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Follow me on Twitter: @kkakaesDrones and Aerial Observation
I edited and wrote part of a short book published by New America in July 2015 and freely available online, about how drones are being used in new ways around the world. It's meant to be useful to people who want to fly drones.The Pioneer Detectives
I published a short book with The Millions.
It's the story of the Pioneer Anomaly, a long-standing mystery. The book is short and fun—the length of a novella—but also, in the words of Amazon's reviewer, "powerful and sad". If you've got any curiosity about how NASA works behind the scenes or why scientists believe what they do, I think you'll enjoy the book.
It is available on Amazon as a Kindle Single and also on Apple's iBooks.Drone Wars
I wrote a chapter on the long history of drone technology going back to the early 20th century in this edited Cambridge University Press volume.
A rumour of war
6 March 2003
Clipping the enemy’s wings
American military technology has moved on a lot since the Gulf war. How precision weapons, improvements in logistics, and other innovations would change the face of a war with Iraq.
Lasers and war
30 January 2003
Come fry with me
Experimental electromagnetic weaponry may soon see combat use.
Technology
tags: lasers, The Economist, War, weapons
CASE HISTORY: Adobe Acrobat
12 December 2002
Trapeze artists
Intelligent design and clever marketing have made Adobe the king of online documents. But mistakes made along the way were just as important.
Technology
tags: acrobat, adobe, software, The Economist
DDD
12 December 2002
Through a glass, deeply
Cheap 3D displays will be coming to a computer near you next year. Unfortunately, little software will be available to take full advantage of their stunning depth of field
Technology
tags: The Economist
Action at a distance
28 November 2002
Hide and seek
Remote detection of bioweapons will soon be useful in the event of an attack.
Technology
tags: bioweapons, sensors, The Economist
Mining technology
21 November 2002
Caves of steel
Mines are getting smarter.
Plus a box on refining ore with bacteria >>>
Technology
tags: mines, The Economist
Waiting, waiting
20 September 2001
Instant-on, magnetically
Magnetic memory chips are poised to give traditional DRAMs a run for their money.
Technology
tags: The Economist
Fidelity
20 September 2001
Seeing is believing
With twice the sharpness of previous screens, a new liquid-crystal display offers images that appear indistinguishable from the real thing.
Technology
tags: The Economist
Not poison
8 September 2001
Arsenic and chips
An old contender’s time has come.
Technology
tags: The Economist
Data transmission
28 June 2001
The glass ceiling
Optical fibres could carry much more information in the future.
Technology
tags: The Economist