Stephen Cass was born and raised in Dublin, but now hails from Boston. He cut his programming teeth on a TI 99-4/A and a totally pimped out BBC Model B+, back when 32 kB of memory was a big deal. Currently a senior editor for Technology Review, published by MIT, he has spent a decade covering space for IEEE Spectrum and Discover Magazine and currently edits Technology Review's Delta-V blog on space technology.