innovation

  • Marc Andreessen Is Wrong About Everything

    Marc Andreessen Is Wrong About Everything

    For years, Marc Andreessen has had so much money he’s barely known what to do with himself. After striking it rich with the founding of Netscape during the ‘90s, he built himself into a mega-investor in a pantheon of Silicon Valley success stories, becoming a kingmaker in the upper echelons of tech. Now, after years…


  • The U.S. Can Get to All Electric Vehicles by 2035

    The U.S. Can Get to All Electric Vehicles by 2035

    If all cars and trucks sold in the United States are electric by 2035, it could save consumers in the United States some $US2.7 ($3) trillion over the course of the next 30 years, working out to roughly $US1,000 ($1,293) in savings per household per year, a new analysis finds. And if you’re itching to…


  • Artificial Feathers Let This Robotic Bird Fly With Incredible Agility

    Artificial Feathers Let This Robotic Bird Fly With Incredible Agility

    Over the years, Festo, a German automation company with a penchant for robots, has designed countless Mother Nature-inspired automatons that swim, hop, and fly like their real-world counterparts. That includes robotic birds, which have now been upgraded with fake feathers that allow the robots to soar through the air with the same manoeuvrability and agility…