On April 15, the HI-SEAS simulated Mars mission will begin. I fly to Hawaii on April 7th. (San Francisco –>Honolulu –>Hilo) In the meantime, there’s so much to do! I’m still reporting a few non-Mars stories. I’m finalizing paperwork for my … Continue reading
It’s been about five years since I first wrote about John Rogers’ stretchy silicon research out of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He had the idea that high-quality silicon–the kind that usually comes as a rigid chip–could work even … Continue reading
This post is a roundup of the stories I’ve written over the past few weeks. Without doing it consciously, I’ve totally carved out a cyborg beat. The most recent story is about a neural implant that is wirelessly controlled and … Continue reading