Big Science

Preview: Decrypting the Universe: Science and Art at CERN

  Based in Geneva, Laura Couto Rosado is a co-founder and product/interaction designer at Digital Alchemy, a design school. She is also a teacher in the Master Media Design department at HEAD Geneva School of Art and Design. Right now, she is spending three months at CERN exploring the relationship between technology and design. She […]

Thinking About SXSW

It is nice to get to speak in my own voice after so much of the last week was saying what was said and offering a take on someone else’s  point of view. It feels good to get to put my thoughts down on all that has transpired this past week. SXSW was a  tremendous […]

Moonshots Through Failure

Today Astro Teller talked about how to shoot for the metaphorical moon by failing up. “I fear thoughts that fear technology. You have to approach the changing world with knowledge and confidence, not fear.” Teller talked about bringing the internet to the world with balloons designed to fail… … and self driving cars that learn […]

Engines, Rockets, and Engineers

To fly humans to Mars we will need a very big rocket to lift the hardware needed to live on another planet for several months before heading home. The planned habitat will likely be the same size a two-story house. This means the rocket will be bigger than the mighty Saturn V of the Apollo […]