Innovation and Stuff

Since my college days I have been looking for some of the cool discoveries I have read or studied and have been sorely disappointed by the pace of progress. Do you share this opinion? So what is this blog about? This is an attempt to prove to myself through things that I have read or though my readers comments that some technical progress is being made in our country. So all innovative ideas in any area of science or industry are welcome.

Monday, October 22, 2007

Aptera the latest Electric Car Offering


So what is this thing the Aptera???

It is a new car design wrapped around the electric car concept. It was built from the ground up and is part auto, part airplane and part fish. This Car is built for safety and efficiency getting high gas mileage as a hybrid or 120 mile range as a total electric. It is also very safe due to its crash safe design.

This thing is awesome. It is classified as a motorcycle but carries two or three people. The big drawback, it is only available in California right now and goes into production next October.
Check it out here.

Monday, October 01, 2007

Great Article in National Geographic



There is a great article featured in the October issue of National Geographic on Bio-fuels. It is called Growing Fuel The Wrong way, The Right Way. This article does a great job comparing different ethanol sources and tells us why we could be doing a better job and why sugar cane may make a better cheaper ethanol.

Check out the magazine or look at the online source for even more information at Bio-fuels interactive.