Chronicling Robots Since 2011
Martian is a great plane movie. Long enough to pass the time for at least half a Vegas flight. We know the story, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager … Read more
Pierre Whimsey the Third was a big part of my childhood. My mother’s fictional hedgehog, featured in a series of children stories, led me off to great imaginary adventures. To this day, I see hedgehogs as mythical creatures able to travel to distant planets and worlds. It seems as though I am not the only person that believes … Read more
A few weeks ago, I encamped opposite an active Volcano in Costa Rica. As I was traveling with my family to Arenal, all the kids were starting to feel a little anxious about a possible eruption. Volcanos are one of the last frontiers on earth to explore, however the extreme conditions make it next to impossible (for … Read more
When I was in college I had a garden before it was in vogue, now I live in an Urban area and it is very difficult to keep up the green thumb. While most of robotics are focused on mechanical devices, I would like to suggest that bio-engineering has a very robotic element at its … Read more