During our recent photowalking, Stanford University rolled out its STARMAC team (Stanford Testbed of Autonomous Rotorcraft for Multi-Agent Control). These are quadrotor helicopters that can fly remotely without much human assistance. Really cool research project that you’ll want to check out. Anyway, here you meet the team: Gabe Hoffmann, ...

For 54 years, Corvette has been a symbol of the quintessential American sports car. It’s come a long way since its debut in 1953. During my tour of the GM Heritage Center in Sterling Heights, Mich., HC Manager Greg Wallace introduced me to several models of this icon, including ...

If you think secure online collaboration is an impossibility, you may want to talk to Exostar. They’ve built a secure online collaboration network for some of the biggest names in the aerospace and defense industries. And there’s no reason that other verticals can’t take advantage of the Exostar approach.

AeroVironment is a Monrovia, Calif.-based pioneer in the conception and development of alternative energy vehicles, having helped to develop the solar-powered GM Sunraycer and the all-electric GM Impact, a prototype for General Motors’ EV-1 electric automobile, and others. If you watched the movie, Who Killed the ...

We’ve been Vermicomposting for almost 4 months now and it’s been quite a learning experience! We recently moved to a place where we could place our bin outside, so we got a little lazy about smell. Pretty soon, the smell was really bad! Too much liquid, not enough drainage ...

Since it’s introduction in 1979, TaylorMade’s metal driver has been at the heart of golf’s revolution. Today, technology and science are pushing distance and performance for both tour players and weekend warriors.

Benoit Vincent, TaylorMade Golf’s chief technology officer, talks with Brad Baldwin about how technology and innovation are driving ...

It might be hard to imagine how a small error in a line of software code can destroy a company’s brand image or even result in loss of life. But Parasoft Corp. has made a business out of just these types of potential incidents.

I caught up with the company at ...

Tony Pearce, president and co-founder of MyComfort, talks with Kip Meacham about they company’s path from startup to leader in the market for innovation-driven cushioning and mattress technology. As an inventor, engineer, researcher and entrepreneur, Pearce took his knowledge and experience from the aerospace industry and focused on the ...

One of my newest heroes is John Q. McMillan, a gentleman from Tennessee, who, along with his business partner Xander Carey and a group of Canadian investors, has designed a “purpose-built” electric car, the Predator, an efficient, three passenger, electric car built by their company, Shockwave Motors. It’s a ...

IDG Ventures India is a $150 million technology focussed fund that was established in September 2006. We talked to Sudhir Sethi, the founding vice chairman and managing director of IDG Ventures India.

The fund’s focus is early-stage investment in companies in the range of $500,000 to $5 million and ...

The IPO season is underway in India. Media company Global Broadcast News, which operates CNN and other news channels, went IPO earlier this week. It listed on both the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange.

Bangalore-based MindTree Consulting is going IPO on the Indian stock exchange. ...

One of my favorite concept cars at the North American International Auto Show was the Saab Aero X. Its gull wing doors, turbine wheels and aerodynamic design is an homage to Saab’s airplane heritage. I had the opportunity to speak with Brian Nesbitt, executive director of GME Design and ...

SAN FRANCISCO, December 16, 2006 (PodTech News) — Predicting extreme weather, like Hurricanes, has come a long way with the help of remote control devices. That same technology, or a version of it, has proven an unprecedented success through NASA’s Mars Rover project. Originally planned as a three-month project, several ...

June 15, 2006 (Boston, Massachusetts) The final night of TechEd 2006 was celebrated in Boston’s Fenway Park with Train providing the entertainment, complete with a cover of Aerosmith’s “Dream On”. PodTech’s Michael Johnson talks to a few attendees about the Microsoftt event and the news of Bill Gate’s plans to ...

NVIDIA’s Andrew Fear and Lew Wagman discuss Windows Vista Beta 2, covering the latest features like Flip 3D and Windows Aero. In addition, NVIDIA answers frequently asked questions regarding NVIDIA GPUs and Windows Vista. For more information, visit www.nvidia.com/windowsvista.