Sean Yeaton
Motherboard TV: Plus Pool Is A Floating Swimming Pool That Cleans New York's Rivers
In this first episode of our new show Futurestructures, Motherboard meets with the three designers who've hatched a plan to build a high-tech Pool in the not-so-clean waters of New York's East River.
I Tried to Get the Guys Behind the Plus Pool Arrested
Here is a little behind the scenes anecdote from the filming of Motherboard's "Plus Pool" documentary.
Use Online Maps For Anything But What They're Actually For: An Interview with Bob Egan of PopSpots
Maps are no longer just maps: they let us be flies on infinite walls; omniscient passersby wandering through surreal landscapes and curious explorers.
Motherboard GIFs Internet Week a New One
I know what you're thinking and yes, every week _is_ Internet Week at Motherboard, but that doesn't mean we can hang our hats and stare down the business end of a glass of scotch when the actual Internet Week happens. Quite the contrary. In fact, this...
The Future Repeats Itself: What Science Fiction Has to Say About Google's Fancy Glasses
When science fiction foretells science fact, it helps prepare us for the future’s arrival, if it comes at all. Thanks to George Orwell, society is on guard against "Big Brother." Thanks to Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and _Harrison Bergeron_, we have a general...
Watch: The World's Most Prolific Inventor
If you've ever used a weaponized wig, a magnetic condom or "PyonPyon" spring shoes, you've got Yoshiro Nakamatsu to thank for making your life a little, well, "easier" might not be the right word. How about the karaoke machine, a digital watch, floppy...
Commercials by David Lynch: Definitive Gold Box Edition
I was just talking about Old New York yesterday, which I guess is Old New York today. Trippy. One of the things I love about the New York of yesteryear is the filth and the grime (not that I'm going around trying to get a rise out of "Iron Eyes Cody...
The Dangers of Waiting in Line
Waiting in line is part of life. Hell, what is life but a giant, snaking line, at the end of which we all depart this mortal coil for sweet respit behind the doors to eternity--I guess that's why the Apple Store looks like heaven. Jesus, come to think...
The Seriously Definitive Guide to SXSW 2012, From a Guy Who Just Escaped
Now that SXSW is over for me, let me share some tips for staying sane while you're lost in Austin's annual thicket of obscurity. You see, I've been to SXSW two years in a row now, which by media industry standards means I've knocked about 15 years off...