Thomas Dolby to Speak at Escape Velocity Sci-Fi Convention on Saturday

Posted by On August 30, 2017 0 Comment

On Saturday, 80s pop icon/Professor of the Arts at Johns Hopkins University Thomas Dolby will be speaking at the Escape Velocity sci-fi convention in Washington DC at 5:30PM. More info at this location.

Dolby will talk about creativity, making a startling claim: he believes that rapid advances in technology and communications do not always lead to a parallel increase in human innovation. Personal excellence comes from working within a set of limitations, forcing us to shatter our own boundaries. So often the best ideas are born from a scarcity of resources.

Escape Velocity is a micro futuristic world’s fair to promote STEAM education within the context of science fiction using the fun of comic cons and fascination of science and engineering festivals. Escape Velocity seeks to make a measurable positive impact to boost informal learning on the more conceptually challenging academic areas.

September 1 – 3, 2017: Escape Velocity at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, DC.

Pop Culture + Real Science = Escape Velocity
Cutting-edge technology and panels on hard science and pop culture. Hands-on STEAM activities for kids. Amazing cosplay and evening events for adults. Screenings of ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ and ‘Metropolis’. Astronauts, authors, artists, gaming, drone-racing, and much more!

Definition: The minimum velocity needed to escape a gravitational field.

The escape velocity at the surface of the earth is 11.2 km/sec (25,100 miles per hour), at the moon’s surface is 2.4 km/sec, and at the sun’s surface is 617.7 km/sec.