by Michael Belfiore | Aug 29, 2012 | Blog
Stephen Murphy has compiled an animated version of a recent 3D printing survey by the Peer to Peer Foundation showing the rise of do-it-yourself manufacturing. It captures in graphic form a growing trend in increasingly sophisticated and increasingly affordable tools...
by Michael Belfiore | Aug 21, 2012 | Blog
Carnegie Mellon University has opened voting on this year’s Robot Hall of Fame inductees to the public. Hit https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RHoFPublic to see the nominations and vote on your favorites in four categories: Education & Consumer; Entertainment;...
by Michael Belfiore | Aug 16, 2012 | Articles, Blog
When I got the call from a new company called Planetary Resources about their mad scheme to mine asteroids, I pitched it immediately to my editors at Popular Mechanics. The rapid-fire response: “Hell yes!” I banged out a and a short Tech Watch piece that...
by Michael Belfiore | Jul 2, 2012 | Blog
As William Gibson has famously said, “the future is here, it’s just not evenly distributed.” Three dimensional printing, in which parts can be formed, one layer at a time, from a fast-setting plastic, takes us a step closer toward distributing at...
by Michael Belfiore | Jun 29, 2012 | Blog
I had the pleasure of being one of two featured speakers along with Paul Gilding at the 2012 Global Supply Chain Business Summit in Singapore a couple of weeks ago. Paul’s book, The Great Disruption, and his talk on the subject pretty much blew me away....
by Michael Belfiore | Jun 20, 2012 | Blog
Last week I was one of two keynote speakers for the 2012 Global Supply Chain Business Summit in Singapore. The other speaker was Paul Gilding, author of The Great Disruption, which is a riveting read. Needless to say I was in good company. I’ve posted this...
