Max Planck Institute

In The Spirit Of Ada Lovelace: Female Entrepreneurs Build Next Generation Robots

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Near the end of World War II, Adm. William “Bull” Halsey of the famed Third Fleet steered directly into a typhoon, losing 790 crewmen and 146 aircraft in the Pacific. Dr. Eric Daimler, formerly an innovation fellow with the Obama White House, shared this story with me in 2017 as an illustration of the importance of trusting … Read more

The Fantastic Micro-bot Voyage

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My daughter is a physics geek.  As a robot commentator the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.  At the end of the day, our ability to enter new spheres of spaces depends on the propulsion of our machines.  I have always been fascinated by the 1968 science fiction movie, The Fantastic Voyage, and our … Read more