5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (665+ words) Enter the robot, made by a startup called Luum. Before Nathan Harding co-founded Luum, he co-founded Ekso Bionics, which built wearable robots that got stroke and spinal-cord patients rehabbing and relearning how to move after a disability. In that world,…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (895+ words) The state is America’s biggest venture capitalist. Tesla and Solyndra prove it Fortune The state is America’s biggest venture capitalist. Tesla and Solyndra prove it In 2009, the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) issued nearly identical loan guarantees to Tesla…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (989+ words) Good morning. Thoughts and prayers to the families of those who lost their lives on Sunday when an Amazon Air cargo plane overran the runway in Miami. It’s a sobering reminder that all that one-tap, next-day e-commerce we love so…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (367+ words) Federal regulators are opening an investigation into whether Tesla’s new steering-wheel-free taxis comply with safety rules, a day after the company began offering rides in the vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it was looking into whether Tesla…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (541+ words) The $13.6 billion-a-year global logistics giant is running pilots with five humanoid-robotics providers, and another European pilot is expected later this year. A big focus is on what he calls “single-digit challenges”—getting robot hands to more closely mimic human hands....