Because of the NY Times Overlooked project, Emily Roebling’s long delayed obituary displays how she helped to build the Brooklyn Bridge.
The Biggest U.S. Postal Service Problem
With postal service innovation a basic problem, the U.S. Postal System is ranked lower than France, Japan, Poland, and nine other countries.
New Figure Skating Music…But Who Pays?
Now that music with words can accompany Olympic figure skating, there is less classical music, more hip-hop and Beyoncé, and some questions about intellectual property rights.
The Surprising Significance of Ping Pong
Perhaps correlated with ping pong table sales, the venture capital that goes to technology startups is concentrated in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Boston/NY/Washington D.C. corridor.
A Banana, a Billionaire, and a Tesla Tax Follow-Up
Our banana, $450 million painting, and Tesla tax stories were just so interesting that they deserved fascinating follow-ups.
Why We Need to Pay Attention to Wobbly Plates
Perhaps comparable to Alphabet’s (Google’s) X subsidiary, the old AT&T’s Bell Labs produced invention that became breakthrough technology.
Elon Musk’s Tunnel Vision
It appears that Elon Musk’s year-old Boring Company has tunnel vision. The firm has proposed a high-tech tunnel between NYC and Washington D.C. that got a verbal okay from the White House: Where are we going? To new tunnels and…
How Transparency Transformed Food Shopping
When the development of cellophane let us have self-service shopping for meat and produce, it started a retailing revolution.