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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
Color E-Readers Finally Available to Consumers
Tablets stole the show, but they're not true analogs for paper.
Why We'll Never Get a Cashless Society
The arguments against cash are rational, but our attachment to it isn't.
Facebook is the New Windows
How Facebook's hacker culture disconnected it from the needs of users.
How Young Is Too Young to Learn to Code?
Scratch, Jr. is aimed at children who have yet to learn their ABCs.
90 Degree Index Ratchet Built from LEGO
An ingenious design from another era is resurrected.
The Genius of Pinterest's Copyright Dodge
Sometimes skirting the law is just good design.
Tron, HAL, Robocop, and Moon Reimagined as a Tortured Romance
A music video transforms familiar scenes into an unlikely exchange.
Shortmail Shows How Simpler E-mail Is Better
"Twitter for e-mail" is worth a second look.
All Web Developers Should Stop Doing This Immediately
Why do websites insist on treating tablets like second class citizens?
