Labor and Automation’s Symbiotic Relationship
President Barack Obama’s parting words “Be Kind & Be Useful” struck a chord with me and my daughter. This morning,...
Sewing A Mechanical Future
The Financial Times reported earlier this year that one of the largest clothing manufacturers, Hong Kong-based Crystal Group, proclaimed robotics could not compete...
CES 2018 Recap: Out Of The Dark Ages
As close to a quarter million people descended on a city of six hundred thousand, CES 2018 became the perfect metaphor for...
An Emotional Year For Machines
Two thousand seventeen certainly has been an emotional year for mankind. While homosapiens continue to yell at Alexa and Siri,...
Robots Solving Climate Change
The two biggest societal challenges for the twenty-first century are also the biggest opportunities – automation and climate change. The...
The Advantage of Four Legs
Shortly after SoftBank acquired his company last October, Marc Raibert of Boston Dynamics confessed, “I happen to believe that robotics will be bigger...
The Meaning Of Humanoid Backflips
Like a gymnast nailing a perfect ten, Boston Dynamics’ robot Atlas wowed automation enthusiasts last week. Two years prior, one...
The Race To Own The Autonomous Super Highway: Digging Deeper Into Broadcom’s Offer To Buy Qualcomm
Governor Andrew Cuomo of the State of New York declared last month that New York City will join 13 other...
Robots On The Beat
Ultimately, last week’s terror attack in Lower Manhattan was halted by the bravery and skill of New York’s finest –...
Brain Surgery, The Robot Efficacy Test?
The internet hummed last week with reports that “Humans Still Make Better Surgeons Than Robots.” Stanford University Medical Center set...