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Why New Startup Netflix Won't Fail, as Explained by Co-Founder Reed Hastings in 2001
The other time that arm-waving geeks filled San Francisco’s inordinate number of coffee shops and brainstormed en masse about how to solve the world’s problems with the internet.
A Brief Tour of the SoCal Drone Zone
I got the chance to see all this first hand last summer while shooting Motherboard’s upcoming documentary, Drone On. It was eye-opening. I got to fly some of these things.
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Inside the Empathy Machine: Going Face-in-Face with Megan May Daalder and Her Mirrorbox
Even after the machine had turned off and the illusion had ended, people still saw themselves in each other.
Inside the Empathy Machine: Going Face-in-Face with Megan May Daalder
Megan May Daalder is a young artist in Los Angeles who is responsible for the Mirrorbox, a hands-on piece that uses two-way mirrors and a lighting sequence to allow two participants to momentarily blend their faces together in a genuinely arresting i…
Google Street View Goes To the Weirdest Places
When your grandparents were young and curious and eager to see the world, they had to join the Navy. Today, you can just go to Google. Now five years old, Google Street View is an endless source of fun and adventure. Sure, there are the serendipitous…
The NIMBYs Are Mad: Vandals Caused $100k in Damage to California's Largest Solar Project
Vandals used a Sawzall to cause a hundred grand in damages to First Solar's AV Solar Ranch One.
The Right Swag: Orbital Outfitters Wants to Make Private Spaceflight Look Sexy
About a month ago, SpaceX’s Dragon capsule "landed safely in the Pacific Ocean":http://www.space.com/15939-spacex-dragon-capsule-landing-pacific.html after completing the first ever commercial expedition to the International Space Station. Granted, i…
Peace Is Every Dubstep: Meet the Deprivation Chamber Instrument That Will Chill TED Out
Music has been central to meditation for thousands of years, in part because it helps "chill people out":http://news.health.com/2010/03/19/music-soothes-anxiety-as-well-as-massage-does/. But the artist and technologist Jay Vidyarthi is trying to flip…
You Would Really Like the Museum of Jurassic Technology
In Culver City, about four LA blocks from a place that sells used tires and and In-n-Out Burger, stands a strange landmark of the Los Angeles art scene. Opened in 1988, the Museum of Jurassic Technology is equal parts 18th century cabinet of curiosit…
