Author Archive
Mike Murphy
Tech
Donald Trump Seems to Still Be Using His Unsecured Android Phone
That's bad news for the nation's security.
- Mike Murphy, Quartz
Tech
Donald Trump's First Tweets As U.S. President Are Here
Trump does not seem to want to let go of his personal account.
- Mike Murphy, Quartz
Management
How Not to Get Hacked by Russians (or Anyone Else): Lessons From the DNC’s Disastrous Cyber Strategy
When the FBI calls, call them back.
- Mike Murphy and Heather Timmons, Quartz
Oversight
The Permit Test for Flying a Drone is a Lot More Difficult Than the Average Driving Test
For anyone that wants to start a drone business—this is not a simple test.
- Mike Murphy, Quartz
Oversight
FAA: Over Half a Million Drones Have Been Registered in Just Eight Months
There are already more registered drones than there have been planes.
- Mike Murphy, Quartz
Management
The Commercial Drone Industry is Finally Governed by Real Rules
The FAA has spoken, but not everyone will be happy.
- Mike Murphy, Quartz
Management
The First Drone to Complete a Delivery In the U.S. Is Coming To The Smithsonian
Commemorating the "Kitty Hawk moment" of the drone industry.
- Mike Murphy, Quartz
Management
Google Wants to Run Elections on its Site
Perhaps one day we'll elect presidents through Google.
- Mike Murphy, Quartz
Defense
The Potential Flaw in the NSA's Artificial Intelligence System to Identify Terrorists in Pakistan
It's called Skynet.
- Mike Murphy, Quartz
Management
The Federal Government Now Considers Google’s Self-Driving Cars to Be Legal Drivers
Google's cars have cleared a big hurdle between them and actual roads.
- Mike Murphy, Quartz
Defense
DARPA Wants to Make Self-destructing Delivery Drones
DARPA says it wants to imitate that “material transience,” but with “more uplifting endings.”
- Mike Murphy, Quartz
Management
NASA Wants to Start Building Stuff From Martian Rocks
Perhaps one day, astronauts will get to live in stone houses.
- Mike Murphy, Quartz
Management
NASA is Researching Technology to Make a Tractor Beam Out of Hoverboards
In the future, astronauts may be pulled around in space like something straight out of "Star Wars."
- Mike Murphy, Quartz
Management
NASA Creates New Quick 'Self-Healing' Material
Hurtling through the endless void of space in a thin aluminum can as debris zips around in every direction may have just gotten a little safer.
- Mike Murphy, Quartz
Management
NASA Is Looking To Turn Astronaut Waste Into Plastic and Vitamins
The space agency's scientists are researching how to create plastic more easily
- Mike Murphy, Quartz
Tech
International Space Station Astronauts Are About to Eat the First Vegetables Grown in Space
Red lettuce is the leafy green of choice.
- Mike Murphy, Quartz
Management
NASA Wants to Experiment With Drones That Can Fly in Space
The agency wants robots that can fly to places its rovers can’t reach.
- Mike Murphy, Quartz
Management
The First Step on Mars Won’t Be Made By Humans, But By Robots
The space agency wants to use its R5 Valkyrie robot.
- Mike Murphy, Quartz
Management
NASA Has a Humanoid Robot Working Aboard the International Space Station
It looks like a cross between C-3PO and the Michelin Man.
- Mike Murphy, Quartz
Defense
NASA is Investing in Eco-friendly Supersonic Airplane Travel
Maybe by 2030 we'll be able to fly between London and New York in under four hours again.
- Mike Murphy, Quartz