Adapting In Place
For most of the planet’s population, migration is not an option. Even as sea levels rise and deserts expand, resettling hundreds of millions or billions of refugees is not politically […]
2011
A Smart, Graceful Robot
This robot seagull has incredible elegance and style. Festo – SmartBird Aerodynamic SmartBird flight model – Bird flight deciphered: http://www.festo.com/smartbird_en Aerodynamisches Flugmodell SmartBird – Vogelflug entschlüsselt: http://www.festo.com/smartbird_de ——————————————————————————–————————- SmartBird is […]
Risky Business
Twelve deep thinkers over at The Edge have a series on risk after the Fukushima disaster. I won’t try and reproduce the complexity and subtlety of their arguments, but risk […]
Limitless Review
The potential implications of human enhancement is one of the main reasons why I’m at CSPO, so I was excited and a little worried when the trailer for Limitless appeared. […]
The non-violent revolution in the Middle East is spreading
With all the attention focused on Libya right now, there are stories that you might be missing. In Hebron, 1300 peace activists marched down Shuhada Street, long blocked off to […]
Educating a Neurodiverse Population
One of the major perks of going to school is getting to see amazing speakers, like Temple Grandin. Temple Grandin is famous for her humane and efficient designs for livestock […]
Remote Controlled Hummingbird wows DARPA/AAAS
I’m not going to get into the legal and political implications of tiny robots, but this little flying scout is simply too cool to ignore. With funding from DARPA, enjoy […]
Lunch with Sheila Jasanoff
Sheila Jasanoff is one of my personal academic heroes*, so her visit to ASU last week was perhaps the highlight of the many lectures I’ve attended so far. I remember […]
Serious Games
Games have been on my mind more than usual lately, both because of Jane McGonigal’s new book Reality is Broken, and Bruce Sterling’s review of The Art of Game Design. […]
Can Egypt Happen in the US?
Umair Haque at the Harvard Business Review offers a grim appraisal of current society, and our future. The mechanisms of the economy that used to support growth now work towards […]