Programmer Erin Catto developed a simple physics engine called Box 2D before the explosion of Smartphone gaming. Rovio used his open-source project to make the smash hit Angry Birds. Catto wants them to credit Box 2D, so that other people with design
Epedimiologist Nina Fefferman works the crowd at the beginning of her talk on Hakkar's Corrupted Blood Plague. Turns out a fictional, World of Warcraft disease taught experts a lot about controlling real infections.