Path Dependence and the Stupidity of LED Light Bulbs
Why are we cramming 21st century technology into a socket designed by Edison?
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Christopher Mims
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I’m a contributing editor at MIT Technology Review. Until recently I blogged the converging crises of the 21st century for Grist. I report for Wired and Scientific American, and I’ve got projects cooking for The BBC, The Atlantic and Smithsonian.
Lately I’ve been helping friends launch an experiment in alternate funding models for science and environment-focused media, called MajorPlanet.
In another life I was a crayfish neuroscientist specializing in functional and anatomical studies via Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
Christopher Mims's Stories
Moore's Law Over, Supercomputing "In Triage," Says Expert
A dean of high performance computing says silicon is at the end of the line.
How Users Are App-ifying The Web, With or Without Publishers
Magazine apps failed, and their unexpected replacements could threaten revenue.
Grief in the Time of Facebook
Is mourning what social media does best?
Is Automation the Handmaiden of Inequality?
The odd coincidence of stagnating wages and a measure of productivity that excludes machines.
Five Reasons Robot Sex Partners Won't End Human Trafficking
Power, economics and the Uncanny Valley.
If You Have a Smart Phone, Anyone Can Now Track Your Every Move
Navizon I.T.S. makes it easy to pinpoint Wi-Fi devices anywhere its listening nodes are installed.
Are Ross Perot Jr. and Google's Founders Launching a New Asteroid Mining Operation?
An impressive array of backers are behind the new firm Planetary Resources.
How Publishers Will Beat Amazon
Companies that have existed for centuries could be gone in a generation unless they make a single radical change.
Patent Hints at iPad-Powered Portable Ultrasound Machine
Sonosite appears to be contemplating replacing custom hardware with a tablet computer
