This week’s Friday picker-upper comes from a CNN Money article about Bob Metcalfe, widely acclaimed as the ‘inventor’ of the internet. Mr Metcalfe has had many successes as innovator and entrepreneur, and he is now turning his creative sights on…
Tag: science and technology
The Vertical Wind Turbine
A couple of days ago I had a post about large vs small wind turbine research. Today I have a video of one of the more well-engineered smaller-scale designs, the Helix Wind Turbine. As you can see the blades are…
IBM and the Intelligent Power Grid: Accommodating Alternative Energy
If only I had bought $100 in IBM in 1950, today I’d have… The same statement gets made about almost every big corporation: If only I’d known then what I know now. I can’t think of anything else to regret,…
Renewable Energy Wars: Who Will Be The Winners?
Gas prices are down. Credit is drying up. Government subsidies for alternative energy projects are subject to continual reevaluation. The realities of renewable energy are becoming clearer, with big wind projects showing far lower efficiencies than had been hoped for,…
Smart Wind Turbines
Going along with yesterday’s post where I talked about XCel Energy’s unique turbine control design and how it’s being used with large battery systems, today’s Wall Street Journal has an article that ties in one more company, GridPoint, Inc., who…
Cheap vs. Cool – Which Technology Wins?
Just a quick note on this grey and dreary (in Massachusetts) Sunday morning. I ran across this column by John Peterson over at Seeking Alpha, in which he talks about his own history of buying the best technology and finding…
Predicting the Future Of Wind Power – 10 Seconds at a Time
The bulk of discussion of wind turbines centers on blade design, turbine efficiency, and above all, siting constraints. Engineering that reduces objectionable low-frequency wind noise is making great strides, notably the Skystream and Swift designs, offer great incentive for community-…