Katie Brigham

More

• A former Apple and Tesla engineer created a robotic home that doubles a room's usable space   

  By: Katie Brigham, Erin Black

  A former Tesla and Apple engineer, Sankarshan Murthy, founded Bumblebee Spaces, which is creating robotic apartments that double a room's usable space by storing your bed and belongings on the ceiling.

• Bumblebee Spaces is making robotic systems for your home so you can store stuff on the ceiling

  By: Erin Black, Katie Brigham

  Start-up Bumblebee Spaces is creating robotic apartments that double a room's usable space by storing your bed and belongings on the ceiling. Items can be retrieved with a voice command or the push of a button. 

• Fertility apps are increasingly being used as contraception and one has even gained FDA approval

  By: Katie Brigham

  In August, the FDA approved a mobile fertility app called Natural Cycles as a method of contraception. It's the first time that the U.S. has allowed a mobile app to advertise itself as a medical device that prevents pregnancy.

• This Larry Page-backed 'flying car' will cost the same as an SUV and will hit the market next year   

  By: Katie Brigham, Jillian D'Onfro, Adam Isaak

  Larry Page is backing Silicon Valley start-up Opener, which has joined the growing number of companies attempting to bring "flying cars" to the masses.

• This start-up created the first farm in America run entirely by robots

  By: Katie Brigham

  Start-up Iron Ox created a fully autonomous farm in San Carlos, California. The hydroponic indoor farm relies on two robots to plant, care for and harvest all its produce. 

• This farm is run entirely by robots   

  By: Katie Brigham, Adam Isaak

  Start-up Iron Ox created a fully autonomous farm in San Carlos, California. The hydroponic, indoor farm relies on two robots to plant, care for and harvest all its produce.

• Tesla made a big deal out of its Solar Roof in 2016, but two years later it has barely shipped any

  By: Katie Brigham, Lora Kolodny

  Elan Musk unveiled prototypes of Tesla's solar roof tiles in October 2016, but the announcement came before the product was ready for mass production.

• What ever happened to Tesla’s Solar Roof tiles?   

  By: Katie Brigham, Lora Kolodny

  Elon Musk first unveiled prototypes of Tesla’s Solar Roof tiles in October 2016, and it started taking $1,000 deposits in 2017, but not many homes have gotten the tiles so far. CNBC met one homeowner who has already gotten the Solar Roof installed.

• This new luggage scanner could speed up security lines and let you keep everything in your carry-on

  By: Katie Brigham

  Analogic created a computed tomography (CT) scanner for the TSA that produces 3D images of carry-on luggage. This allows passengers to keep electronics in their bags and could one day let them keep liquids as well.

• How medical imaging technology will speed up airport security   

  By: Katie Brigham

  Analogic Corporation created a computed tomography (CT) scanner for TSA that produces 3D images of carry-on luggage. The allows passengers to keep electronics in their carry-ons, and could one day allow passengers to keep liquids in too.