Human Brains in Robot Bodies – An Interview with Filmmaker Rob Merritt

[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output] What would it mean to transfer human consciousness into a robot body? Do we look before we leap when we develop new technologies? What makes us human? Screenwriter Rob Merritt asks these questions in the movie Amelia 2.0. The plot goes like this: When cop

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NewBoCo Workiversary: Samantha Dahlby

[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output]On October 4, Samantha Dahlby celebrated one year at NewBoCo. Before Samantha officially joined the team, she was an Iowa Startup Accelerator mentor, summer camp instructor, and CoderDojo volunteer. She joined the NewBoCo team in 2016 as the K-12 Education Coordinator. Since then, she has been the

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NewBoCo Workiversary: Jill Wilkins

[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output]On September 1, our Events Director Jill Wilkins celebrated one year with NewBoCo. Wilkins officially joined the nonprofit on September 1, 2016; her addition to the team helped cement the partnership between the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance and NewBoCo. She jumped right in helping plan

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