Author of Seven Seconds and Maximum Impact (aka Circumference of Darkness in the U.S.)
Posted in News, Personal Stuff on Mar 19th, 2008
Sir Arthur C. Clarke died the other day at 90. There are some great obits out there, and if you’re a fan of Clarke’s work I’m sure you’ve already read them, so I’ll make no attempt here for one of my own. I’ll just say that his Nine Billion Names of God is the first [...]
Posted in News, Research Archive on Mar 17th, 2008
Boston Dynamics is one of those stunning pockets of genius that reminds me that the spirit of invention is alive and well in 2008. Take a look at this video of BigDog, and if you’re not at least a little blown away you’ve got a higher wow threshold than I do. read more
Posted in Personal Stuff, Research Archive on Mar 5th, 2008
University student Emil Ernerfeldt has written a truly amazing, PC-based physics playground for his Master’s thesis, and it’s free to download and try. If you’re anything close to my age you probably played Mousetrap when you were a kid. And I don’t know about you, but I hardly ever played the game as it was [...]
