Published Work

This is a small selection of work published over the past few years.

Digital human

Part of an eight-page special on a 20-year worldwide project to create a digital model of the human body and what it means for the IT industry. Written for the August 2005 issue of Information Professional.


Robocop meets Wacky Races

The DARPA Grand Challenge is a tough test of a vehicle - a 200km off-road course in the Nevada desert. And, just to make it even harder, these cars have no drivers. Written for the December 2005 issue of Flipside.


The luddites of chip design

Chip designers create the computers of the future. Yet they are 30 years behind the IT industry when it comes to the way they manage their designs. Written for the November 2003 issue of IEE Review, this feature examines why.


Botball crazy

A look inside the world of robot football as researchers vie to build a Beckham-beating mechanical footballer by the middle of this century. Written for Flipside in 2004.


Global risk and danger

An excerpt from an eight-page special report on the riskiest parts of the world prepared for the November 2003 issue of Geographical magazine.