Bill Gross is the founder of technology incubator Idealab and 100 companies in the last 30 years. This week he was Tweeting from the Wall Street Journal’s 2015 global technology conference held at the Montage, in Pasadena, CA. I believe there’ll be $1 trillion of value created every 5 years, 1/2 from existing companies, 1/2 […]
Is Elon Musk a Prepper?
According to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the new Model X has a filtration system capable of protecting passengers from a bio weapon attack. The car is equipped with a button for “biodefense mode,” to go along with its previously reported “ludicrous speed” mode. The New York Times reports on these and other features here: The […]
Steve Jobs and NEXT
When I was at Babson College I had an internship at a start-up company. At one of our retreats we watched the following video featuring Steve Jobs which I was reminded of reading this WSJ article. I recommend it to anyone thinking about going into business. I also can’t help but think there was an […]
Find My iPhone
You know that feeling you get when you lose your phone? Or someone you’re with loses his or hers? It can happen to all of us. I’ve got a couple of good stories that may help you save the day. I was skiing in Montana recently with five friends and while we were ripping down […]
Kauai Goes 80% Solar
I have been writing positively on solar for years. Debbie and I have 2KW of solar here in Key West. A few days ago we were reading in our back cottage overlooking our fishpond and noticed that the lights were out in our front house. I initially thought it could be a blown fuse. But […]
Slash Solar Costs by Half
Cutting solar costs to four cents per kilowatt-hour from eight cents is the goal of Glint Photonics. A material with optical properties that change to help it capture more incoming sunlight could cut the cost of solar power in half, according to Glint Photonics, a startup recently funded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy […]
How to Protect Your iPhone
It seems every day there’s a new threat to your digital security. A treasure trove of your personal information is available on your iPhone. You simply can’t ignore it, you must be proactive in your data security efforts. Here a couple “good” hackers show you simple steps to protect yourself from some of the more […]
Solar “Game Changer”
A University of California at Berkeley professor has found a way to potentially boost the efficiency of solar cells and make solar competitive with fossil fuels. Here MIT Technology Review breaks the details. The world’s most efficient solar cells are twice as efficient as the ones people put on their roofs, but hardly anyone uses […]
Drink Your Book
A gorgeous new book that you can drink? Wired magazine reports on a breakthrough method of killing bacteria in drinking water developed at Carnegie Mellon and University of Virginia. Perhaps not as practical as the boiling/distilling method (assuming there is a heat source), but it’s a no-fuss way of simplifying the purification process through silver […]
Clean Coal’s Future
Carbon Capture is the key. Here MIT Technology Review unfolds the story of the coming new wave in clean coal. Two of the world’s first coal-fired power plants with integrated carbon capture are nearing completion in Saskatchewan and Mississippi, providing a rare lift for a technology that has languished in recent years. Carbon capture and […]