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Evan Ackerman

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Evan Ackerman is a native Oregonian who now lives, somewhat unwillingly, in San Francisco. He has a background in creative writing and astrogeology, neither of which are necessarily appropriate for someone who is now a full-time blogger. Evan also writes for IEEE Spectrum's robotics blog, and when he's not parked at his computer with his eyes glazed over, you can find him getting injured on a soccer field or playing bagpipes excellently.

This nuclear power plant is also a submarine

Evan Ackerman
Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 11:58am
 
No matter how clean, safe, and efficient nuclear power plants may or may not be, most people probably don't want to live next to one. A French company wants to seal up nuclear reactors inside little submarines and stash them off offshore, where they can provide power without bothering anyone.

Then and now: a half century of camera memory

Evan Ackerman
Monday, January 17, 2011 - 3:15pm
 
Storing pictures on your camera may be light years different than it was ten or twenty years ago, but the process of creating the actual storage medium is just about as complicated as it used to be. We've got two videos for you: one showing how memory chips are made in 2011, and another showing how Kodak film was made in 1958.

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