The Editor's Letter From The December 2014 Issue Of Popular Science:
Every June, the editors at Popular Science gather for the first Best of What’s New meeting. BOWN, as we affectionately call it, has run as our December cover story for more than a quarter century, and in many respects it represents the best of what we do. It is an unabashed celebration of the year’s greatest innovations, a glimpse of the future as it’s unfolding.
Over the decades, we have made some good calls. We covered the Toyota Prius before it reached the U.S., Web browsers before the rise (and fall) of Internet Explorer,
Every June, the editors at Popular Science gather for the first Best of What’s New meeting. BOWN, as we affectionately call it, has run as our December cover story for more than a quarter century, and in many respects it represents the best of what we do. It is an unabashed celebration of the year’s greatest innovations, a glimpse of the future as it’s unfolding.
Over the decades, we have made some good calls. We covered the Toyota Prius before it reached the U.S., Web browsers before the rise (and fall) of Internet Explorer,