Category: Business & Economy

Early in October I had the opportunity to address the annual energy customer conference of the DHL company, in Houston. DHL provides extensive logistic support to the oil, gas, renewable energy sectors, from package to equipment delivery to warehousing services. The gathering in Houston...

Recently I was interviewed by “The Fruit Guys,” an interesting company and newsletter/blog in Silicon Valley. They deliver healthy food to companies, but write on all kinds of subjects of interest to the high tech community and other businesses. The focus of the story...

Let’s discuss the future of retirement in the United States. For a few brief decades after Social Security was established, and after World War II, a majority of Americans could look forward to relying on the proverbial “three-legged stool” for retirement income. The three...

Caitlin O"Keefe, Director of Marketing and Communications, of Planetary Resources is interviewed by Arunaby Satpathy, Intern at Futurist.com, during the New Space 2016 Conference in Seattle. They discuss the future of asteroid mining and Planetary Resources future plans, including the business case and the...

You might go into space the old fashioned way. World View is a new space company pioneering the use of high altitude balloons to provide access to near space, and to build a stratospheric economy.