Retrospect
Articles in this series:
Cottage Economy from MAKE:
19: Robots
Pamphleteer William Cobbett launched the sustainability movement - in 1821. by George Dyson
Theory of Self-Reproducing Automata from MAKE:
17: Lost Knowledge
In an era of increasingly self-reproducing goods, we can suffer a declining economy while still producing more stuff than people can consume. by George Dyson
Economic Disequilibrium from MAKE:
15: Music
Can you have your house and spend it too? by George Dyson
Project Orion: Deep Space Force from MAKE:
13: Magic
For the atomic rocket engineers, the moon was in; Saturn and Mars were out. by George Dyson
Retrospect from MAKE:
12: Upload
Nuclear explosion-powered rocketry. by George Dyson
Retrospect from MAKE:
11: Alt Vehicles
The 1977 Gulf of Alaska baidarka expedition. by George Dyson
In the Beginning Was the CRT from MAKE:
10: Home Electronics
Once upon a time, there was no distinction between memory and display. by George Dyson
The Science of String from MAKE:
09: Fringe
High-tensile fastenings stand the test of time. by George Dyson
Barricelli's Universe from MAKE:
08: Toys and Games
Early experiments in digital evolution. by George Dyson
Strange Love from MAKE:
07: Backyard Biology
Or, how they learned to start worrying and love to hate the bomb. by George Dyson
Off-the-Shelf Parts, Off-the-Wall Ideas from MAKE:
06: Robots
Looking for the dawn of the digital universe? Check in the basement, next to the lavatory. by George Dyson
A Treehouse Grows in British Columbia from MAKE:
05: Science, Weather, and Outdoors
Three years, 95 feet above the Earth. by George Dyson
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