by Michael Belfiore | Aug 12, 2015 | Blog
Earlier this week I had a conversation with the founder of a new company doing something innovative with a new technology. I’d already pitched a story on his product to one of my editors, and gotten shot down. But I knew that there was more to the product than...
by Michael Belfiore | Aug 5, 2015 | Blog
A few years ago, the head of a startup pursued me relentlessly for a story. I wasn’t so sure about his company and I wasn’t so sure about him. He was in an already risky business and his plan seemed even more riskier that most. Oh, all right, I’ll...
by Michael Belfiore | Jun 17, 2015 | Articles, Blog
Yesterday at a press conference in the Flatiron district in NYC, I and a few other journalists were treated to a showing and presentation of some spectacular video footage of the Earth from space by UrtheCast. From my report for Popular Mechanics, published today:...
by Michael Belfiore | May 28, 2015 | Articles, Blog
Science fiction can do more than predict the technologies of the future. It can inspire them as well. Case in point, the medical diagnostic devices built for the Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE. The competition seeks to recreate the gizmo of the Star Trek TV and movie...
by Michael Belfiore | May 14, 2015 | Articles, Blog
Bloomberg Businessweek has my writeup in the May 11-17, 2015 issue on Top Flight’s hybrid power drones. A gasoline engine on board charges the batteries that run the rotors, giving the drones 2 hours or more of flight time versus the 15-30 minutes more typical...
by Michael Belfiore | Apr 30, 2015 | Blog
Karl Castleton, head of Team Grit, the all-volunteer DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) contender out of Grand Junction, Colorado, sent me this photo of the team’s robot, Cog-Burn. The DRC Finals is going down this June 5-6 at Fairplex in Pomona, California....
