Wired Opinion: The Geek Shall Lin-herit The Earth (Or At Least The NBA)
Even geeks who got picked last in gynm class are caught up in the story of Jeremy Lin, the unlikely NBA star who seems to come from nowhere. Sure, performing well in the country?s media capital on what had been a losing team helps. And of course, an easily pun-able surname helps spread the word. But none of these explain why I ? and many of my fellow geeks ? love him so damn much. Here's why ?Lin is a validation of our worldview: Ignore expectation, follow the data.
PlayStation Vita Review: Finally, Console-Level Gaming in a Handheld Device
The Sony PlayStation Vita officially launches today, bringing with it over two dozen games and a host of promises. Without a new version of the PlayStation console announced, Sony is clearly counting on the PS Vita to restore some of the prestige lost in the gaming world with the troubles dogging their PlayStation Network.
D-Wave Defies World of Critics With 'First Quantum Cloud'
Geordie Rose has a Ph.D. in quantum physics, but he's also a world champion in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and a Canadian national champion wrestler. That may seem like an odd combination, but this dual background makes him the perfect fit for his chosen profession. Rose is the CTO and founder of D-Wave. He calls it the world?s only quantum computer company, but the world's quantum computer experts don't agree with him. The result is a nearly 10-year fight to prove each other wrong, and at least in some ways, Geordie Rose is winning. ?I?m not okay with losing at anything," he says, "at all.?
Priceless Science: Striking Finds From a Rare-Book Fair
From Audubon?s The Birds of America, a first edition of which sold last month at auction for $7.9 million, to Copernicus? heliocentric sketch that changed the world, we?ve selected the most remarkable science tomes from this year's San Francisco Antiquarian Book, Print and Paper Fair.
Mexican Mayhem Fuels U.S. 'Bodyguard' Boom
Thanks to the drug wars in Mexico, demand has spiked for professional bodyguards and guns-for-hire, many of them based in the United States.