Curated articles from various sources.
The Economist reports about a battle between three of the world’s biggest defense companies – the outcome of which could reshape the aircraft industry altogether. Soon, the a big defense contract will be awarded by the US Air Force, to build 80-100 new long-range strike bombers at a cost of $550m each. The stakes could not be higher…
ByTED
Chemist, inventor & CEO of Carbon3D, Joseph DeSimone, has made more than one significant breakthrough contributions to the field of 3D printing. From his perspective, 3D printing is really nothing more than 2D printing over and over. In this groundbreaking TED talk, he unveils a revolutionary new technique that’s inspired by the infamous Terminator 2. This method…
Reuters reports on the jumbo jet, which for many years have been known as the workhorse of modern air travel, could now be close to ‘running out of runway’. Due to a slump in sales of the jets, questions are being raised over how long manufacturers will be able to sustain production. It has also fueled internal…
Bloomberg reports how the world’s biggest exporter of crude oil (Saudi Arabia) has let prices plummet, delaying the day when climate concerns, efficiency, and fuel switching will break the world’s dependence thereon. Things were looking bleak for Ali al-Naimi, Saudi Arabia’s petroleum minister, when oil prices crashed last fall. Naimi pushed prices lower in an initial attempt to…
It seems the death of Moore’s law was not an accurate prediction at all, and has always been greatly exaggerated. People started to pronounce it deceased not long after Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel, proclaimed that the number of transistors that can be etched on a given surface area of silicon would double second year. Moore’s…
ByHBR.org
“Virtual work” is increasingly just “work” for most of us – whether we’re dialing into a conference call with our branch offices in London and New York, or VPN-ing in from home to catch up with work after-hours, remote work is the new normal. But Peter Hirst is helping to lead MIT into a new…
