obituary for spirit rover

I've got an article up at Popular Mechanics Online lamenting the recent (sort of) death of the Spirit rover that's been trundling around Mars for over half a decade. I modeled the piece directly on the obituaries featured in the New York Times, so it was kind of fun. Sad, sad fun. Adios, Spirit.

Click here to read the article.

Read about the Top Five Mad Scientists

Popular Mechanics has excerpted some of my new book and it's available online. So read about the top 5 mad scientists! They aren't really the all time top five, just some of my favorites!

<--- Captain Nemo! Estranged from humanity and totally depressed!

Popular Mechanics -- Top 10 Non-Inventions

I wrote another fun article for Popular Mechanics.

Click here to read about the top ten inventions that we haven't got yet (minus all the usual crap you'd expect from Star Trek, Star Wars, or the Future Past).

Click here to listen to a podcast about it!

haptics for popular mechanics

I wrote a new article for Popular Mechanics. It's all about haptics -- the science of touch!

Doesn't this guy look excited to be utilizing next-generation haptics technology? 

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Read the article online and catch haptics fever for yourself.

Popular Mechanics: Top 5 Robots that Own YOU

I found the top robots who can physically and/or mentally humiliate human beings. The sad thing was -- it wasn't that hard to find 'em.

Link to the Top Five Angry Robots.

Top Five Robots You Can Buy Right Now

Raise a hundred grand and get a robot car. For serious!

Read about it at Popular Mechanics Online.

Also, happy new year!

New Gig for Popular Mechanics Online

I scored a new writing job for popular mechanics online -- a bi-weekly column about robots and how totally sweet and awful they are. My first column went up today and I'll have more every other week from now on.

Click to read about my life in a robot ecosystem.

The Popular Mechanics Show

My man Ben Chertoff (an editor at PM), Glenn Derene (senior technology editor at PM), and I (a rake and a roustabout) had a chat about the future of television, electric cars, and robots on the battlefield. In-teresting stuff!

Give it a listen.

popular mechanics

My first article for Popular Mechanics is in the January issue. It's all about this NASA 'bot called the Robonaut. It's kind of like an Argonaut, except that it's not a brave sailor from Greek mythology.

Be sure to buy Popular Mechanics and feast your eyes on the robotic goodness!