Daniel H. Wilson

history

| birthplace = Tulsa, Oklahoma | occupation = Writer | nationality = American | ethnicity = Native American | alma_mater = Carnegie Mellon University | period = 2005 - present | notableworks = How to Survive a Robot Uprising | website = »http://www.danielhwilson.com/ }}

Daniel H. Wilson (born March 6, 1978 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American writer, television host and robotics engineer. He currently resides in Portland, Oregon.

Background

Wilson earned his B.S. in Computer Science at the University of Tulsa. He completed an M.S. in Robotics, another M.S. in Machine Learning, and his Ph.D. in Robotics in 2005 at the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His thesis work, entitled Assistive Intelligent Environments for Automatic Health Monitoring focused on providing automatic location and activity monitoring in the home via low-cost sensors such as motion detectors and contact switches. He has worked as a research intern at Microsoft Research, the Xerox PARC, Northrop Grumman, and Intel Research Seattle.

Writing

Wilson's first book was published during his final year of graduate school in late 2005. How to Survive A Robot Uprising won a Rave Award from Wired and was optioned by Paramount Pictures. A screenplay was written by Tom Lennon and Ben Garant, and produced by Mike DeLuca. In January 2006, Wilson began as a columnist for Popular Mechanics and is now a contributing editor, called the "Resident Roboticist." In 2007, Wilson published Where's My Jetpack?, followed by a sequel to How to Survive a Robot Uprising in 2008, called How to Build a Robot Army. In 2008, Wilson co-authored a book with a psychologist, entitled (Citadel, 2008).

In 2008, Wilson made a two book deal with Bloomsbury Publishing Children's division. The first book, due to be published in April, 2010 is called Bro-Jitsu: The Martial Art of Sibling Smackdown. In August 2007, Bro-Jitsu was optioned by Nickelodeon Movies (a subset of Paramount Pictures) and Wilson hired to write the screenplay. The second book, called The Robonomicon is a young adult novel due to be published in 2011.

Television

Wilson hosted a series on the History Channel entitled The Works, which debuted on July 10, 2008. Ten episodes of The Works aired, in which Wilson explained the hidden workings of everyday items, including Sneakers, Guns, Beer, Garbage, Robots, Parachutes, Power Tools, Steel, Motorcycles, and Tattoos. He has also appeared as himself in Modern Marvels and Countdown to Doomsday.

Works

  • How To Survive a Robot Uprising: Tips on Defending Yourself Against the Coming Rebellion, humor (New York: Bloomsbury, 2005)
  • Where's My Jetpack?: A Guide to the Amazing Science Fiction Future That Never Arrived, humor (New York: Bloomsbury, 2007)
  • How To Build a Robot Army: Tips on Defending Planet Earth Against Aliens, Ninjas, and Zombies, humor (New York: Bloomsbury, 2008)
  • The Mad Scientist Hall of Fame: Muwahahaha!, humor (New York: Citadel, 2008)
  • »The Nostalgist, fiction (Tor.com, 2009)
  • Bro-Jitsu: The Martial Art of Sibling Smackdown, humor (New York: Bloomsbury Children's, 2010)

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