Happy Friday! We're looking forward to a big week next Tuesday and Wednesday when we host the Virtual Policy Forum at Robotics Alley. If you love robots, future-looking policy, and discussing the workforce implications of technology, do we have an event for you! Best yet, you don't even have to leave your desk--learn more about what we're up to including how to live-stream the Legislator Panel and speaker interviews. Before we're off to immerse ourselves in robotics, we bring

Happy Friday! Things are warming up here in Minnesota which makes us think all sorts of springlike thoughts, ranging from climate change to chocolate factories. See why below. From Science Alert - When the sub-head is "So crazy, it just might work", you fully have my attention. With North Pole temperatures continuing to rise at unprecedented levels (#actualfacts), scientists are trying to find innovative ways to reverse the catastrophe toward which we are careening. The plan

Better late than never, here's you five for Friday! Today we'll dive into the solar industry, nanotechnology in your food, building robots that operate on an ethical scale equal to that of humans (hopefully the best of us), and at least one more homage to The Sound of Music. It's a wild and crazy Friday, so let's get to it. From Vox - Here's a fun new stat for you: there are 2x more solar jobs than coal. For all the posturing that we're going to revitalize a dying industry, i

Within the first five minutes of his interview, Matt was showing us solutions he had already come up with to problems we didn't know we had using tools we didn't know existed. We tried to play it cool, but, no we didn't--we hired him on the spot. We are so excited to have Matt working with us on our Drive Together MPLS project. Matt brings an entirely new and critically needed knowledge and skill set to the team, including the ability to curate, make sense of, and create visu

When I graduated from college, I didn't have a job lined up and somebody suggested to me that I should check out this particular temp agency that made placements with all the fancy creative firms. So I go there and they give me this big long form to fill out, including a checklist of skills. Well, arrogant little snot that I was, I checked off all of them. I had just graduated from the Ivy League--there was no way that I couldn't figure out how to operate a switchboard. How h