Sammus — AKA Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo — gave an opening keynote at the O'Reilly Open Source Conference in Austin, Texas this week. It opened with an amazing musical performance but moved swiftly on to an inspiring, tearjerking talk about what happened to turn her into a woman who is so interested in technology.
Sammus is a Cornell doctoral candidate in Science and Technology Studies who performs with a huge, 3D-printed BFG on her arm. She's amazing.