5:25 PM
Interesting interview advocating building solar power stations on the moon to beam energy back to Earth. The solar stations would only need to take up 0.2% of the moon's surface to meet the current energy needs of the Earth! Microwave power can apparently be converted back into electric power at 90% efficiency and generating power from the moon is claimed to be at least 50x more cost efficient than doing it on Earth. He states that 20 TWe could be delivered 24/7 to the Earth with NO storage requirements:
http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/09/interview-of-david-criswell-who.html
Carnegie Mellon University has created a robotics startup company that will create products based on technology developed by their University's robotics research group:
http://www.cmu.edu/news/archive/2010/August/aug30_roboticsstartupcompany.shtml
The DOD has shifted more than $1 billion out of its WMD programs to fund a new Obama Administration priority on vaccine development and production to combat disease pandemics:
http://gsn.nti.org/gsn/nw_20100827_5297.php
When Motorola spins off its handset and set-top units into their own company at the start of next year, they will give the spin-off company $3.5 billion in cash! With the success of Motorola's Android phones and $3.5 million in cash for acquisitions and expansion, Motorola could really build a powerful handset company if they execute their plans:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-31/motorola-will-put-3-5-billion-into-set-top-unit-being-spun-off-next-year.html
T-Mobile wants to invest in Clearwire and use Clearwire as its 4G solution. Sprint owns 54% of Clearwire and they might not want to help a competitor...but Clearwire and Sprint need more money to continue Clearwire's network buildout. T-Mobile could use LightSquared for its 4G solution if Sprint says no:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/report-sprint-considering-whether-t-mobile-should-invest-clearwire/2010-09-01
T-Mobile will start an amazing promotion on September 8--customers can add additional phones to their family plan for FREE...service for the new phones will cost $0 per month from September 2010 until January 2012! In 2012 the extra family lines will cost the same as they do now ($5, $10, or $15 per month):
http://www.tmonews.com/2010/08/0-add-a-line-family-plan-promotion-confirmed/
Hawaii man sued a game company over his addiction to the game Lineage II and has managed to defeat the end-user agreement that is standard for software license agreements. The man was so addicted to the game that he had to be hospitalized and requires therapy 3x per week:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/31/lineage_ii_eula_defeat/
http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/09/interview-of-david-criswell-who.html
Carnegie Mellon University has created a robotics startup company that will create products based on technology developed by their University's robotics research group:
http://www.cmu.edu/news/archive/2010/August/aug30_roboticsstartupcompany.shtml
The DOD has shifted more than $1 billion out of its WMD programs to fund a new Obama Administration priority on vaccine development and production to combat disease pandemics:
http://gsn.nti.org/gsn/nw_20100827_5297.php
When Motorola spins off its handset and set-top units into their own company at the start of next year, they will give the spin-off company $3.5 billion in cash! With the success of Motorola's Android phones and $3.5 million in cash for acquisitions and expansion, Motorola could really build a powerful handset company if they execute their plans:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-31/motorola-will-put-3-5-billion-into-set-top-unit-being-spun-off-next-year.html
T-Mobile wants to invest in Clearwire and use Clearwire as its 4G solution. Sprint owns 54% of Clearwire and they might not want to help a competitor...but Clearwire and Sprint need more money to continue Clearwire's network buildout. T-Mobile could use LightSquared for its 4G solution if Sprint says no:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/report-sprint-considering-whether-t-mobile-should-invest-clearwire/2010-09-01
T-Mobile will start an amazing promotion on September 8--customers can add additional phones to their family plan for FREE...service for the new phones will cost $0 per month from September 2010 until January 2012! In 2012 the extra family lines will cost the same as they do now ($5, $10, or $15 per month):
http://www.tmonews.com/2010/08/0-add-a-line-family-plan-promotion-confirmed/
Hawaii man sued a game company over his addiction to the game Lineage II and has managed to defeat the end-user agreement that is standard for software license agreements. The man was so addicted to the game that he had to be hospitalized and requires therapy 3x per week:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/31/lineage_ii_eula_defeat/