Clinton Nguyen

Brooklyn

Brooklyn’s ‘Microgrid’ Did Its First Solar Energy Sale

Brooklyn Microgrid is trying to build a neighbor-to-neighbor green energy market using the Ethereum blockchain.
Clinton Nguyen
4.12.16
Facebook

What Life for a Bangladeshi Click Farmer Looks Like

It’s not the sweatshop labor you’re thinking of.
Clinton Nguyen
3.30.16
Film

Robert De Niro Wants ‘A Dialogue’ About Anti-Vaxxing at Tribeca Film Festival

It’s personal to him, but it could be dangerous for everyone else.
Clinton Nguyen
3.26.16
New York

An Indie, Off-the-Grid, Blockchain-Traded Solar Power Market Comes to Brooklyn

From Gowanus to Park Slope, this company is empowering solar panel owners to lease their extra energy.
Clinton Nguyen
3.18.16
Instagram

Instagram Pulled the Plug on the App That Lets You ‘Be’ Other Users

Users of Being can no longer see into other people’s personal feeds.
Clinton Nguyen
2.27.16
Why Is This Still a Thing?

Why Is Going to School Early Still a Thing?

Won't somebody think of the teens?
Clinton Nguyen
2.26.16
Instagram

‘Being’ Lets You 'Be' Someone Else on Instagram and Not All of It Is Good

Step into someone else’s shoes on Instagram.
Clinton Nguyen
2.18.16
Twitter

Twitter’s Most Harmlessly Charming Account Was Mysteriously Suspended

Someone help. The best Twitter account has been taken down, and no one knows exactly why.
Clinton Nguyen
2.10.16
videos

The Flame Awakens With This DIY Gas-Propelled Flamethrower Lightsaber

Unfortunately, because it’s a stream of fire, you can’t really expect it to keep its shape all that well when swinging it.
Clinton Nguyen
12.17.15
video

Bad Goats Removed by Helicopter

Up up and away.
Clinton Nguyen
12.17.15
Motherboard Blog

Nearly 2,000 Planets That Could Hold Water, Visualized

Not too hot, not too cold, and not very close to home at all.
Clinton Nguyen
12.17.15
Gaming

‘Metal Gear’ Creator Hideo Kojima Has Left Konami to Start His Own Studio

Snake? Snake?! SNAAAAAAAAAAAKE!
Clinton Nguyen
12.15.15
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