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Last October, I had the privilege of giving a virtual talk to students at the Sigaram Academy of Excellence from Mulagumooodu, K.K. Dist, Tamil Nadu, India. At the end of the talk, I challenged them to create and share their visions of future Mars habitats. The response we received at OeWF was phenomenal.

This tale is about two friends, X-ray and Sierra. X-ray, the dependable, reliable, ever-present workhorse and Sierra, the lean, excitable, new kid on the block. I had the privilege of meeting these two friends recently, and I can honestly say that I’m a better man for it.

The Stardust network affords me the opportunity to pursue challenging, innovative, and meaningful research, whilst simultaneously providing me with the chance to build a professional network and develop a variety of skills that are essential to early-stage researchers.

Tragedy Rips through a million lives. One minute Silence A fallen loved one, A departed friend, A soul set free. This life is unfair, Nay it’s a bitch. Why does the world not stop?

As of tomorrow, 1st of April 2014 (NO JOKE!), I will officially be embarking on a new chapter in my professional life. After some deliberation, I have decided to seize the opportunity to work at Dinamic Srl (www.

CREDIT: Raffles Medical Group I don’t know if I’m the only one that faces it, but I seem to regularly edit the contents of a local Git branch, add/remove files, commit, only to realise that I’ve been working on the wrong branch!

SpaceUp NL 2014 10th and 11th of May, 2014 Space Expo, Noordwijk [maxbutton id=“1”] CREDIT: Simon Bierwald For the last six months or so, I’ve been working in a team to bring the SpaceUp concept to The Netherlands.

Today I rode the Bangalore metro for the first time, and I must say, it was an absolute treat! Although India has its fair share of problems, including the fact that the income gap between the richest and poorest is only seemingly widening, it’s heartening to see that there are real efforts being made to update basic infrastructure to support the ambitions of a burgeoning economy.

The following is the story of how GoUrbanGrow was born. Enjoy! The weekend of 25th-27th of October, 2013, I participated in Yes!Delft’s 1-2-Launch startup program: a 60-hour marathon, with coaching from seasoned investors and entrepreneurs.