A friend of mine sent me the following interesting article on an effort to take a more scientific/analytical approach to the design and fabrication of wood baseball bats. Weirdly enough, one of the strangest elements of this article for me wasn’t the attempt to bring science and technology to bear on this problem. I actually [...]

The much anticipated iphone4 went on sale Thursday, June 24 after much anticipation from the techno-savvy. But as shoppers rush to be the first to discard their seemingly ancient iphone predecessors, buyers and reviewers are pointing to a persistent problem. It seems reception for the iphone4 can be impaired depending on how you hold the [...]

This isn’t a very designerly post but I wanted to take a second comment on the sad passing of Manute Bol. For those of you who are not familiar with semi-obscure former NBA athletes, Manute Bol was a freakishly tall Sudanese-born basketball player who played for a laundry list of NBA teams in the Mid [...]

It has been gut-wrenching watching the BP oil spill tragedy unfold in the gulf and my heart goes out to the residents of this area who are facing the prospect of their lives and livelihood being forever changed. From a purely technical perspective I’ve tried my best to reserve judgment and dispassionately ponder the appropriate [...]

While executives and elected officials scramble to contain the BP oil spill, answers are coming from Hollywood. Actor Kevin Costner has recently emerged as the most likely entrepreneur/innovator to offer a workable interim solution. Yes, that Kevin Costner. Innovation really does occur in unlikely places. Turns out, in addition to his ability to dance with [...]