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The Engineer Using Science to Build a Better World After Coronavirus
Dr. Pinar Keskinocak is using her eclectic expertise and positions of leadership to fix crucial flaws in global operations, all while elevating the next generation of scientists.
Researchers Destroy Drone to Expose Vulnerabilities of 3D Printed Parts
An international group of researchers release a report on the potential for attack on devices using 3D printed parts that are made from hacked design files.
'There’s No Distance' Charts 15 Years of Evolving New Media Art
Studio art and performance art come together in an exhibition of Casey Reas’ work at bitforms gallery.
Golfing With The Guards At Angola Penitentiary
Prison View Golf Course, at Louisiana State Prison in Angola, is maintained by prisoners, open to the public, and every bit as strange and unsettling as it sounds.
Rajon Rondo Versus Everything
Rajon Rondo is a unique and brilliant point guard struggling to fit a unique and brilliant system. Something has got to give, and it's not going to be the system.
The Dallas Mavericks are the Past, Present, and Future of the NBA
The unique starting five of the Mavs offers a lens to understand how basketball's statistical revolution does not a perfect system make.
Chris Paul Is His Own Goddamn System
Schematic basketball is big in the NBA, but the only scheme the Clippers need is whatever's going on in Chris Paul's head.
The 'Outernet' Wants to Give Internet to the Entire World
Well, this is about as technoutopian as it gets.
The Grizzled Prospectors of the Internet Land Rush
We spoke to Donuts.co, the internet domain version of Daniel Plainview.
The Fine Art of Selling Drone Diplomas
Despite hundreds of institutions, universities, and community colleges getting in on the unmanned-training game, only three US schools offer full drone piloting degrees. Here's how they sell it.
Welp, Earth Is Probably Fucked
Statistically speaking, that is, according to complex systems theorist and geophysicist Brad Werner.
Motherboard's Droneworld Is Tonight
Drones are coming to the States. They're actually already here. Check out this teaser for Motherboard's upcoming documentary, 'Drone On,' and then come hang out with us at Droneworld, an evening we're curating as part of the Et Cetera ideas festival.