Tessel Renzenbrink (366)

New York Times next victim of the digital revolution?

7-05-2011 | The New York Times, once the pinnacle the news industry, is losing confidence. And in good twenty-eleven fashion it does so publicly. The N...

Myth busting: BBC documentary on the history of the Internet

by Tessel Renzenbrink

3-05-2011 | In this 15 minute BBC documentary Inside The Internet (1997) a resilient myth about the Internet is busted. The ARPANET, it is said, was in...

Turning a party into renewable energy

by Tessel Renzenbrink

29-04-2011 | As the Dutch are preparing for their annual Queens Day celebration tomorrow, the capital is gearing up to deal with record amount of trash t...

Botnets evolve toward a non-centralized command structure

by Tessel Renzenbrink

25-04-2011 | Law enforcement agencies are closing in on botnets. Their weak spot is their centralized command structure. Attackers are therefore increasi...

3D printers going for $5000 a pop

by Tessel Renzenbrink

21-04-2011 | Ever since we saw it in Star Trek we all want one: a Replicator. A Replicator can create any inanimate object from waste matter. With the ar...

Google invests $100 million in renewable energy

by Tessel Renzenbrink

20-04-2011 | The crazy guys at Google are extending their business to renewable energy. Investing a solid $ 100 million in what is to be the world’s larg...

About the author

Tessel Renzenbrink is a freelance writer with a focus on the impact of technology on society. She is especially interested in information technology and the transition to a low carbon energy system. For Elektor she is the editor of the columns Elektor Ethics and Elektor Energy. She’s a board member of the Dutch chapter of the Internet Society and studied Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam.