Dan Costa went to Maine last week for the PopTech! conference, the lucky devil. He's already posted here on Gearlog about his travel gear and about a demo of Spore, game designer Will Wright's impressive work in progress.
To read more about Pop!Tech and some of the fascinating futuristic tech on display, check out Dan's story on PCMag.com, with the fabulous title of "Pop!Tech: Privacy Suicide Meets Galactic Evolution."