by Michael Belfiore | Sep 10, 2013 | Blog
Last year I reviewed Peter Diamandis’ excellent book Abundance here on the blog. Yesterday I got a chance to plug it again on the website of The Economist, on the Look Ahead blog. One of the more eye-opening concepts in the book is this idea of Rising Billion....
by Michael Belfiore | Aug 13, 2013 | Articles, Blog
Elon Musk yesterday revealed the details of his concept for a super-speed ground transport between LA and San Francisco. The thing would take the form of an elevated “rail” line comprised of a partially evacuated tube through which passenger pods would be...
by Michael Belfiore | Aug 12, 2013 | Blog
One of the things I love about this crazy town of Woodstock in which I live is the melange of viewpoints that come together and sometimes clash here. Yesterday as I enjoyed lunch at an outdoor cafe in the Village Green, a platoon of Harley riders in full leather...
by Michael Belfiore | Aug 1, 2013 | Blog
Okay, it’s not quite for the masses…yet. It still costs $300,000. But the Raven surgical robot is much more affordable than the current industry leader in robotic surgery, the $1.8 million Intuitive Surgical da Vinci. Perhaps even more significantly, its...
by Michael Belfiore | Jul 24, 2013 | Blog
The Space Frontier Foundation has decided to give me its award for outstanding journalist in the commercial spaceflight field. From the website of the SFF’s annual conference, where I’ll be given the award at a gala this Saturday: Michael Belfiore –...
by Michael Belfiore | Jul 2, 2013 | Blog
Planetary Resources, the first asteroid mining company, has just closed a Kickstarter campaign based around the launch of its first asteroid-hunting space telescope. Total amount raised: $1,505,366 from 17,614 people. It’s one of the top-grossing Kickstarter...
