Category: Journalistic Writing

Get ready for even more bleak looks into the future. Netflix announced on Friday that the company will make 12 new episodes of the cult British sci-fi series “Black Mirror.” For the uninitiated, “Black Mirror” takes a dark look at our obsession with technology with suspenseful, thought-provoking episodes about our technological future. For example, one of the…

Robert Downey Jr. won’t be able to personally deliver them like he did for one lucky child who got a custom-built Iron Man prosthetic arm, but soon child amputees around the world will be able to get their very own Iron Man, Star Wars or “Frozen”-themed bionic prosthetic hands from Open Bionics for much cheaper than traditional prosthetics.…

The differences between Android and iOS have been getting awfully slim lately. With each new software release, the two mobile operating systems look more and more alike, with each of them actively borrowing the best features from the other. As a result, though I’ve been an unapologetic iPhone user since the iPhone 5 came out in…

How technology will help us lower the cost of care and increase population health. Yesterday saw the launch of Doctor on Demand, a new service backed by the likes of Dr. Phil and led by SF Tech Entrepreneur Adam Jackson and former Stanford Physician and current White House fellow Dr. Pat Basu. The service aims to…

Let’s talk about dragons. No, not those dragons. I want to talk about a game about dragons, that really isn’t a game about dragons at all. The game is called That Dragon, Cancer. You may have heard of it. The game has been in development for over a year now, and is seeking $85,000 to finish the…