The Infinity Toy & Comic Con is a comic book convention located in Orlando, Florida. There are three rooms and well over 7,000 square feet of vendor space with a wide range of products from some of todays hottest publishers and manufacturers. From Publishing, Marvel, DC, Image Comics, IDW HeroClix, Magic the Gathering, Kotobukiya, Hot Toys, Sideshow Collectibles, Mattel, Hasbro, Paladone, Dark Horse, Gentle Giant, Bowen, and more. If you are looking for it, chances are this show will have it.
Be it comic books, comic book original art, magazines, toys, games, anime, manga, cosplay, artwork, sketches or apparel—The Infinity Toy and Comic Con strives to make it available to convention attendees.
The next event is Saturday, August 29th
At Nerd Nite’s Movie & Trivia Nite (on Thursday, August 27th), we will be awarding the winners of trivia with FREE tickets to the Infinity Toy & Comic Con.
We all know that learning is more fun when you’re drinking with friends and colleagues. Thus, Nerd Nite is a monthly event held in nearly 100 cities across the globe during which several folks give 18-21-minute fun-yet-informative presentations across all disciplines – while the audience drinks along. Imagine learning about everything from math feuds or the science of the Simpsons, to the genealogy of Godzilla or debunking beer myths, while having a few or a few too many.
The Nerd Nite Podcast on CBS’ new Play It network brings the live experience of our in-person events for your aural pleasure, so feel free to have a drink or two while listening – just as long as you aren’t driving and are of age!
Every episode features a new guest from a different Nerd Nite city around the world. This episode features Beth Phillips with the presentation, “Robot Intimacy: The Inevitable Leap Between Love and Sex with Robots”
Episode description:
Robots are undergoing a transformation in society, from fulfilling roles as dissociative tools to roles as our partners and collaborators. Drawing on what we know about the current direction of robotic design as well as human attachment, it’s easy to predict that one day we will have loving, intimate relationships with our mechanical friends. Nerd Nite Orlando co-boss Ricardo Williams interviews Elizabeth “Beth” Phillips, a doctoral candidate in the Applied Experimental and Human Factors Psychology PhD program at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida, to discuss the future of human-robot relations and why envisioning a world in which people fall in love with artificial beings is not as far-fetched as it may seem. Phillips is currently working on her dissertation in human-robot interaction and her research focuses on enabling effective teamwork between humans and robots of the future. She has an interest in how robots and other technologies are changing the way.
Great news nerds! Not only will we be hosting our 30th consecutive Nerd Nite at the Orlando Science Center completely for free, but thanks to our friends at Juice Bike Share, you can bike there (also) for free!
Here’s what you do:
* Download Social Bicycles mobile app
* Select a plan
* Use the promo code: NERDNITE30
* Pick a bike at a nearby hub
* Unlock with account number and pin
* Enjoy!
The promo code gives all new users of the Juice Bike Share program, a $10 credit- which is more than enough to ride there and back.
If you have any questions or concerns, contact Juice Bike Share at 407-930-9414 or
Juice Bike Share will also be setting up a temporary bike share station at the Orlando Science Center so that new (and existing users) can park their bikes at the event for free.
Town Hall is a new meetup from Nerd Nite Orlando where nerds can hangout and have more of an intimate discussion; as well as present ideas, voice their opinions, and ask questions of the the Nerd Nite team.
Thank you to Catalyst for hosting our second ever Nerd Nite Town Hall.
Every year, Nerd Nite cities from around the world gather in the nation’s capital for the Nerd Nite Global Fest, where a series of the best presentations from various cities are selected to present in conjunction with Smithsonian Magazine’s Future is Here Festival.
This year, Beth Phillips represented Nerd Nite Orlando and journeyed to Washington DC to give a presentation entitled “Robot Intimacy: The Inevitable Leap to Love and Sex With Robots”
Elizabeth “Beth” Phillips is a doctoral candidate in the Applied Experimental and Human Factors Psychology PhD program at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida. She is currently working on her dissertation in human-robot interaction, and her research focuses on enabling effective teamwork between humans and robots of the future. She has an interest in how robots and other technologies are changing the way we interact with the world and one another.
Watch the complete video of her presentation below.
Beth Phillips speaks at the Future is Here Festival, May 2015
For the past 2 and a half years, Nerd Nite has received overwhelming love and support from the Central Florida community. Every single mention in the media, whether big or small is incredibly humbling and I am truly honored for our most recent inclusion in the Orlando Weekly, not just because it is an article that made the cover but primarily because it is on a list with so many top-notch events and programs that are building the social architecture of Central Florida. I am happy to say that I’ve worked with and/or participated with all of them.
