including pay phones, digital rights management and humanizing a particle accelerator.

Chef Grant Achatz, of Alinea Restaurant in Chicago, is taking the experience of eating to a new level integrating technology and creativity.

Solomon E. Asch, world-renowned psychologist carried out experiments which reveal the power of social pressure and also inspired the work of Stanley Milgram.

James Dyson, famous for his no-loss-of-suction-vaccuumes, has now developed a washroom hand dryer promissing to dry hands in 12 seconds, uses 80% less energy, and removes 99.9% of bacteria from the air being blown on the hands.