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  U Cna’t Raed Tihs

  04.21.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Photo Credit: Mike Harding, Location: Exploratorium The human brain is nothing short of amazing. I realize that as I’m working with my daughter on reading, moving from assembling letters into words and then ultimately to word recognition. That’s why most people can, minimal effort, read through the words on the image above and make sense […]

• Innovation, Technology & Science

  Yves Rossy is the Jet Man

  04.19.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Yves Rossy is the Jet Man

  If you’ve ever wanted to see personal jet transportation, here’s your chance. SwissAir pilot Yves Rossy has crafted a light weight composite wing and attached two small jet engines to it. Rossy becomes the fuselage after, get this, jumping out of an airplane with the rig on. You really have to see it to believe […]

• Innovation, Technology & Science

  Just how Smart is that Car?

  04.09.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Just how Smart is that Car?

  Photo Credit: SmartUSA While driving around the San Francisco Bay Area this week we’ve had our first sighting of the Smart Car, a small vehicle taking Europe by storm. This is a conventional gasoline powered vehicle in tiny size: 1 liter/70hp engine, 61″x106″, and maximum weight of 2,300lbs. The vehicle gets between 33-41 mpg (EPA […]

• Energy, Innovation, Technology & Science

  The Smarter Plug

  04.07.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on The Smarter Plug

  When we started looking at business opportunities in the clean tech space, one of our original concepts was that of the “smart plug.” Given the heavy tech background of the team, a tech device made a huge amount of sense. We obviously decided to go another way, however, we still believe the idea has merit. […]

• Technology & Science

  How Fast is the Speed of Light?

  04.03.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  As the late Einstein might quip, “it’s all relative.” I suppose the standard answer would be 186,282 miles per hour. But it turns out that’s only true in a vacuum under pristine conditions. Would it surprise you to know that light has actually been stopped? How about that it’s been clocked at 38mph? A research […]

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