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...
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...
