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How earthquake patterns could let us know when the ‘Really Big One’ is coming

by Alan Boyle on February 16, 2019February 16, 2019 at 11:54 amComment

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Is it the tick of Earth’s heartbeat, or a ticking time bomb? Either way, instruments that monitor a 14-month pattern in seismic activity could serve as an super-early… Read More

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At his first meetup, White House science adviser tells scientists: ‘I am one of you’

by Alan Boyle on February 15, 2019February 15, 2019 at 10:55 pmComment

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump’s newly minted science adviser reached out to his peers today at one of the country’s biggest scientific meetings and called for the establishment of a… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Hacking education, comic books, artificial intelligence and robotics

by Nicole Tanner on February 15, 2019February 15, 2019 at 7:19 pmComment

It seems like we’ve moved to the Midwest or East Coast with Seattle weather lately. And days like these make us think about how technology can help kids continue to… Read More

Boeing-Safran joint venture for auxiliary power units has a name: Initium Aerospace

by Alan Boyle on February 13, 2019February 13, 2019 at 9:15 amComment

The 50-50 joint venture that Boeing and Europe’s Safran aerospace company formed last year to build auxiliary power units for airplanes now has a name: Initium Aerospace. Auxiliary power units,… Read More

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Xnor shrinks AI to fit on a solar-powered chip, opening up big frontiers on the edge

by Alan Boyle on February 13, 2019February 13, 2019 at 6:47 amComment

It was a big deal two and a half years ago when researchers shrunk down an image-recognition program to fit onto a $5 computer the size of a candy bar… Read More

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Paul Allen’s Petrel research vessel finds the USS Hornet, 77 years after sinking

by Alan Boyle on February 12, 2019February 12, 2019 at 8:11 amComment

Chalk up another historic shipwreck discovery for the Petrel, the research vessel funded by the late Seattle billionaire Paul Allen: This time it’s the USS Hornet, the World War II… Read More

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White House initiative will boost artificial intelligence research and data-sharing

by Alan Boyle on February 10, 2019February 10, 2019 at 9:12 pmComment

The White House is moving forward with the American AI Initiative, a set of policies aimed at focusing the full resources of the federal government on the frontiers of artificial… Read More

Paul Allen’s deepest legacy: Expedition surveys wreck of Japanese battleship Hiei

by Alan Boyle on February 6, 2019February 6, 2019 at 2:37 pm 3 Comments

A wide-ranging shipwreck survey funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is continuing after his death, and the latest discovery focuses on the Japanese battleship Hiei, which sank in the South… Read More

How do you direct a drone to drop off your purchases? Amazon has a patent for that

by Alan Boyle on February 5, 2019February 5, 2019 at 12:59 pm 2 Comments

A newly published patent hints at the system that Amazon just might use to guide delivery drones to their destinations, and verify that the drone’s payloads have been dropped off… Read More

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Boeing forges partnership with Aerion to speed up supersonic jet development

by Alan Boyle on February 5, 2019February 5, 2019 at 9:45 am1 Comment

Boeing says it’s making a significant investment in Aerion to accelerate the development of the Nevada-based company’s supersonic business jet. The partnership announced today appears to be a closer tie… Read More

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Artificial intelligence plays on your team in Iconary, a picture puzzle game from AI2

by Alan Boyle on February 5, 2019February 5, 2019 at 8:13 amComment

For decades, the games that put artificial intelligence to the test have been played human vs. machine – whether it’s checkers, chess, Go, poker, StarCraft or “Jeopardy.” Why isn’t there a… Read More

Fortem vs. Echodyne? Super Bowl could host battle of drone-seeking radar systems

by Alan Boyle on February 1, 2019February 1, 2019 at 4:53 pmComment

Fortem Technologies, a Utah-based venture that makes drones as well as radar detection systems, wants to be in on a drone-hunting test to be conducted during Sunday’s Super Bowl in… Read More

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Scientists say iguana-sized reptile reigned as ‘Antarctic King’ before the dinosaurs

by Alan Boyle on January 31, 2019January 31, 2019 at 5:29 pmComment

Tyrannosaurus rex may have reigned as “king of the tyrant lizards” 65 million years ago, but 185 million years before that, a reptile about the size of an iguana was… Read More

Amazon patents a plan to have packages ride public buses for customer pickup

by Alan Boyle on January 31, 2019January 31, 2019 at 1:34 pm1 Comment

Amazon’s inventors have suggested using drone-dispensing trucks, rail cars and airships to deliver packages, but one of the company’s latest patents lays out a more mundane route for future customers:… Read More

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk places future bets on Model Y electric SUV — and on China

by Alan Boyle on January 30, 2019January 30, 2019 at 7:11 pmComment

As big as the Model 3 electric car is for the future of Tesla, the sport utility vehicle known as the Model Y could be bigger, according to CEO Elon… Read More

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Falling starfish: Study says disease and warming seas are wiping out sea stars

by Alan Boyle on January 30, 2019January 30, 2019 at 2:09 pm 2 Comments

Warming oceans and an infectious wasting disease have combined to devastate what was once an abundant type of sea stars along the West Coast, scientists say in a newly published… Read More

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Team Zeva takes on a mission targeting the $2M GoFly Prize … with a flying saucer!

by Alan Boyle on January 29, 2019January 29, 2019 at 8:30 pmComment

Team Zeva’s entry in the Boeing-backed $2 million GoFly Prize competition looks like a flying saucer that’s built for one — but there’s method behind the science-fiction madness. “That’s typically the comment… Read More

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Echodyne seeks thumbs-up from FCC for Super Bowl test of drone-detecting radar

by Alan Boyle on January 28, 2019January 29, 2019 at 4:14 amComment

Kirkland, Wash.-based Echodyne, a radar-focused startup backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, is seeking the Federal Communications Commission’s expedited approval to have its drone-detecting radar system used in an experiment… Read More

Vulcan gets into the drone-building business to fight wildlife poachers in Africa

by Alan Boyle on January 28, 2019January 29, 2019 at 8:21 pmComment

One of the legacies left behind by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, the Microsoft co-founder who passed away last October, is a drone development program aimed at providing aerial intelligence for… Read More

Report: Bill Gates promises to add his own billions if Congress helps with his nuclear power push

by Kurt Schlosser on January 25, 2019January 26, 2019 at 10:50 am 48 Comments

Bill Gates said in his year-end letter last month that he planned to work to persuade U.S. leaders to embrace advanced nuclear technologies as a solution to curbing climate change.… Read More

This invisible skin stamp lets you know when it’s time to put on more sunscreen

by Taylor Soper on January 25, 2019January 25, 2019 at 10:16 am1 Comment

Researchers say we don’t put on enough sunscreen. A Seattle startup has come up with a potential fix: an invisible ink stamp that notifies you when it’s time to re-apply.… Read More

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Surprise! Boeing hands Air Force the keys to not just one, but two KC-46 tanker jets

by Alan Boyle on January 24, 2019January 25, 2019 at 3:36 pmComment

Boeing executives today added an extra twist to what was expected to be a cut-and-dried ceremony to hand over its first KC-46 tanker aircraft to the U.S. Air Force. Leanne… Read More

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Boeing’s passenger air vehicle prototype rises into the sky for its first test flight

by Alan Boyle on January 23, 2019January 23, 2019 at 1:06 pm1 Comment

Boeing says it has successfully completed the first test flight of a prototype for its autonomous passenger air vehicle, which could start carrying riders as early as next year. The… Read More

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Government shutdown is a real Paine for Alaska Airlines and Everett airport

by Alan Boyle on January 22, 2019January 22, 2019 at 1:15 pmComment

The much-anticipated first commercial airline flights from Paine Field in Everett, Wash., have been postponed until March 4 at the earliest, due to the partial government shutdown. Alaska Airlines had… Read More

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Underwater robots survive a year probing climate change’s effects on Antarctic ice

by Alan Boyle on January 22, 2019January 22, 2019 at 7:47 amComment

It’s been a year since a squadron of underwater robots was sent out to monitor the underside of Antarctica’s Dotson Ice Shelf, and researchers report that the whole squad has… Read More

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Boeing and Machinists Union tussle over automation’s effect on quality assurance

by Alan Boyle on January 21, 2019January 21, 2019 at 9:58 pm1 Comment

Boeing’s moves to automate its manufacturing processes and streamline the quality assurance process for its airplanes has sparked discussions with union officials over the effect on jobs. The controversy came… Read More

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Amazon launches re:MARS event focusing on AI, as second stage to invite-only MARS

by Alan Boyle on January 17, 2019January 17, 2019 at 8:32 amComment

Amazon’s annual invitation-only event on machine learning, automation, robotics and space — known as Mars — has become a high-tech highlight for insiders, featuring billionaire founder and CEO Jeff Bezos riding a… Read More

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GM’s Cruise self-driving car venture plots a course to get Seattle team up and running

by Alan Boyle on January 16, 2019January 23, 2019 at 8:30 am1 Comment

The Seattle “tech talk” sponsored this week by GM’s autonomous-vehicle subsidiary, Cruise Automation, had all the hallmarks of a recruiting event for software engineers, plus an extra twist: the self-driving… Read More

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FAA lays out its plan to ease restrictions on drones flying at night and over people

by Alan Boyle on January 15, 2019January 15, 2019 at 12:36 pmComment

The Federal Aviation Administration has issued draft regulations that would smooth the way for drones to fly at night and over groups of innocent bystanders. Such operations are already technically… Read More

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Can robotic ‘sensor fish’ save salmon from hydroelectric dams?

by Lisa Stiffler on January 12, 2019January 14, 2019 at 11:37 amComment

Some 71 percent of the world’s renewable energy comes from hydropower and more dams are being built all of the time. But while energy wrung from rivers doesn’t release greenhouse… Read More

How earthquake patterns could let us know when the ‘Really Big One’ is coming

At his first meetup, White House science adviser tells scientists: ‘I am one of you’

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Hacking education, comic books, artificial intelligence and robotics

Boeing-Safran joint venture for auxiliary power units has a name: Initium Aerospace

Xnor shrinks AI to fit on a solar-powered chip, opening up big frontiers on the edge

Paul Allen’s Petrel research vessel finds the USS Hornet, 77 years after sinking

White House initiative will boost artificial intelligence research and data-sharing

Paul Allen’s deepest legacy: Expedition surveys wreck of Japanese battleship Hiei

How do you direct a drone to drop off your purchases? Amazon has a patent for that

Boeing forges partnership with Aerion to speed up supersonic jet development

Artificial intelligence plays on your team in Iconary, a picture puzzle game from AI2

Fortem vs. Echodyne? Super Bowl could host battle of drone-seeking radar systems

Scientists say iguana-sized reptile reigned as ‘Antarctic King’ before the dinosaurs

Amazon patents a plan to have packages ride public buses for customer pickup

Tesla CEO Elon Musk places future bets on Model Y electric SUV — and on China

Falling starfish: Study says disease and warming seas are wiping out sea stars

Team Zeva takes on a mission targeting the $2M GoFly Prize … with a flying saucer!

Echodyne seeks thumbs-up from FCC for Super Bowl test of drone-detecting radar

Vulcan gets into the drone-building business to fight wildlife poachers in Africa

Report: Bill Gates promises to add his own billions if Congress helps with his nuclear power push

This invisible skin stamp lets you know when it’s time to put on more sunscreen

Surprise! Boeing hands Air Force the keys to not just one, but two KC-46 tanker jets

Boeing’s passenger air vehicle prototype rises into the sky for its first test flight

Government shutdown is a real Paine for Alaska Airlines and Everett airport

Underwater robots survive a year probing climate change’s effects on Antarctic ice

Boeing and Machinists Union tussle over automation’s effect on quality assurance

Amazon launches re:MARS event focusing on AI, as second stage to invite-only MARS

GM’s Cruise self-driving car venture plots a course to get Seattle team up and running

FAA lays out its plan to ease restrictions on drones flying at night and over people

Can robotic ‘sensor fish’ save salmon from hydroelectric dams?

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