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Wireless Electricity Update Summer 2009
June 27, 2009 · 2 Comments
This is an update on recent developments in wireless electricity. I’ve been writing about wireless electricity for several years now and have corresponded with Marin Soljacic at MIT on one occassion regarding his progress as well. The MIT Technology Review is doing a good job of following along with the race between their team (now operating within the independant VC funded startup WiTricity) and Intel (who appears to be building on top of some of their own technology) to bring a wireless electricity product to market... [Read the full story]
Technology
The Sapporo Beer Machine - When Innovation Goes Right
June 6, 2009 · Leave a Comment
I had the pleasure of enjoying several automatically vended Sapporo Beers from an amazing Sapporo Beer Machine (my name for it) during a five hour layover in Toyko’s Narita airport on May 4th 2009. I found this little jewel of beer serving luxury in the Priority Lounge while I was flying Northwest Airlines on my way to Bangkok, Thailand. This thing puts the Heineken Mini-Keg Dispenser to shame. Here’s how it works. You take a freezing cold glass out of the tall glass freezer immediately beside the beer dispenser... [Read the full story]
Innovation
What’s the Problem? Global Warming is Really Cool.
June 6, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Please excuse the painful play on words in the title of this post. I’m a big fan of the movement around Global Climate Change right now and if nothing else it should help the US and other industrial powers stop polluting the world for the rest of civilization. Let it increase the prices we pay for energy. We’ll deal. The price we pay for almost anything these days is really not the real “price” in terms of global impact so an increase in prices is reality and the right thing to do. Over time if the... [Read the full story]
Adventure
Tarheel Expedition to Mt. Everest Base Camp May 2009
June 6, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Thanks to everyone who supported me on my goal of visiting Mt. Everest Base Camp on foot. I set this goal almost three years ago in the Fall of 2006 after reading Ed Viesturs’ book No Shortcuts to the Top which I found to be one of the best climbing/adventure books out there. I’ve always loved to be outdoors and high elevation trekking and climbing makes for me an insatiable combination of enjoyment and challenge. Travelling 10,000 miles to the other side of the world and spending a month adapting to new cultures,... [Read the full story]
Entrepreneurship
NVCA’s Four Pillar Plan - Essential Reading for Entrepreneurs Running Pre-IPO VC Backed Startups
I’ve spent the last few weeks, in the occasional moments of downtime, reading through the NVCA’s four pillar plan for reopening the IPO markets with the goal of restoring... [Read more]
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Why This Blog Exists
Technology Innovation Adventure
For over 10 years I’ve had a passion for solving problems with technology. Technology itself is an enabler like few we’ve seen in history yet its misuses equal its proper implementations. Innovation with technology when done right allows us to rethink progress from a simple linear path of fast to faster or small to smaller and instead make progress that benefits people, moving from one meaningful implementation to another. The traditional technology race to increase speed and cut cost distracts many intelligent people and makes real progress with technology, especially real progress... [Read more]