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Support the Fight Against MS By Sponsoring Me In The Santa Barbara Coastal Challenge Bike Ride 8 Sep 2011 | 04:30 pm
I have been a longtime supporter of the fight against MS. On October 1 & 2, 2011 I will be participating in the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s annual Coastal Challenge Bike Ride in Santa Barbar...
U.S. Manufacturing Is Not Dead, But It Definitely Needs To Start Working Out, Says Andy Grove of Intel 2 Sep 2011 | 06:34 am
Andy Grove, one of the founders of Intel, on why the U.S. needs to get back on the stick in regards to manufacturing. First of all, we are still the largest manufacturer in the world, by the way. And ...
Education Is Broken In U.S. But Testing More Is NOT The Answer 21 Aug 2011 | 05:11 am
Just discovered this blog by Roger Schank - he's a former professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon and a few other schools, now retired. I suggest taking a quick look if you want to get mad fa...
Material Genome Project – Can It Help Save America’s Butt? 17 Aug 2011 | 02:00 am
Getting new material and process innovations to market takes too long, according to the U.S. government, and observers everywhere. The new Federal Materials Genome Initiative aims to reduce the time i...
Awesome Gamification Podcasts – McGonigal and Schell 15 Apr 2011 | 09:00 am
As I mentioned the other day, I spent part of January, February, and early March getting addicted to World of Warcraft. I was turned onto World of Warcraft as a model for improving applications in gen...
Books You Should Read 15 Apr 2011 | 03:00 am
A lot of the books I've read recently are not quite business books, but they are hugely applicable to issues that business face in creating innovative products, getting them to market, and selling the...
What To Do If You Get Addicted To World of Warcraft 12 Apr 2011 | 03:56 am
Starting in late January, I spent some time getting addicted to World of Warcraft. I finally had to quit - and completely delete the game from my computer - in March, since it was taking up a lot of t...
What I Make – Pens, Glass, Sawdust 7 Dec 2010 | 12:00 pm
Today's prompt in the Reverb10 project is: Make. What was the last thing you made? What materials did you use? Is there something you want to make, but you need to clear some time for it? A wooden p...
Reverb10 Day Five – Let Go 6 Dec 2010 | 10:57 am
Dropping (Image by Ken Miu, CC licensed) I'm participating in the Reverb10 project this year - an annual event and online initiative to reflect on my year and manifest what’s next. "Use the end of yo...
Capture both sunlight and heat to create electricity – achieve record-breaking efficiency! 13 Aug 2010 | 02:00 am
Current photovoltaic cells are not too good at capturing the sun's energy - on average less than 20% efficient, and maxing out at about 40%. A new design hits 47% efficiency under certain conditions, ...
