Bruce Sterling

Bruce is a science fiction writer and part-time design professor.

Author of these Magazine Articles

Landscapes of Possibility
Making and using the futurescape.
In Hands On from MAKE: 18: ReMake America page 28

The Kosmos in a Box
The world's "oldest computer."
In Hands On from MAKE: 17: Lost Knowledge page 28

Generated in Italy
Computers are putting decor and ornament back into fabrication.
In Hands On from MAKE: 15: Music page 26

Ponoko
Personal fabbing via the web: it's a long-tail, pro-am, digital maker thing.
In Hands On from MAKE: 13: Magic page 20

Floating City
Belgrade's Gypsy houseboats are the dwellings of the future.
In Hands On from MAKE: 12: Upload page 30

Router Aesthetics
Now that "digital carpentry" has come to exist, how do you make it authentic?
In Hands On from MAKE: 11: Alt Vehicles page 24

The Real Renaissance Man
Benvenuto Cellini rejected human limitations to prove his valor.
In Hands On from MAKE: 10: Home Electronics page 24

Mark Twain: Technologist
How the author of Huckleberry Finn couldn't make it as a venture angel.
In Hands On from MAKE: 09: Fringe page 24

Egghead
Inventor Nikola Tesla saw reality in his own way.
In Hands On from MAKE: 08: Toys and Games page 26

The Interventionists
The "creative class": tech geeks and fine artists are jostling onto the same page.
In Hands On from MAKE: 07: Backyard Biology page 26

Hands On: Elegant Innovation
From lamps and chainsaws to saving the planet.
In Hands On from MAKE: 06: Robots page 16

Hands On: Making a Mobile
Staying poised at the fertile edge of chaos, while the clock ticks.
In Hands On from MAKE: 05: Science, Weather, and Outdoors page 26

Everything, for Everybody, Every Time
Multitools are for people who can't define their jobs, and who never stop tinkering.
In Hands On from MAKE: 04: Music and Kits for the Holidays page 26

Get a Life
Makers of virtual goods earn real cash in Second Life.
In Hands On from MAKE: 03: Cars and Halloween page 24

The Code Da Vinci Lived By
Renaissance hacks by the father of all geeks.
In Hands On from MAKE: 02: Home Entertainment page 43

Make the Tools That Made You
Flintknappers are making the tools that people have been making since before they were human.
In Hands On from MAKE: 01: Make Premiere page 118

Photographer for these Magazine Articles

Floating City
Belgrade's Gypsy houseboats are the dwellings of the future.
In Hands On from MAKE: 12: Upload page 30

Router Aesthetics
Now that "digital carpentry" has come to exist, how do you make it authentic?
In Hands On from MAKE: 11: Alt Vehicles page 24