As we clang towards our automated, robot future, the arts and sciences of management need an overhaul. Companies are heading for dramatic changes, and people are going to need different kinds of handling.
Category: California
New Proposed DMV Robot Car Rules Weaken Safety Protections, Consumer…
It called for the regulations to be strengthened before they take effect. The nonpartisan, nonprofit public interest group also called on the DMV to immediately begin a rulemaking to enact regulations covering self-driving robot trucks.
Berkeley engineers join $24 million push for craniofacial repair therapies
Kevin Healy, professor of bioengineering and materials science and engineering, leads Berkeley’s role in a new craniofacial research center, C-DOCTOR. UC Berkeley is part of a California-based, six-university consortium that has been awarded $12 million by the National Institutes of Health to develop strategies for treating craniofacial defects, which affect millions of Americans.
Uber gains permit for self-driving car tests in Calif.; consumer group skepitcal
Uber’s self-driving cars will return to California’s streets, though the ride-hailing company doesn’t immediately plan to pick up passengers. Uber received a permit Wednesday to test two Volvo SUVs on public roads, the California Department of Motor Vehicles said.
USPTO Adds New Features to PatentsView Tool
In January, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office PatentsView , which allows the public to interactively engage, through a web-based platform, with a database connecting 40 years of information about inventors, their organizations, and their locations. The revised PatentsView interface presents three new starting points for users: relationships, locations, and comparisons.
Schwarzenegger on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’: I Quit
Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday that he’s through with “The New Celebrity Apprentice,” and he’s blaming President Donald Trump for the television reality show’s recent poor performance. The former California governor said he wouldn’t mind working with NBC and producer Mark Burnett again “on a show that doesn’t have this baggage.”
Schwarzenegger on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’: I Quit
Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday that he’s through with “The New Celebrity Apprentice,” and he’s blaming President Donald Trump for the television reality show’s recent poor performance. The former California governor said he wouldn’t mind working with NBC and producer Mark Burnett again “on a show that doesn’t have this baggage.”
FEATURE-The billionaire philanthropists intent on using satellites to save the world
Some of the world’s most influential billionaire philanthropists plan to launch a powerful digital platform to harness the avalanche of data sent from satellites each day – and make it freely available for humanitarian and environmental causes. Bill and Melinda Gates – who are also custodians of legendary investor Warren Buffet’s billions – have joined forces with Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay, to fund the ‘Radiant Earth’ project, a repository and archive of the world’s satellite, aerial and drone imagery.
Ambitious Engineer At Center of Colossal Fight Between Google and Uber 2 hours ago
In 2013, Anthony Levandowski was the star of Google’s self-driving car project. The tall, swaggering engineer was featured in a long New Yorker story about the search engine willing the impossible technology into reality.
Oroville Dam: Dramatic photos show damage to dama s emergency spillway
The California Department of Water Resources continues to examine and repair the erosion with more than 125 construction crews working around the clock, and placing 1,200 tons of material on the spillway per hour using helicopters and heavy construction equipment at the Butte County site. Photo taken February 18, 2017.
Sinking land concerns California
Land in California’s Central Valley is sinking so much from over-pumping of groundwater during the drought that officials said Thursday they will press for new laws to limit drilling. The sinking threatens to curtail as much as one-fifth of water deliveries through the vital California Aqueduct to San Joaquin Valley farms and millions of Southern California residents, state water managers said.
California: Flooding on the surface, sinking underneath
Total subsidence in the San Joaquin Valley for the period May 7, 2015 – Sept. 10, 2016 as measured by NASA and processed at JPL.
California: Flooding on the surface, sinking underneath
Total subsidence in the San Joaquin Valley for the period May 7, 2015 – Sept. 10, 2016 as measured by NASA and processed at JPL.
How Self-Service Technology is Enhancing the Guest Experience.
At hotels around the world, the friendly face of a concierge who remembers your name could soon be replaced by technology that aims to do just the same and when it comes to a great hotel stay, that personalized touch is often the defining feature. At the Aloft hotels in Boston and Santa Clara, guests can perfect their room’s temperature not by ringing down to housekeeping, but by telling the in-room iPad to “cool the room”.
David Hockney exhibition ‘will change way people view the artist’
The biggest ever retrospective of the work of David Hockney will change the way people see the output of one of Britain’s greatest living artists, according to its curator. The exhibition at the Tate Britain will feature more than 250 pieces of artwork to celebrate his achievement in painting, drawing, photography and video.
Designers Are Moving West and SilverTribe has the Styles to get People Started with 2017 Fashion
SilverTribe.com releases a new collection of Southwest jewelry in response to top designers moving toward Southwest styles in 2017. There has been a recent trend with fashion designers leaving the fast-paced world of New York design for the West coast, particularly Los Angles.
Hyatt announces plans for Hyatt Centric La Rosi re, Hyatt’s first ski resort in the French Alps
Hyatt Hotels & Resorts today announced plans for Hyatt Centric La Rosiere, the first Hyatt Centric hotel in France and Hyatt’s first ski resort in the region. Hyatt has entered into a franchise agreement with La Rosiere Gestion SARL to be managed by Sophos Hotels.
Today in history
Today is the 16th day of 2017. There are 349 days left in the year. This is the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
Would Nikola Tesla drive a Tesla?
Say the name ‘Tesla’ these days and most people will think of the maker of electric cars that has enjoyed cult-like worship of its miraculous products in the last few years. A small handful may think of the second-tier Californian hair-metal band of the same name that was almost successful in the late-1980s.
Automation: Trump Deportation Threat Inspires Cheap Labor Agribusiness To FINALLY Invest In Robots
Elections have consequences, so they say. The Associated Press reports that farmers in California fear that Trump’s promise of mass deportations means they won’t have enough cheapie Mexicans to pick the crops and are therefore investing in agricultural automation.
California Welcomes NVIDIA Corporation to the Self-Driving Big Leagues
The California Department of Motor Vehicles granted NVIDIA an autonomous vehicle testing permit, which means the company can now take its self-driving vehicle off of private roads and onto public ones. NVIDIA will now be counted alongside big-name automakers, including Tesla Motors , Mercedes-Benz, and BMW , technology giants Baidu and Alphabet , and components makers like Bosch and Delphi Automotive who are allowed to test autonomous vehicles in the state.
California Welcomes NVIDIA Corporation to the Self-Driving Big Leagues
The California Department of Motor Vehicles granted NVIDIA an autonomous vehicle testing permit, which means the company can now take its self-driving vehicle off of private roads and onto public ones. NVIDIA will now be counted alongside big-name automakers, including Tesla Motors , Mercedes-Benz, and BMW , technology giants Baidu and Alphabet , and components makers like Bosch and Delphi Automotive who are allowed to test autonomous vehicles in the state.
Jury urges death penalty for sex offender who killed 4 women
Jurors on Wednesday recommended a death sentence for a California sex offender who abducted and killed four women over six months while wearing an electronic monitoring device. A judge will make the final decision Feb. 3 after a jury said Steven Dean Gordon , 47, should face capital punishment for his crimes.