Adam Clark Estes

Motherboard Blog

Oh Great, This Epic Cicada Invasion Comes with a Bonus Killer Wasp Invasion

Despite all the fear mongering prose, though, this cicada invasion should be epic in the best of ways.
Adam Clark Estes
5.11.13
Motherboard Blog

The International Space Station Is Abandoning Windows for Linux

The ISS astronauts have more important things to worry about than the blue screen of death.
Adam Clark Estes
5.10.13
Motherboard Blog

Cybercriminals Stole $45 Million from ATMs in a Matter of Hours

If you thought hackers were just a bunch of small time crooks, think again.
Adam Clark Estes
5.10.13
Motherboard Blog

After 100,000 Downloads, State Department Orders 3D-Printed Gun Files to Be Taken Down

This is both an inevitable and unexpected turn of events for Wilson and friends.
Adam Clark Estes
5.9.13
Motherboard Blog

The Beautiful Promise of Injectable Oxygen

Intravenous oxygen injections can keep you alive if you've stopped breathing.
Adam Clark Estes
5.8.13
Motherboard Blog

Syria's Internet Is Back and So Are the Assad Regime's Bogus Explanations

Sure, it's possible that a technical glitch contributed to some downtime…
Adam Clark Estes
5.8.13
Motherboard Blog

Syria Just Turned the Internet Off Again

This is hardly a surprise.
Adam Clark Estes
5.7.13
Motherboard Blog

Who's Afraid of Google Glass?

Google Glass isn't a scary thing.
Adam Clark Estes
5.7.13
Motherboard Blog

What Does Google Want with Vint Cerf's Interplanetary Internet?

Isn't it a little unsettling that a project as huge as an interplantary Internet is being masterminded by a Google employee?
Adam Clark Estes
5.6.13
Motherboard Blog

Cody Wilson's Fully 3D-Printed Gun Works Alarmingly Well

"I recognize that this tool might be used to harm people. That’s what it is: It’s a gun."
Adam Clark Estes
5.6.13
Motherboard Blog

Despite Skepticism, Cody Wilson Successfully 3D-Printed an Entire Gun

They're calling it "The Liberator."
Adam Clark Estes
5.3.13
Motherboard Blog

The World's Smallest Robot Is a Drone

Its name is RoboBee.
Adam Clark Estes
5.3.13
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