An Open Source Life

An Open Source Life

When Gabriella Levine talks about the concept of open hardware, where individuals share ideas and knowledge to push technological innovation, she need only point to her life as an example.The COO of the robotics company Protei, and a pioneer in robotics and design,...
New Jersey, the Next Silicon Valley?

New Jersey, the Next Silicon Valley?

Avi Karnani has wacky ideas. Like dropping a hedge fund job to start up a personal finance business. Or incubating a company that helps people not spend their money.But his latest idea may be the wackiest of all –turning NJ into a hot bed of new technology, or as he...
Slacktivists and their children

Slacktivists and their children

Nothing separates human kind from other earthly creatures more than free will and our intellectual capabilities. Unfortunately, these two things have also made it hard for us to happily co-exist with the natural world.Hindsight is always 20/20. Just look at Adam &...
From Adversity to Aesthetic

From Adversity to Aesthetic

In a world where our human form has been doctored to be wrinkle-free and airbrushed to be ageless, Aimee Mullins talk of courage and acceptance comes as a breathe of fresh air. I stumbled upon her TED talk from 2009, switching through television channels one late...
Tom Walker: Re-Drawing Paradise

Tom Walker: Re-Drawing Paradise

Tom Walker says he was not initially a big fan of the Jersey Shore. Having spent much of his youth on the beaches of northern California, the Jersey Shore was different. He really wasn’t familiar with the “vocabulary” of the landscape here. But slowly over the years,...