by Michael Belfiore | Jan 30, 2014 | Blog
I had the privilege of speaking at the Lotos Club in New York City this week about mad science innovation and how DARPA has managed to pull it off successfully for more than half a century. One of my audience members asked me a great question: how does DARPA select...
by Michael Belfiore | Jan 28, 2014 | Blog
At the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Trials in Miami in December, I talked with Marc Raibert, head of Boston Dyanamics about what it takes to pull off extreme innovation. Raibert co-founded Boston Dynamics in 1992 and his mission ever since has been to create...
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...
