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APiJET wins NASA license to commercialize a Waze-like app to guide airlines and pilots

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The electric aviation revolution will be televised … by MagniX and Harbour Air

by Alan Boyle on December 3, 2019December 3, 2019 at 5:22 pmComment

Two Pacific Northwest aviation ventures — the Harbour Air seaplane airline in Vancouver, B.C., and the MagniX electric propulsion company in Redmond, Wash. — are ready to start flight tests… Read More

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After ups and downs, Boeing and Kitty Hawk reboot flying-car venture as Wisk

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Cyrus Biotechnology and CRISPR pioneers team up to boost gene-editing therapies

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AWS launches Amazon Braket service as part of broad quantum computing initiative

by Alan Boyle on December 2, 2019December 2, 2019 at 1:43 pm1 Comment

Amazon Web Services is leaping into quantum computing with both feet — or maybe more than both feet, in keeping with the weird world of quantum physics. AWS’ quantum initiative,… Read More

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How an exec at Amazon Prime became a quantum computing pioneer at IonQ

by Alan Boyle on December 1, 2019December 1, 2019 at 8:18 amComment

How does a guy go from being the engineering director for Amazon Prime to serving as the CEO of a quantum computer company? It’s a classical move for Peter Chapman,… Read More

Holiday gift guide for science books: Find your way through parallel universes in print

by Alan Boyle on November 28, 2019December 2, 2019 at 1:51 pmComment

Parallel universes are big in science fiction, popping up in shows ranging from the “Terminator” movies to “The Man in the High Castle” to “Hot Tub Time Machine.” And strangely… Read More

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Infarm plants its blend of vertical farming and cloud computing in QFC grocery stores

by Alan Boyle on November 25, 2019November 25, 2019 at 3:50 pm1 Comment

KIRKLAND, Wash. — The Seattle area offers a rich smorgasbord of geeky tech-as-a-service offerings — ranging from software as a service, to gaming as a service, to pizza as a… Read More

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Backed by Bill Gates, TerraPower branches out into radioisotopes for cancer treatment

by Alan Boyle on November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 at 7:06 pm1 Comment

TerraPower, the nuclear research venture founded by Bill Gates, is joining with Isotek Systems and the U.S. Department of Energy in a public-private partnership aimed at turning what otherwise would… Read More

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Echodyne and Univ. of Washington assist DARPA with aerial drone surveillance test

by Alan Boyle on November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 at 5:00 pmComment

When the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency tested an “Aerial Dragnet” system for tracking drones over urban terrain last month, Echodyne lent a helping hand. Echodyne — a Kirkland,… Read More

With grounding still in force, Boeing gives 737 MAX 10 jet a low-key rollout in Renton

by Alan Boyle on November 22, 2019November 22, 2019 at 3:14 pm1 Comment

Hundreds of Boeing employees turned out today for the official rollout of the company’s biggest 737 MAX — a traditional rite in the birth of an airplane that was more… Read More

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Elon Musk shatters stereotypes (and windows) with Tesla’s all-electric, edgy Cybertruck

by Alan Boyle on November 21, 2019November 22, 2019 at 5:21 pm 6 Comments

Amid clouds of smoke and “Blade Runner” hype, Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled a hard-edged, all-electric pickup truck that will cost as little as $39,900 and is due to hit… Read More

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Study suggests AI’s disruptive effect on jobs will hit higher on economic and education scales

by Alan Boyle on November 20, 2019November 20, 2019 at 3:32 pm1 Comment

When experts talk about the disruptive effects of artificial intelligence, they tend to focus on low-paid laborers — but a newly published study suggests higher-paid, more highly educated workers will… Read More

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Company backed by Bill Gates claims solar breakthrough, looks to replace fossil fuels in industrial plants

by Todd Bishop & Alan Boyle on November 19, 2019November 19, 2019 at 11:23 am 23 Comments

A solar energy tech company founded by serial entrepreneur and inventor Bill Gross — and backed by investors including Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates — says it has developed a way… Read More

From fish to coffee, how companies are using new technology for sustainable supply chains

by Gregory Scruggs on November 16, 2019November 18, 2019 at 2:31 pmComment

Parker Townley, a Gonzaga University graduate who works for food certification organization Fair Trade USA, was in Peru visiting coffee and cacao farms last week. On a tour hosted by… Read More

Taste-testing the Cosmic Crisp, Washington state’s star-studded ‘apple of the future’

by James Thorne on November 16, 2019November 16, 2019 at 9:27 am 7 Comments

The most hotly anticipated apple of the year has arrived. It’s not a iPhone, iWatch, iMac or iAnything. It is an actual fruit. Say hello to the Cosmic Crisp, a… Read More

Magnix revs up electric motors for Harbour Air seaplane flight tests in December

by Alan Boyle on November 15, 2019November 15, 2019 at 4:45 pm1 Comment

Redmond, Wash.-based MagniX, which aims to become the Tesla of aviation, is gearing up for the first flight tests of an all-electric Harbour Air seaplane in British Columbia next month,… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: TEDxSeattle, hacking for good, science improv, and automated testing

by Nicole Tanner on November 15, 2019November 15, 2019 at 9:00 amComment

— Since its founding in 1984, TED has become the most prolific provider of expert talks on a wide range of topics. TEDxSeattle, now in its 10th year, has given… Read More

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Scientists put out the call for 10,000 canines to join the Dog Aging Project

by Alan Boyle on November 14, 2019November 15, 2019 at 7:40 am1 Comment

Scientists are looking for 10,000 good dogs to take part in a 10-year effort aimed at tracking their health and identifying factors that can lengthen their lifespan. The pets that… Read More

Seismologists register ‘fan quakes’ from the Seattle Sounders’ stadium crowd

by Alan Boyle on November 10, 2019November 16, 2019 at 10:46 pmComment

Can Seattle Sounders fans match the Seahawks’ “Beast Quakes” when it comes to making the earth move? Seismologists from the University of Washington and the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network conducted… Read More

2019’s Allen Distinguished Investigators will focus on the mysteries of our cells

by Alan Boyle on November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 at 11:20 amComment

The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, a division of Seattle’s Allen Institute, is making a total of $7.5 million in awards to its latest class of five biomedical researchers. The… Read More

Planting the seeds of digital agriculture: Startup bets the farm on Microsoft’s new ag tech platform

by Alan Boyle on November 6, 2019November 7, 2019 at 11:24 pmComment

Microsoft’s cloud-based platform for data-driven farming, Azure FarmBeats, had its official coming-out party this week at the company’s annual Ignite conference for developers, but Steve Mantle has already been using… Read More

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Bill Gates’ nuclear venture teams up on project to make coal-based carbon fiber

by Alan Boyle on November 5, 2019November 5, 2019 at 12:22 pmComment

BELLEVUE, Wash. — TerraPower, the venture that’s working on next-generation nuclear reactors with backing from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, is now working on next-generation uses for coal as well. The… Read More

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Microsoft CEO says Azure Quantum will address the big challenges in computing

by Alan Boyle on November 4, 2019November 4, 2019 at 8:33 amComment

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella today took the wraps off Azure Quantum, a full-stack, cloud-based approach to quantum computing that he said would play well with traditional computational architectures. “With all… Read More

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‘Terminator’ is back! AI experts do a reality check on Hollywood’s new robo-nightmare

by Alan Boyle on November 2, 2019November 2, 2019 at 3:53 pm 2 Comments

He promised he’d be back — and 35 years after Arnold Schwarzenegger created what’s now a cliche for artificial intelligence gone wrong in the first “Terminator” movie, the cinematic nightmares… Read More

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Earthquake drill gives Kymeta’s emergency communication system a shakedown test

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

When disaster strikes, cellphone connections are among the first things to go by the wayside — so what will emergency responders who rely on that connectivity do? That’s one of… Read More

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Scientists track the arms race that’s playing out between bacteria in your gut

by Alan Boyle on October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 at 8:46 pm1 Comment

The balance of bacteria in your gut can make the difference between sickness and health — and now scientists report that different species of bacteria share immunity genes to protect… Read More

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OceanGate plans to build submersibles capable of going far below Titanic depths

by Alan Boyle on October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 at 7:02 pmComment

Everett, Wash.-based OceanGate says it’ll build not just one, but two deep-sea submersibles capable of taking crews as far down as 6,000 meters (3.7 miles) beneath the ocean surface, into… Read More

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WWII destroyer located by Paul Allen’s research vessel is deepest shipwreck ever discovered

by Kurt Schlosser on October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 at 11:22 am1 Comment

The late Paul Allen’s ship-hunting team aboard the Research Vessel Petrel has reached record new depths with its latest discovery. Vulcan Inc. released footage Wednesday of the deepest shipwreck ever… Read More

Allen Institute maps out a high-resolution ‘org chart’ for connections in the brain

by Alan Boyle on October 30, 2019October 31, 2019 at 3:36 pmComment

Researchers at Seattle’s Allen Institute say a new and improved map of the mouse brain reveals not only how different regions are connected, but how those connections are ordered in… Read More

APiJET wins NASA license to commercialize a Waze-like app to guide airlines and pilots

The electric aviation revolution will be televised … by MagniX and Harbour Air

After ups and downs, Boeing and Kitty Hawk reboot flying-car venture as Wisk

Cyrus Biotechnology and CRISPR pioneers team up to boost gene-editing therapies

AWS launches Amazon Braket service as part of broad quantum computing initiative

How an exec at Amazon Prime became a quantum computing pioneer at IonQ

Holiday gift guide for science books: Find your way through parallel universes in print

Infarm plants its blend of vertical farming and cloud computing in QFC grocery stores

Backed by Bill Gates, TerraPower branches out into radioisotopes for cancer treatment

Echodyne and Univ. of Washington assist DARPA with aerial drone surveillance test

With grounding still in force, Boeing gives 737 MAX 10 jet a low-key rollout in Renton

Elon Musk shatters stereotypes (and windows) with Tesla’s all-electric, edgy Cybertruck

Study suggests AI’s disruptive effect on jobs will hit higher on economic and education scales

Company backed by Bill Gates claims solar breakthrough, looks to replace fossil fuels in industrial plants

From fish to coffee, how companies are using new technology for sustainable supply chains

Taste-testing the Cosmic Crisp, Washington state’s star-studded ‘apple of the future’

Magnix revs up electric motors for Harbour Air seaplane flight tests in December

GeekWire Calendar Picks: TEDxSeattle, hacking for good, science improv, and automated testing

Scientists put out the call for 10,000 canines to join the Dog Aging Project

Seismologists register ‘fan quakes’ from the Seattle Sounders’ stadium crowd

2019’s Allen Distinguished Investigators will focus on the mysteries of our cells

Planting the seeds of digital agriculture: Startup bets the farm on Microsoft’s new ag tech platform

Bill Gates’ nuclear venture teams up on project to make coal-based carbon fiber

Microsoft CEO says Azure Quantum will address the big challenges in computing

‘Terminator’ is back! AI experts do a reality check on Hollywood’s new robo-nightmare

Earthquake drill gives Kymeta’s emergency communication system a shakedown test

Scientists track the arms race that’s playing out between bacteria in your gut

OceanGate plans to build submersibles capable of going far below Titanic depths

WWII destroyer located by Paul Allen’s research vessel is deepest shipwreck ever discovered

Allen Institute maps out a high-resolution ‘org chart’ for connections in the brain

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