Pivoting happens whenever a startup misses the market and goes back to the drawing board to construct a new strategy. A pivot is a radical change in direction forced on a company about to capsize. Continue reading Are Google and Apple About to Pivot?
Will the Flying Car Make a Comeback?
Flying cars loomed large in most every prediction of the future since the airplane was invented, beginning in 1917 when the Curtiss Autoplane flying car was made public. Interest reached a fever pitch in the 1960s when the successful TV program, “The Jetsons,” showed George Jetson driving a 1962 animated model. Ford Motor Company even considered building the first FAA-approved flying car called the Aerocar in the 1970s. Continue reading Will the Flying Car Make a Comeback?
Can Robots Be Trusted?
In “Self-driving cars and the Trolley problem,” Tanay Jaipuria provides an interesting and valuable examination of some of the dilemmas posed by trusting automatons such as self-driving vehicles to take care of people: Continue reading Can Robots Be Trusted?
Why Physical Cyber Security is Broken
Recent FBI reports of a dozen physical attacks on the Internet backbone near Sacramento, CA highlight the sad state of physical cyber security and policies to cope with threats to the Internet. Sacramento is an intermediary in the Internet backbone carrying east-west traffic; it connects Chicago and San Francisco hubs, and ultimately links the West Coast with the remainder of the U.S. and Europe. No wonder the bad guys physically cut the fiber optic cable near Sacramento—it is a critical link in the most highly traveled cables in the U.S. Continue reading Why Physical Cyber Security is Broken