Here’s my latest New Scientist video, chronicling a trip out into Monterey Bay to catch Humboldt Squid, which are spending more time in northern California waters than usual. Read Peter Aldhous’ excellent account of the trip here.
Here’s what I wrote for New Scientist in October:
Open-source Disaster Recovery Software (500 words)
Minimax Athletes(500 words)
Submarine Neutrinos(500 words)
Moonbots(500 words + 30 sec video + 3 photos)
Living Wallpaper(500 words)
Robotic Driving Companion(500 words)
CCD Space Images Gallery(Curated 13 Images)
Total for New Scientist: 3000 words, 1 video, 1 gallery
I also had some pieces appear in other venues:
The Nieman Storyboard […]
I know we’re a third of the way through October already, but things have been busy! Without further ado, here’s what I did for New Scientist last month:
Smart Homes (500 words)
Twisted Molecules (350 words)
Pass the Carrots (500 words)
Mythbuster’s Challenge video (30 seconds, accompanies this interview by Peter Aldhous)
Jupiter’s Icy Affair (500 words)
When Opposites Repel […]
Here’s another short audio documentary I made while at MIT. This one is about how one might use ants to do abstract computation, like adding numbers together. The voice you hear is that of Loizos Michael, the computer scientist who came up with the idea.
ANT COMPUTER by mainsequence
Back in June, I composed, performed, and produced the track in this spot for a new social network. Now it’s live. Thanks to the Nimpsy Studio for a fun project.
Here’s what I did for New Scientist in the month of August:
Drilling in a Deep-sea Quake Zone:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17552-research-ship-drills-deep-into-ocean-quake-zone.html
(400 words)
Robot Operating System:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327206.300-robots-to-get-their-own-operating-system.html
(900 words +2 min video, collaboration)
This one was well-received online, with link-love from BoingBoing, Crunchgear, Popular Science, and Engadget. The video was a collaboration between me and my friend Jesse Eisenhardt who shot and edited. […]
Here’s a healthcare multimedia/interactive story that I helped put together. It all started when Peter Aldhous and Jim Giles found a bunch of healthcare data from the OECD and Dartmouth. We’ve been drooling over Gapminder lately, so we decided to have a go.
Peter and Jim analyzed the data and wrangled them […]
Here’s what I did for New Scientist in July (in chronological order):
Seagrass 400 words
Greedy Trees 400 words
Cellphone Screens 500 words
Turtle Evolution 400 words
Steadycam Software 500 words
Travelators 350 words
Healthcare shot and edited the video, helped to get the data visualization to behave, zero words but a whole lot of time
Secret AI Conference 900 words
CALO 500 words
Jellyfish […]