Category: Gadgets

I spent forty years teaching my students that you can’t trust a black box just because it has a shiny casing and a high number printed on the label. Last…

I was sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, squinting through my loupe at the delicate escapement of a 1920s pocket watch, when my phone let out that aggressive, high-pitched chirp…

I spent forty years watching teenagers stare blankly at physics equations, but nothing quite compares to the blank stare of a person holding a cheap, generic power brick. Most people…

I spent thirty years watching teenagers try to explain the laws of thermodynamics using nothing but hand gestures and sheer willpower, so I have a very low tolerance for marketing…

I spent thirty-four years watching students try to find the “magic” in a physics equation, only to realize the magic was actually just a predictable interaction of forces. Marketing departments…

I spent thirty years in a classroom watching teenagers stare blankly at their screens, but lately, I’ve been more interested in what’s happening behind the glass. Most people go into…

I spent thirty-four years in a physics classroom watching students stare blankly at circuit diagrams, and if there is one thing I learned, it is that a shiny number on…

I spent thirty-four years in a classroom watching students stare blankly at physics equations, but nothing quite compares to the glazed look I see in people’s eyes when they walk…

I spent thirty-four years in a classroom watching teenagers stare at their screens, and if there is one thing I’ve learned, it’s that they believe these glass rectangles are eternal.…

I spent thirty-four years in a classroom watching students stare blankly at spec sheets, paralyzed by a sea of gigahertz and megapixels that mean absolutely nothing in the real world.…