by Michael Belfiore | Mar 12, 2013 | Blog
I’m putting together a list of what I think are shaping up to be the big, current innovations in aviation. Here’s some of what I have so far…. Carbon Fiber Airframes What do the Airbus A280, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the new Airbus A350, and the...
by Michael Belfiore | Mar 11, 2013 | Blog
It’s almost, but not quite, becoming routine. Private aerospace company SpaceX is on its third mission to the International Space Station, delivering cargo, including fresh fruit to the crew. It launched on March 1. There’s been a glitch on each of the...
by Michael Belfiore | Mar 8, 2013 | Blog
I’ve just returned from Northern Arizona University, or NAU, in Flagstaff, Arizona, where I spoke to students and faculty about some of the disruptive innovation I’ve been covering as a journalist, and how it’s being pulled off. I also sat down with...
by Michael Belfiore | Feb 26, 2013 | Blog
I’m at the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit just outside Washington, DC. Elon Musk–head of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, two companies attempting to upend their respective industries–and Stephen Chu, the US Secretary of Energy, spoke to a crowded ballroom...
by Michael Belfiore | Feb 19, 2013 | Blog
I was talking with a customer support person on the phone yesterday, and somehow the conversation got around to asteroids (don’t ask) and what we can do about an incoming. She was quick to assume there’s nothing we can do about meteorite impacts. Actually...
by Michael Belfiore | Feb 15, 2013 | Articles, Blog
I’ve posted a new, free paper on my website, called “Rapid Innovation on the Cheap: Lessons from DARPA and the Commercial Space Age.” This distills lessons learned from my reporting (ten years this year!) on some of the most extraordinary technology...
