Stories by mhb

"Manhattan Project" for next generation of bionic arms

Steady decline in burglaries because "Everybody has everything now"

Dilbert's Ultimate House

Norvig: A Retrospective on Paradigms of AI Programming (from 2002)

Original Star Treks online

Long Now clock photos and drawings

Providing savings accounts to Indian sex workers might reduce spread of HIV

Neckband used in "telepathic" chat

Scientists identify new longevity genes

Worst unionized teacher contest - winners offered $10K to quit

Nixon, pretending to be crazy, sent 18 planeloads of real nuclear bombs to USSR

What microloans miss

Melting of Arctic ice will facilitate access to vast storehouses of fossil fuels

Lenovo introduces its new thin Thinkpad X300

Teaching boys and girls separately

New erasable holographic material paves way toward 3D movies

Homemade relay computer (6 Hz)

Tiny robot walks using rat heart muscle

How to Speak - notes from Patrick Winston lecture

What makes an entrepreneur?