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Stockpiling sucks. I feel the need to repeat this every time I discuss the topic here. Having performed a fair bit of this during my years…
To say it’s tough in the world of metal 3D printing might be a bit of an understatement. Almost a decade ago, Desktop Metal was one…
If your robotics startup looking to raise, there’s almost a 100% chance you’ll get two questions from potential investors: 1) How do you incorporate genetic AI?…
An undeniable trend from this year’s Modex conference: suddenly everyone is into truck unloading. The last couple of years have gone from a select few companies…
Whenever I talk to people who work in the quantified self—fitness and health trackers—there’s a murmur about how little attention is paid to literally half the…
Wander the Modex floor far enough and you’ll stumble upon some portable robotics. The category has almost no presence of AMRs (autonomous mobile robots) or storage…
“Well, looks like you’ve had fun lately,” said a friend as he joined me for coffee. There, in the middle of my dining room table, is…
Alphabet’s SIP spin-off launches Verrus, a data center concept based on battery ‘microgrids’
Pedestrian Infrastructure Partners (SIP) — the Alphabet spinout focused on creating and supporting new approaches to complex infrastructure problems in areas such as electricity, broadband and…
Amazon produces a lot of garbage. Exactly how much is up for debate. In 2021, the company says it used about 214 million kilograms of single-use…
In an e-mail exchange, Babylon Micro-Farms CEO Alexander Oleson tells me “we’ll have them in every school and apartment one day.” It’s a cool vision and…