Chronicling Robots Since 2011
Yesterday, I greatly enjoyed Obama’s visit to Israel. In particular his appreciation of the entrepeneurship and start-up culture of this young country. In the President’s own words, “over the last 65 years, when Israel has been at its best, Israelis have demonstrated that responsibility does not end when you reach the promised land, it only … Read more
My first Chinese factory visit was an eye opener. I naively imagined that the entire plant would be automated, but instead almost every operation was done by hand. I realized at that moment that the natural evolution of modern economies, like China, is that labor sets the way for machines. Labor starts off being very … Read more
The presidential blame game started months ago, when President Obama blamed the ATM machine for the economy. Hey Barak the Automated Teller Machine was created around the same time as Romney’s Etch A Sketch! Obama knew he was tapping into a long-standing populist myth that technology, or more specifically robots, will replace American workers. While there … Read more
It started out as a 6 month mission, now after 3 years of driving across the desolate Mars landscape the rover Opportunity has reached the massive Endeavour crater. I suggest everyone checkout the latest photos of the rover missions at Nasa.com. While the Obama administration no longer feels we (humans) have the “right stuff” with … Read more