Very ingenious – putting fake houses and roads on the roof of the big Boeing factory in Seattle so that it was not visible from the air: (Photos taken at the brilliant Seattle Museum of History and Industry. How a … Continue reading
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Apparently Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is not giving up on hardware despite the low sales of its Fire line of smartphones and tablets. Amazon, Inc. “Doubling Down” on Internet of Things … Continue reading
Everyone’s racing to build the “god platform” for the Internet of Things: the highest, most generalized layer of intelligence and user interface that ties together connected devices and web services. Who Will Build The ‘God Platform’ For The Internet Of … Continue reading
Workers at a delivery service sort parcels in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. China is set to further open its express delivery market to foreign companies. HU JIANHUAN/CHINA DAILY Express delivery sector opens up … Continue reading
Boeing and Liquid Robotics today announced a partnership to make water-borne robots that can handle a variety of surveillance jobs, ranging from hunts for submarines to the detection of drug traffickers. Hundreds of floating robots could soon surveil the oceans … Continue reading
Modern Meadow, a startup based in Brooklyn, New York, is aiming to commercialize leather and meat products that are not made from slaughtered animals but brewed in cell-culture vats. EmTech: Three Questions with the Man Who Grows Meat … Continue reading
There’s a type of camera technology emerging with a view of the world similar to what a honey bee sees. The images appear blurry and hazy, but if you’re a bee, good enough for finding flowers and… … Continue reading
Boeing has been working around the clock to demolish old buildings and prepare the job site for construction. (KIRO Radio Photo/Chris Sullivan) BY Chris Sullivan on September 19, 2014 … Continue reading
The Internet of Things is not so much about the things, as it is about the changes underway in the Internet itself The open approach to designing and layering the protocols that make the Internet work ensured that the Internet’s … Continue reading
Boeing wins “space taxi” contract worth $4.2B, partners with SpaceX. Meanwhile, Boeing teams with Jeff Bezos(!) to compete with Elon Musk and SpaceX. Should be epic. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and other senior officials gathered today at Kennedy Space Center … Continue reading