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...
by Michael Belfiore | Dec 19, 2013 | Blog
I arrived here in Homestead, Florida with my buddy Mark Greene today, and we’re shooing video and writing posts about the most ambitious robotics event ever attempted. Seventeen teams from around the world are pitting their robots against each other in timed...
by Michael Belfiore | Dec 13, 2013 | Articles, Blog
The December issue of Foreign Policy, the so-called Global Thinkers issue, has my commentary on Elon Musk and why he’s a bigger deal than Steve Jobs. You can read the story, “The Rocketeer,” at http://atfp.co/1bvOQIA. Meanwhile, over at Fortune...