Hummer with a fuel efficiency of 60 miles per gallon

At FastCompany this month you can find an interesting article about fuel efficiency that shows once more that increase fuel efficiency is not a technology issue. The technology is out there and great individuals like Johnathan Goodwin and his company SAE energy are doing great stuff. His recipe to change the paradigm and dramatically reduce fuel consumption in the US is based on three steps:

1. More Diesel engines. Pound per pound, more power, 40% better mileage and 20% less emissions. just this switch could improve 40% nations mileage as well as become a platform for all the Biodiesel industry with almost zero technological innovation

2. Start produce Diesel-electric hybrid cars. As the Fast company article points our, this would double the mileage even on the bigger cars.

3. Move on and get into the the "dual fuel" mode. this is combine a electric engine with two other fuels, one would still be Biodiesel, the other could be hydrogen, ethanol, natural gas, etc.

That's where SAE Energy is already and the reason why they are able to get 60 miles per gallon out of a Hummer H3.

Once more we are facing an Economical problem here, an oligopolistic market that impedes or at least slows down the new available solutions to get to the market. It is not about technology it is about economy.

Read the whole article:

http://trax.fastcompany.com/k/w/mailman/firstimpression/20071105/motorhead

Pregunta

Lo que estais viendo es:
A. Una convencion de geeks
B. Un fotomontaje
C. Una tienda Apple

La respuesta correcta es, la estacion de tren de Palo Alto a las 7 de la tarde :S

Papel higienico (pero de verdad de la buena)

El otro dia en el bano del trabajo me encontre con este curioso papel higienico:

Alguien habia recortado una foto de The Economist (en el tabajo en los banos hay revistas a gogo) y la habia colocado astutamente dando lugar a este politicamente incorrecta imagen. Me rei un monton

Desayuno celestial

Por si a alguien le apetece desayunar con la virgen Maria o mejor dicho desayunarse a la virgen Maria, la solucion esta en este molde para tostadas, el Holy tost!

Que la innovacion requiere de contextos apropiados para su desarrollo es una verdad como un templo, por muy innovador que seas, si trabajas dentro de la maquinaria de la admistracion publica, poco innovaras, el contexto no ayuda.

Crear contextos que ayuden a los innovadores es lo que han echi la gente de TechShop, en Menlo Park. Un espacio donde venir con una idea y salir con un producto, ejemplo a seguir:

Un mando a distancia de medio metro

Es lo que ocuparia si tuviera todos los canales:

Lo ha disenado Pulitus

Rythm

Do you have the right rhythm in your life?
Are you able to reach a sustained sense of flowing?
At the Accidental Creative Podcast they give five drivers to allow you to be rhythmic:

TIME
ENERGY
STIMULUS
FOCUS
RELATIONSHIPS

Each person has unique rhythm and playing with them would allow us to be more creative