Next Fest, 2006!

Jason, me, Mike, Matt

Friday was the day, the day of the future. Robots, bacteria that
will save the world, cars of the future, geeks and 4 friends.

Jason, Mike, Matt and myself, after much delay, made it to Wired's Next Fest, 2006. Overall, the show was sort of a disappointment with only a few things sparking my interest.

One of the things I found interesting may have been the cheapest thing there. The life-straw is about 2 dollars to purchase and is saving lives in third-world countries. When water is sucked through this plastic device it kills 99.9% of bacteria. The water supplies in many of these countries are contaminated by Cholera, Salmonella, and Typhoid.

In the developing world, one person in six does not have access to drinking water, and 6,000 people a day die from water-borne diseases. (BBC News - 05/04/06)