I’d just like to take a minute to wish everyone happy holidays and say thanks for a great year. I’m sending out a holiday card and thought I’d share it here. Green technology has been top-of-mind throughout 2008 – hybrid cars, solar panels and compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) were all trendsetting Google search terms. If […]

New to the site is a phantom illustration of a cordless circular saw featuring the next generation of rechargable batteries. Nanophosphate lithium-ion batteries are said to recharge in minutes rather than hours, have ten times the life cycle and double the capacity of current rechargable batteries. These batteries are currently being tested in consumer electronics, […]

In his article for The Boston Globe, Dushko Petrovich looks at the work of American wildlife illustrator John James Audubon and reveals why illustration remains the medium of choice for scientific reference. “When we turn to a picture to identify a bird – or the human pancreas, or a Doric column – we want a […]

I’ll be participating in the Philip Greenspun Illustration Project, a project to fund the creation and improvement of illustrations for Wikimedia, the foundation that runs the free online encyclopedia, Wikipedia. This project is made possible by a personal contribution from internet entrepreneur Philip Greenspun, who acknowledges the importance and efficacy of visual communication. He and […]