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Tech Tourism Around Boston
Boston has been industrialized for 200 years, so there’s plenty to see around the city for the technically-minded traveler, or for the local looking for a family outing. Since it’s hard to decide which are my favorites, I’ll just put … Continue reading
Enfolded in the Internet of Things
So I was at a conference the other day where the speakers were constantly using the buzz phrase “The Internet of Things”. This is where pretty much everything will have a processor in it that’s connected to some kind of … Continue reading
Amusing Children With Supercomputers
Yesterday I saw the new animated movie “Madagascar 3” at a special preview with my son. It doesn’t open for a week, but the studio, Dreamworks, held a preview for the staff of Red Hat, a Linux software services company … Continue reading
Steampunk vs Apple-ism
I had no idea how big steampunk has gotten. There was a gathering of them in Waltham this last weekend at the Watch City Festival, and 17,000 people showed up. I took the kids there on a beautiful Saturday afternoon, … Continue reading
Robotics for Profit and Fun
Last week Kiva Systems, a maker of robots for distribution warehouses, was bought by Amazon for $775M in cash. It’s the biggest deal ever in robotics. They were founded in 2003, and last year had sales of about $100M. Their … Continue reading
Keurig Dumps Inventor, Builds Millions of Junk Coffee Makers
Keurig single-cup coffee makers are the most unreliable appliances I’ve ever owned. My most recent machine failed after only three weeks, and thus this rant. I’ve owned several of them, and used many more at work, but they never seem … Continue reading
Political Inventors
There’s a great deal of talk in the political world these days about improving STEM education – Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. I’m not sure how Technology is different from Engineering, but it does improve the acronym. The US apparently … Continue reading
Every Thing Can Be Improved
Well, maybe not everything can be improved, but every thing can be. “Surely not,” you think. “Some things are so old and worked over that nothing more can be done with them.” Well, how about a garbage can? Is there … Continue reading
Boston Power becomes Beijing Power
Well here’s a depressing story – a local lithium-ion battery startup, Boston Power, has recently been bought out by Chinese investors and the Chinese government, and will be moving most of its R&D operations to Beijing. The American execs are … Continue reading
“MIT Seeks to Flatter Wealthy Businessmen”
… is what the headline should have read on this Boston Globe article, “Stars of invention – Walk of Fame in Kendall Square celebrates technology and the entrepreneurial spirit”. Apparently MIT and the city of Cambridge have set up a … Continue reading
A Niche in the Library of Babel 