Author with buddy H1 Neo (looking at a helicopter): Can you fly that thing? Trinity: Not yet. Tank (on the phone): Operator. Trinity: Tank, I need a pilot program for a B-212 helicopter. Hurry. A few seconds later, the program is downloaded into Trinity, and she’s ready to fly. That scene from the 1999 film,… Continue reading Unitree Robotics and a Vision of The Matrix: Need Your Robot to Cook? There’s an App for That
Month: November 2025
“Wise People Copy”: The Rise and Elevation of China’s Meituan
He was a PhD student in America in the post-dot.com boom, and he saw the future. He quit his studies, returned to China, and built a social network, inspired by Friendster. An ugly, unwieldy duckling, it flopped. He tried again, this time copying the hot college social network, Facebook, calling it Xiaonei. The name, which… Continue reading “Wise People Copy”: The Rise and Elevation of China’s Meituan