Grennan Milliken
japan
Peaceful Gundam Wins Competition for Giant Fighting Robots
A young designer from Taiwan wanted to show that a battle robot could exist and find new purpose in a peaceful world.
Grennan Milliken
4.1.18
happiness
Dubai Wants to Use Data to Become the 'Happiest City on Earth'
Dr. Aisha Butti Bin Bishr, director of Smart Dubai, tells us about the city's efforts to harvest customer data to improve government services. But who defines what happiness is?
Grennan Milliken
5.30.17
innovation for all
Your City’s Cheapest Housing Is Also Most At Risk
Motherboard chats with NYC public housing official Rasmia Kirmani-Frye about why public housing is so important to cities, and how smart tech can help it.
Grennan Milliken
5.29.17
Dystopia Now
Dubai Wants to Use Data to Become the 'Happiest City on Earth'
Dr. Aisha Butti Bin Bishr, director of Smart Dubai, tells us about the city's efforts to harvest customer data to improve government services. But who defines what happiness is?
Grennan Milliken
5.27.17
After Dark
Amsterdam Has a 'Night Mayor' and He's Not Here Just to Party
Motherboard sat down with Mirik Milan, the original Night Mayor, to discuss why a vibrant nightlife integral to a successful city.
Grennan Milliken
5.27.17
March for Science
The March for Science Forced Scientists to Talk Straight to the Public
Scientists are being forced into the public eye, and learning how to tell their story along the way.
Grennan Milliken
4.24.17
resistance
New Jersey Locals Stopped a Multi-Million Dollar Pipeline In Its Tracks
The Ramapough tribes and other local communities in New York and New Jersey have successfully stalled the project—for now.
Grennan Milliken
4.20.17
March for Science
The Flint Water Crisis Whistleblower Tells Us Why She's Marching in Washington
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha talks science, advocacy and co-chairing the March for Science this weekend.
Grennan Milliken
4.19.17
Watch out for that tree
Farmers Could Have Teams of Tarzan Robots Swinging Around Their Fields in the Future
The king of the jungle is moving to the farm.
Grennan Milliken
4.11.17
Water, Water, Everywhere
Road Salt is Turning North America's Freshwater Lakes into Saltwater
If current trends continue, many freshwater lakes in the US and Canada will be too salty for human use or aquatic life.
Grennan Milliken
4.11.17
Green House
Want to Fight Climate Change? Move to a City
The average New Yorker emits 30 percent less greenhouse gases than any other American.
Grennan Milliken
4.3.17
Trump's EPA
How Trump's Climate Takedown Will Fail
To undo the Clean Power Plan, the EPA will have to undergo the same years-long process it took to craft it to begin with.
Grennan Milliken
3.29.17
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