The Driverless Truck is Coming, and It’s Going to Automate Millions of Jobs
The driverless truck will automate jobs and improve economic efficiency. Yet what are the other implications once these trucks are implemented?
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The Panama Canal is Getting Wider: Here’s What it Means for American Commerce
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The Box details an innovation that logistically made possible globalization as we know it. Here's an interview with Marc Levinson, author of The Box.
The iPhone Case: How Companies Deliver When They’re Not Certain of Specs
Manufacturers rely on a mix of corporate intelligence, logistics bets, and luck to get iPhone cases on shelves as soon as a new phone is announced.
Too Fat to Fly: Why There’s No Cargo Version of the Airbus A380
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Flexport Rolls Out Employee-Friendly Equity Plan
Flexport employees who leave the company will have 10 years to exercise their stock options. Other startups doing this include Pinterest and Quora.
Apollo 11 Astronauts Filled Out This Customs Declaration When They Returned From the Moon
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon in July, 1969. When they returned to Earth, they filled out a customs declaration.