Alexis C. Madrigal is a contributing editor for The Atlantic. He's the author of Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology.
I have all the feelings.
Personal / Oct 17, 2014
Introducing our new special report on the environmental impacts of our stuff
Technology / Oct 17, 2014
Far more important than the white or wheat decision, is whether or not you heat your bread.
Free-range birds use way, way more energy than conventionally raised poultry.
Just re-use any bag that you receive to radically reduce its environmental impact.
Technology / Oct 16, 2014
The organizations, technologies, and people behind Google's autonomous vehicles
Magazine / November 2014
When a thing connects to the Internet, three things happen: it becomes smart, it becomes hackable, and it's no longer something you own.
Technology / Sep 28, 2014
Google searches for the category of "Computers & Electronics" are down 60 percent since 2004.
Technology / Sep 16, 2014
You can't see the tragedy of 9/11 from orbit.
Technology / Sep 11, 2014
With Apple, Google, and Facebook hogging the news, a quick look at the forgotten giant of the tech industry
Technology / Sep 10, 2014
The Atlantic Technology Channel's latest call for pitches
Multiple, interacting input methods work well to control complex machines.
Along with new software and hardware, the company revealed their vision for an entirely new way of interacting with devices.
Technology / Sep 9, 2014
Industry watchers are expecting something important—iPhone important—from the company's event today.
The complexity of vehicle control technologies make them less prone to meddling.
A researcher has $1.2 million from the National Science Foundation to investigate the many ways hackers could disrupt autonomous vehicles.
Technology / Sep 8, 2014
Beyoncé, Kim, and Kate: the pregnant lady power trifecta
Technology / Sep 5, 2014
Okay, it's an egg bump.
Global / Sep 4, 2014
For two years, the company has been working to build flying robots that can deliver products across a city in a minute or two. An Atlantic exclusive.
Technology / Aug 28, 2014
In the past, it's been difficult to definitively answer a question like this. A new, nation-wide database might help.
Technology / Aug 15, 2014
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