by Michael Belfiore | Jan 10, 2014 | Blog
Speaking of Big Bangs, I’ve been corresponding with Luke Colby, one of the lead propulsion engineers working on SpaceShipTwo, aka SS2, for Scaled Composites/Virgin Galactic. SS2 is on the verge of inaugurating regular passenger service to the final frontier with...
by Michael Belfiore | Jan 9, 2014 | Blog
Most people in advanced societies know by now that the pace of innovation is accelerating at an exponential rate. What a lot of people don’t know is how and why it is happening. In their just-released book, Big Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating...
by Michael Belfiore | Jan 3, 2014 | Blog
I’ve been eagerly awaiting the day I can tell people about Rand Simberg’s new book, Safe Is not an Option—ever since Simberg told me about it at the NewSpace conference last year and then sent me a review copy. Now that it’s available to the public,...
by Michael Belfiore | Dec 22, 2013 | Articles, Blog
Check out the wrap-up video Mark Greene and I made at the DARPA Robotics’ Challenge final day yesterday: You can also read my report, posted today on Gizmodo, with final team standings and a hints of what’s next....
by Michael Belfiore | Dec 20, 2013 | Blog
The first day of the DARPA Robotics Challenge is off to a great start. The first day saw the apparently aptly-named team SCHAFT, from Japan, take the lead with an unofficial 18 points as of 4:20 this afternoon. That’s a full five points ahead of second placer...
