by Michael Belfiore | Apr 5, 2013 | Blog
One of the promises of the commercial space flight revolution now underway is affordable access to space by ordinary people. That’s coming a whole lot sooner than you might think, and it’s going to me more than just affordable. It’s going to be free....
by Michael Belfiore | Mar 27, 2013 | Blog
XCOR Aerospace has announced the culimination of a 12-year project to develop piston-driven pumps for delivering fuel and oxidizer to rocket engines. A recent test firing successfully demonstrated the delivelry of both kerosene and liquid oxygine to one of their...
by Michael Belfiore | Mar 22, 2013 | Blog
I gave a talk this morning at the San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC) about how innovative organizations, including DARPA, tick. The DARPA-funded DEKA arm is the most advanced upper limb prosthetic in the world. I was so inspired by this project that I put it...
by Michael Belfiore | Mar 21, 2013 | Blog
I’m en route to San Antonio to give the keynote speech at an internal meeting at the Brooke Army Medical Center. Along with dealing with getting my presentation slides through the door (no flash drives! no laptops!), this has me thinking about the role of...
by Michael Belfiore | Mar 19, 2013 | Blog
Call it what you will, the Internet of Things, the Physical Internet, the Internet of Atoms (as opposed to bits), or the Industrial Internet, as it’s referred to by a GE-produced paper of the same name. It seems inevitable that more and more of the gadgets in...