The document contains 40 inspirational quotes from speakers at the 2014 South by Southwest (SXSW) conference on a variety of topics such as space exploration, brain science, music, transportation, robotics, genetics, and more. Many of the quotes discuss emerging technologies and their potential impacts, the importance of collaboration, and how certain industries will be transformed in the future.

1. SOUTH BY IN QUOTES
40 INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES FROM SXSW 2014

2. Bob Richards, Co-founder/ CEO, Moon Express
At Taking Collaborative Economy to Space
©DonkeyHotey, flickr.com
„The era
when we leave earth and move to the moon
is happening now.”

3. Anousheh Ansari, Board of Trustees, Xprize Foundation
At Taking Collaborative Economy to Space
„In space
collaboration than competition.”
there is more
© NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, flickr.com

4. Bob Richards, Co-founder/ CEO, Moon Express
At Taking Collaborative Economy to Space
© NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, flickr.com
„We need to become multiworld species.”

5. Bob Richards, Co-founder/ CEO, Moon Express
At Taking Collaborative Economy to Space
© Daniel Peckham, flickr.com
„Think of a moon as of a new continent.”

6. Anousheh Ansari, Board of Trustees, Xprize Foundation
At Taking Collaborative Economy to Space
„We need to learn basics in a totally new world
– how to cut your hair on the moon,
how to prepare food out there.”
© Julia Manzerova, flickr.com

7. John Bower, Professor, Numedeon.com
At Engaged Brains: What Do We Really Know
© Hernan.seoane, flickr.com
„If you want to improve your brain
the only thing that really works
is exercising. Physically.”

8. John Bower, Professor, Numedeon.com
At Engaged Brains: What Do We Really Know
© Digicla, flickr.com
„We really have no idea how the brain works.”

9. Marc Webb, Director
At Marc Webb Keynote
© Jonathan Kos-Read, flickr.com
„You cannot disconnect music and image.”

10. Dmitry Grishin, Founder, Grishin Robotics
At Consumer Robots Everywhere:
The Next Big Thing
© Joseph.Boss, flickr.com
„Consumer robotics
is pretty close to the stage
the internet faced in 2000.”

11. © Gonmi, flickr.com
„Nobody will buy an ugly robot.
It’s a consumer device
and it should be designed that everybody loves it.”
Dmitry Grishin, Founder, Grishin Robotics
At Consumer Robots Everywhere:
The Next Big Thing

12. ©4nitsirsk, flickr.com
„People start to believe in a given technology
when they start
to see it around themselves.” Dmitry Grishin, Founder, Grishin Robotics
At Consumer Robots Everywhere:
The Next Big Thing

13. Beth Stevens, General Council, Sidecar
At Government’s Gamble: The Future of Transportation
© Jamacdonald, flickr.com
„We still live the rules of the industry
when the phone was created.
But we live in the smartphone era
and things need to catch up.”

14. Patrick Lichty, Lecturer,
University of Wisconsin-Milwauke
At The Cyborg Gaze: AR, Drones, Machine Vision
© MTSOfan, flickr.com
„Selfie is a form of self surveillance.”

15. Jon Lebkowsky, Principal, Polycot Associates LCC
At The Cyborg Gaze: AR, Drones, Machine Vision
© Jonathan Mcintosh, flickr.com
„All of us collaboratively generate
this surveillance problem.
It is not only a government issue.”

16. Dean Kamen, CEO, FIRST/ DEKA Research & Development Corporation
At Equipping & Inspiring the Next Generation
© Abhisek Sarda, flickr.com
„The world of tech is not like gold or oil industry. It’s not a 0s-1s game.
In tech world when you have an idea you can share it with others.”

17. „You teach kids all the rules of football
This is how we teach them science.”
and you never let them play.
Dean Kamen, CEO, FIRST/ DEKA Research & Development Corporation
At Equipping & Inspiring the Next Generation
© mfhiatt, flickr.com

18. © snufflopollus, flickr.com
„Genetics is getting extremely cheap
and it’s going to be the part of our daily lives.
We are at the dawn of new era in medicine
- personalized medicine.”
Anne Wojcicki, CEO/Co-founder, 23andme
At The Future of Genetics in Our Everyday Life

19. „The second screen is the part of our viewing experience in future
but at the moment it’s just an early stage.
At home it works, at movie theatres it is just a distraction.”
Dana Brunetti, Pres/ CEO, Trigger Street Productions
At Are We All Producers Now?
© roeyahram, flickr.com

20. © Sanctu, flickr.com
„Retailers now are in the hard pain.
These guys should be ready
to approach consumers in a new way.”
John Boyd, COO/ Co-Founder, ShopSavvy Inc
At Context is King: iBeacons & the Internet of Places

21. © jurvetson, flickr.com
„We imagine the world
where robots are as common as smartphones and computers.”
Daniela Rus, Dir, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab
At Computing the Future: MIT Scientists Tell All

22. © Aaron Webb, flickr.com
„It has never been
Russ Tedrake, Professor, MIT
At Computing the Future:
MIT Scientists Tell All
than now
to use the phrase:
The robots are coming.”
and it will never be a better time

23. © Jpott, flickr.com
„Millennials don’t call each other.
When somebody calls me that is strange.”
Pete Cashmore, Founder/ CEO, Mashable
At Generation Mash-Up: Y Bother?

24. Adam Savage, Host, MythBusters
At The Maker Age: Enlightened Views on Science & Art
© ECKO Design Group, flickr.com
„More scientists than artists understand how science is creative.”

25. © jima, flickr.com
„Old media turned down Napster.
This is the stupidiest idea of the last 20 years.”
Adam Savage, Host, MythBusters
At The Maker Age:
Enlightened Views on Science & Art

26. © Dustin Diaz, flickr.com
„Everybody wants to be invited to the party
and TV commercials are just gate crushers.”
Caspar Delaney, Exec Producer, RSA Films
A Discussion on Viral Content with RSA Films

27. © Thomas Leuthard, flickr.com
„It’s all about the quality of the content:
compelling, entertaining, moving enough
and able to make an impact.”
Caspar Delaney, Exec Producer, RSA Films
A Discussion on Viral Content with RSA Films

28. „Viral isn’t anything until it goes viral.”
Caspar Delaney, Exec Producer, RSA Films
A Discussion on Viral Content with RSA Films
© kevin dooley, flickr.com

29. „The lack of brief is the key.”
[about the branded content co-operation with the advertisers]
Jack Arbuthnott, Head of Dev, Film, Scott Free
A Discussion on Viral Content with RSA Films
© daliborlev, flickr.com

30. „The future is in self-driving cars,
the pure connection of all cars.”
Sam Friedman, CEO/ Co-Founder, ParkMe
At Smart Transportation Future: Mobile & Big Data
© ‘PixelPlacebo’, flickr.com

31. © Nrbelex, flickr.com
„By 2030 cars will be able
to send information to each other
so we won’t need all this infrastructure.”
Scott Sedlik, VP of Prod Planning & Market Dev, INRIX
At Smart Transportation Future: Mobile & Big Data

32. © -Wink-, flickr.com
„We need to find
tasting & satisfying alternative to meat.”
Glenn Zorpette, Exec Editor, IEEE Spectrum
At Future Foods: New Cuisine for a New Age

33. „In vitro meat seems to be our future
but one-two decades away.”
Glenn Zorpette, Exec Editor, IEEE Spectrum
At Future Foods: New Cuisine for a New Age
© queensu, flickr.com

34. „We’re foodie culture. We can make insects trendy, not just acceptable.”
Megan Miller, Founder, Bitty Foods
At Hacking Meat: Why Insects are the Future of Food
© w3_yiu, flickr.com

35. © Koukouvaya*, flickr.com
„Eating insects is not a brand new idea.
It is new to the western world.”
Andrew Brantano, Co-Founder, Tiny Farms
At Hacking Meat:
Why Insects are the Future of Food

36. „Innovation isn’t always new. Innovation is about impact.”
Chelsea Clinton, Vice Char, Clinton Foundation
At Harnessing the Power of Tech and Data for Development
© kevin dooley, flickr.com

37. © Shane Kelly (ballinascreen.com), flickr.com
„It’s not just about posting,
it’s about finding audience.”
[about publishing content]
Jennie Smythe, CEO, girlilla marketing
At A Billion Tiny Screens: Future of Social Visual

38. „Very often the content that comes from fans
is far better than what comes out official.”
Jennie Smythe, CEO, girlilla marketing
At A Billion Tiny Screens: Future of Social Visual
© Anirudh Koul, flickr.com

39. © UnnarYmir, flickr.com
„There’s so much content out there
so the biggest question is how you make it seen.”
Lindsay Gabler, Sr Social Media Specialist, The Recording Academy (Grammy Awards)
At A Billion Tiny Screens: Future of Social Visual

40. „Once WiFi is in the car it is going to change everything.
This is where our growth will be.”
Tommy Page, Head of Music Partnerships, Pandora
At Internet Radio Is on Top Again. Why?
© -Snugg-, flickr.com

41. „The wearables are natural for playing music
– you’re going to see lots of that.”
Daren Tsui, VP, Content & Svcs, Samsung
At Internet Radio Is on Top Again. Why?
© tim.la, flickr.com

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