Suketu Mehta, an Indian author, gives us a tour of his hometown, Mumbai, as documented in his book, “Maximum City”. He’s returning, having left “Bombay”… Read More »A visit to the “City of Gold” with Suketu Mehta

Mark Lynas is a British journalist who focuses on climate change. He’s been on a world tour, documenting impacts of climate change. Armed with photos… Read More »Mark Lynas on Climate Change: Code Blue or Code Red?

Dr. Peter Diamandis gave a colorful, energetic talk about the X Prize for travel. I didn’t blog it, because, as a friend of mine puts… Read More »Sea. The final frontier.

Imagine, for a moment, losing both your arms. If you’re very lucky, you’ll lose them below the elbow. That means you’ll be able to wear… Read More »How to Build a Better Bionic Man

For whatever reason, the Pop!Tech crowd appears less terrified of Theo Jansen’s artificial life than of Norman Packard’s. Jansen builds enormous, elegant, incredibly beautiful “animals”… Read More »Our Windpowered Robot Overlords

Dr. Norman Packard is trying to create life in his lab. This doesn’t involve corpses and bolts of lightning… or at least, not yet. It… Read More »Norman Packard’s handmade cells