Dana Forsythe

3 weeks ago | theshoestring.org | Dana Forsythe

This article was originally published by HorizonMass and is syndicated by the MassWire news service of the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism. If you want to see more reporting like this, make a contribution at givetobinj.org. Although drones are seemingly suddenly everywhere these days, they have been floating above us for more than a century, and actually made their debut shortly after the makeshift Wright Flyer first took off in 1903.

4 weeks ago | talkingjointsmemo.com | Dana Forsythe

Walking the floor of NECANN can be disorienting and thrilling at once. Especially if you’re looking for cool new technology. This year’s convention featured more than a dozen robots at work, jarring practice dabs or infusing, rolling, and packaging joints. Meanwhile, cannabis brands of all sizes offered swag and samples, while hardware companies showed off new devices like two-gram vapes with bright branding.

4 weeks ago | horizonmass.news | Dana Forsythe

Although drones are seemingly suddenly everywhere these days, they have been floating above us for more than a century, and actually made their debut shortly after the makeshift Wright Flyer first took off in 1903. Until recently, modern drones largely remained the domain of top-level researchers and military operators; Massachusetts-based Raytheon in particular continues to develop drone and for the US government, among others.

2 months ago | horizonmass.news | Dana Forsythe

Although the Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival turns an impressive 50 this year, its roots stretch back even further—to science fiction fan gatherings in the 1940s, when a group of locals called the Stranger Club created Boskone, the area’s largest sci-fi convention. When the New England Science Fiction Association took over production of the festival in 1976, organizers launched the Boston Sci-Fi Film Fest to boost visibility and complement the larger con.

2 months ago | horizonmass.news | Dana Forsythe

As an activist, sci-fi author, journalist, and human rights proponent, Cory Doctorow has produced more than a dozen books highlighting the modern day impacts of technology like social media, smartphones, AI, and beyond. His latest, “Picks & Shovels,” is the third in his Red Team Blues series and works as an origin story for forensic accountant Martin Hench, the protagonist of Doctorow’s sci-fi crime thriller.