Livestreams on November 8 & 9. Thanks to our friend Tim for the heads up!
http://americanart.si.edu/renwick/symposium/Nation Building: Craft and Contemporary American Culture
Explore the World with the GeoGuessr Game
Google Maps have been used to create incredible systems that help us identify DC Taxi Cab Zones, the most dangerous roads on Earth, and the best times to take winery tours. GeoGuessr uses the Google Maps API to do something novel and fun by making a game of guessing where you might be in the world. The photo above is a typical view of how the game begins. By using clues like road signs, tree types, and weather you are encouraged to deduce where you are in the world according to Google Maps.
The Tripped Out Music Video for Ilium by Alex Metric Stars the Space Shuttle and Astronauts
Yes, sometimes I get to design stuff for NASA. Yes, I’m a space geek. No, I didn’t realize that the video for Alex Metric‘s Ilium was going to be so awesome.
Russian Plane Crash Caught on Video
A Tupolev Tu-204 passenger plane overshot a Russian airport on Saturday, December 29, 2012. This amazing footage was shot from a highway beside Vnukovo International Airport and captures the moment debris begins to spill on to the road. Five are reported to have died during the crash…
How to Win Friends and Influence Space Exploration – SXSW Recording
I spoke on a panel in Austin at the SXSW Interactive conference with astronaut Ron Garan, citizen scientist and SpaceUp founder Chris Radcliff, flight controller Holly Griffith, and science podcaster Mike Doornbos. We discussed community engagement, creating cool stuff, taking pictures from space, and what everyone can do to make this a better world. Here’s a recording of the session…
I never stopped fighting to make it home.
No matter what happens,
tell the world,
tell my family,
that I never stopped fighting to make it home.
Here’s the new trailer for The Martian.
NASA and Science Fiction Panel at East Tennessee State University
I was invited to speak on the closing panel about NASA and science fiction at East Tennessee State University’s (ETSU) first ETSUcon. The talk was held on April 27, 2013 in Johnson City, Tennessee. I jumped at the opportunity to unofficially talk about the cool projects I’ve been working on the past few years.
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