by Michael Belfiore | Mar 24, 2014 | Articles, Blog
My first outing with The Guardian newspaper, “When Robots Take Our Jobs,” seems to have struck a nerve. Last I looked, it had attracted 340 comments. From the article: “Will you be replaced by a machine? There’s nearly a 50-50 chance, according...
by Michael Belfiore | Mar 12, 2014 | Articles, Blog
Aeon Magazine published my extended essay on humanoid robots today. At 3.7k words, it’s feature length, and enough room for me to go into depth about the state of the art of these machines that are poised to invade our lives, and what the future holds for them....
by Michael Belfiore | Feb 25, 2014 | Blog
Back in November, following SpaceX’s first launch of a geostationary satellite, CEO Elon Musk said in a call with reporters that his company would attempt to bring back the first stage booster rocket on its next International Space Station supply mission. SpaceX...
by Michael Belfiore | Feb 19, 2014 | Blog
I’ve just filed an extended essay on the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Trials for the new online magazine Aeon. Check out the mag if you haven’t seen it yet: www.aeonmagazine.com. It runs a feature-length essay by an established writer daily, on a wide...
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...
