Unusual Suspects Open Up
Over the summer, YouTube video of a car’s onboard computers getting hacked got a lot of attention. This week, General Motors is inviting researchers and coders to point out mistakes in code critical to...
View ArticleSelf-Driving Cars Just Around the Bend
You know a technology has gone from theoretical to real when the lawyers get involved. Volvo Cars CEO Håkan Samuelsson maintains that the biggest barriers to getting self-driving vehicles on the road...
View ArticleNASA Opens Patents to Private Companies
Likely inspiring startups to build amazing stuff, NASA released more than 1,200 license-free patents for handheld laser cutters, robots, and other hardware. See those ideas and potential benefits and...
View ArticleMillennials Buy Homes, Redefine Cities
Millennials aren’t just the biggest generation in American history. They’re also the most urban. They’re leading the reversal of a decades-long trend toward suburbanization in America, but how urban...
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NewCo Spotlight: Tesloop: Tesla As A Platform
This is the first in what I hope will become a regular series of posts on new kinds of companies the NewCo team has discovered in our travels to NewCo cities around the world. First up is Tesloop,...
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Automatic Manages a Dialogue Between You and Your Car
Automatic wants to drivers to develop safer and smarter habits by giving them access to the data their cars produce. It’s a direct pitch to consumers, but it turns out they’re talking to insurance...
View ArticleThe Swagway Replaces the Segway… Then Explodes
You may or may not have heard that the rapper Soulja Boy is selling hoverboards. He calls them Souljaboards. That name is not original, but it makes good business sense. Helped by the embrace of pop...
View ArticleNo More Jobs, Uber Behaves, and a B-Side With Your Waffles
Our Jobs Are Going Away. Why Isn’t That a Good Thing? Nearly nine million Americans make their living either as truck drivers or working in that industry – and that doesn’t count supporting industries...
View ArticleThe Green Light Solution
Amid a political backdrop and a glossy promo bus, a revamp of bus and light rail systems rolled out in Baltimore last week. A public transportation authority making changes isn’t all that amazing. The...
View ArticleSh*tty Data, Bankers on the Bread Lines, and Tesla’s Shot Clock
The Truth Beneath Our Cities If you want to understand a city, dig into its sewage. That’s what researchers at MIT’s Senseable City Lab do, turning sewage into data that reveals multitudes about a...
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