There’s something painfully American about the story of iRobot, the company that taught vacuum cleaners to get around furniture. The company, founded in 1990 in Bedford, Mass., by MIT roboticist Rodney Brooks and his former students Colin Angle…
Milestone: Humanity reaches the South PoleDate: December 14, 1911Location: Geographical South Pole, AntarcticaPeople: Roald Amundsen and his crewIn 1910, a fierce competition began between Norwegian…
