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+title: "Feeling Fabulous With Queer Tech at #UNIT Berlin"
+publishDate: 2017-05-18 13:01:01 UTC
+author: "Chris Ward"
+categories: writing dzone
+tags:
+  - conferences
+  - UNIT
+publication_url: "https://medium.com/@chrischinchilla/feeling-fabulous-with-queer-tech-at-unit-berlin-8b60b09800e0"
+image: "https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/1*X-SEtDnzPWTD-sE2OLfJXQ.jpeg"
+
+---
+
+
+[#UNIT](http://connecting-unicorns.com){.markup--anchor
+.markup--p-anchor data-href="http://connecting-unicorns.com"
+rel="noopener" target="_blank"} runs regular meetups in Berlin aimed at
+those working in tech who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
+Transgender, and Intersex (LBGTI), but with an overarching message of
+providing a space for speakers who you might not always see at more
+mainstream events. I personally don't identify as any of these, but I
+always enjoy the diverse messages and fun atmosphere I hear at the
+meetups, and this was my second time attending the yearly conference.
+
+This time around the venue was a cavernous nightclub that meant I was
+constantly paranoid I was going to trip over in the half-light, and each
+room was fairly isolating, meaning the conference lacked the fun feeling
+that it had last year; still the quality of the talks more than made up
+for this, and here are my highlights.
+
+### Lynn Conway {#7d53 .graf .graf--h3 .graf-after--p name="7d53"}
+
+[Lynn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Conway){.markup--anchor
+.markup--p-anchor data-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Conway"
+rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"}'s talk, "An Invisible Woman:
+The Inside Story Behind the Microelectronic Computing Revolution in
+Silicon Valley," was a fascinating story. Not only into the pioneering
+history of
+[VLSI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very-large-scale_integration){.markup--anchor
+.markup--p-anchor
+data-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very-large-scale_integration"
+rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"} integrated circuit design ([The
+Mead and Conway
+revolution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mead_%26_Conway_revolution){.markup--anchor
+.markup--p-anchor
+data-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mead_%26_Conway_revolution"
+rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"}), but also an insight into how
+people's legacy in history can so easily be erased and has to be fought
+for to reclaim it.
+
+She ended her talk wondering if people are often blind to innovation.
+That they don't realize at the time that an event or idea is important,
+and can often switch to becoming something normal without realizing what
+it might have been part of. People follow a good idea without
+questioning where it came from, and that it was a deliberate idea from a
+particular person. If you have an idea you feel is worthwhile, you have
+to ensure that you take the credit, knowingly or unknowingly.
+
+<figure id="ce65" class="graf graf--figure graf--iframe graf-after--p">
+<div class="iframe">
+<div id="player">
+
+</div>
+<div class="player-unavailable">
+<h1 id="ein-fehler-ist-aufgetreten." class="message">Ein Fehler ist
+aufgetreten.</h1>
+<div class="submessage">
+<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ncuhRYmfJw"
+target="_blank">Sieh dir dieses Video auf www.youtube.com an</a> oder
+aktiviere JavaScript, falls es in deinem Browser deaktiviert sein
+sollte.
+</div>
+</div>
+</div>
+</figure>
+
+### Klaus Jäger, Matthias Bremer {#7348 .graf .graf--h3 .graf-after--figure name="7348"}
+
+Klaus and Matthias's talk, "How Semiconductor Physics Revolutionized
+Sustainable Electricity And Lighting," was a good follow up to Lynn's
+talk, covering a brief introduction to developments of semiconductors
+since the gradual mainstream phasing out of valves. They covered the
+basic functioning of
+[semiconductors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor){.markup--anchor
+.markup--p-anchor
+data-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor"
+rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"} and the role of the '[band
+gap](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_gap){.markup--anchor
+.markup--p-anchor data-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_gap"
+rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"}' and how it is affected by
+energy and heat. They covered
+[optoelectric](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optoelectronics){.markup--anchor
+.markup--p-anchor
+data-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optoelectronics"
+rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"} cells, that are often found in
+solar panels, that work in a similar way, but are instead affected by
+levels of light. They covered
+[LEDs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-emitting_diode){.markup--anchor
+.markup--p-anchor
+data-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-emitting_diode"
+rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"}, and the fascinating fact that
+mostly [only blue LEDs are manufactured, and then manipulated to make
+other
+colors](http://www.popsci.com/article/technology/why-blue-led-worth-nobel-prize){.markup--anchor
+.markup--p-anchor
+data-href="http://www.popsci.com/article/technology/why-blue-led-worth-nobel-prize"
+rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"}. Finally, they covered more
+recent developments with
+[OLED](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLED){.markup--anchor
+.markup--p-anchor data-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLED"
+rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"} (which despite standing for
+'organic', is not comprised of living matter) and the cutting edge world
+of '[organic
+solar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_solar_cell){.markup--anchor
+.markup--p-anchor
+data-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_solar_cell"
+rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"}', which promise to cut the cost
+of solar significantly.
+
+### Martin Wezowski {#e75b .graf .graf--h3 .graf-after--p name="e75b"}
+
+Looking like a rock star who'd stepped off his Harley Davidson, Martin's
+talk, "Let's Design a Future We All Want to Live In" was an inspiring
+end to the day, covering optimistic future thinking and the role we can
+play in it. The presentation was full of blue sky thinking and great
+quotes such as:
+
+> *"We will spend the rest of our lives in the future."*
+
+And.
+
+> *"Do you want to be meaningless?"*
+
+His basic message was that the future (and innovations of the future)
+won't all make sense and that you need to learn how to articulate and
+show them to other people.
+
+<figure id="c764" class="graf graf--figure graf--iframe graf-after--p">
+<div class="iframe">
+<div id="player">
+
+</div>
+<div class="player-unavailable">
+<h1 id="ein-fehler-ist-aufgetreten." class="message">Ein Fehler ist
+aufgetreten.</h1>
+<div class="submessage">
+<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0-tyxgMk1o"
+target="_blank">Sieh dir dieses Video auf www.youtube.com an</a> oder
+aktiviere JavaScript, falls es in deinem Browser deaktiviert sein
+sollte.
+</div>
+</div>
+</div>
+</figure>
+:::
+
+::: {.section-inner .sectionLayout--outsetRow paragraph-count="3"}
+<figure id="9f38"
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+data-width="1136" data-height="572" /></a>
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+data-width="1136" data-height="572" /></a>
+</figure>
+:::
+
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+class="graf graf--figure graf-after--blockquote graf--trailing">
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