Can Trucking Companies Fend Off a Holiday Armageddon?
The last few years have been hard on transportation companies. As e-commerce sales have soared, trucking and package delivery businesses have had trouble estimating...
MIT Teaches Robots to Live Among Humans
Perhaps the biggest challenge in robotics is the unpredictability of humanity. With an ever changing world, robot interactions cannot be preplanned if they are...
Can Macron Start Unwinding France’s Arcane Labor Laws?
Today France's president, Emmanuel Macron, proposed new labor laws for his country.
The French have traditionally protected labor with strict laws about hiring, firing, hours...
Automakers are Gaining on Tech Titans in the Race for Robot Cars
Self driving cars are usually considered the realm of tech titans like Google, Uber and more secretly, Apple. But traditional automakers have not been...
Wal-Mart Closes in on Amazon Behind the Scenes
Back in April I wrote about Amazon's efforts to secure forklift technology that would require less downtime than battery powered machines. To that end,...