Chronicling Robots Since 2011
Last month, private equity giant Blackstone Group announced the acquisition of Colony Capital for $5.9 billion, a deal that encompasses 60 million square feet of warehouse space across 465 facilities. Blackstone is reported to manage now over $250 billion worth of property worldwide, and the Colony purchase comes on the heels of a previous warehouse … Read more
Living in New York, everyone is focused on crime. We event have a data bank of daily crime called, COMPSTAT. However, recent waves of bad policing has made cops embrace new technologies to protect themselves from public scrutiny. The question is not if will robots replace meter maids, traffic cops and other tertiary policing, but … Read more
This weekend is supposed to be a scorcher. According to the latest meteorologist reports, in Death Valley it might reach 130 degrees. Here is New York, it is so humid that one cannot tell the difference between swimmers drying off and people leaving work. There is one bright point, a cold one tastes better on … Read more
The Murdoch News Corp. Empire is reeling from the UK phone hacking scandal of News of the World. This story proves that a cell phone is more than a communication device, but a new weapon in modern cyber warfare. Yes as more of your household utilities go digital, we open ourselves up to more access points… … Read more