It's not as if the Kindle and its store aren't also vulnerable to disruption.
I’m a contributing editor at MIT Technology Review. Until recently I blogged the converging crises of the 21st century for Grist. I report for Wired and Scientific American, and I’ve got projects cooking for The BBC, The Atlantic and Smithsonian.
Lately I’ve been helping friends launch an experiment in alternate funding models for science and environment-focused media, called MajorPlanet.
In another life I was a crayfish neuroscientist specializing in functional and anatomical studies via Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
Christopher Mims's Stories
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What's to stop kids from pirating LEGO sets as readily as they pirate music?
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If it's good enough for WalMart and the DoD, why not apply RFID to crowd control?