The high stakes, inherent volatility, and adventurous nature of such efforts makes for interesting stories, both from a technical, and a socialogical viewpoint. This year, the Boston Seminar Series examines several recent, current, and possibly future examples of significant breakthroughs in science and technology. The lectures explore frontiers in inner and outer space, human and artificial intelligence, and the genetic code of life. There will also be a lecture on the world-wide economic upheavals of the past year. Today's ocean container services are generally slow, infrequent, and unreliable.
Inland distribution is impeded by cargo handling bottlenecks.
The FastShip design and cargo transfer technologies have been developed in response to a growing demand for improved ocean logistics. This design allows for a ship to provide the speed, service frequency, and schedule reliability of a highway truck. Mr. Giles is the inventor of FastShip technology, and has been exclusively dedicated to ship design since 1975. He consults extensively in the field of computer-aided design and architecture, and has written numerous books and articles on the subject. During the last 15 years advances in detector technology have made it possible to map the nearby universe using rather modest telescopes.