Smart Cars

Smart Cars

Jan 29, 2005

The MIT Smart Cities research team’s car. Image: Franco Vairani/MIT Department of Architecture Two recent articles reveal the possible future of cars – powered with intelligent algorithms, semi-autonomous, and made for urban and natural terrain. From Say Hello to Stanley in Wired: “Stanford’s souped-up Volkswagen blasted through the Mojave Desert, blew away the competition, and ...

Night

Night

Jan 16, 2005

Creativity and French martinis.

Loft

Loft

Jan 15, 2005
At MIT

At MIT

Jan 12, 2005
Desk shot

Desk shot

Jan 9, 2005
Mt. Sutro at Sunset

Mt. Sutro at Sunset

Jan 7, 2005

View from our loft Today I turned 33.  Spent the day feeling extremely grateful for everything I have in my life.  There are still things I’m burning to do and specific challenges to find solutions to, but I finally find myself in a city that I call home, and reaching that particular lifelong goal has ...

Gifts

Gifts

Jan 7, 2005

Two Web 2.0 Apps Challenge the Status Quo

Jan 6, 2005

Two new web apps caught my eye this evening as I scanned my email: Nuvvo and Newsvine. The two sites are very different in their concept and functionality, but both share the same purpose – to enable individuals (content creators, writers, news buffs, teachers, amateurs, experts, you) to reach a larger niche audience, and to ...

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Jan 1, 2005