Photo: Skinnyde, Creative Commons, Flickr In developing countries there are serious challenges to providing cheap and environmentally-friendly sources of electricity and clean drinking water. But Dean Kamen, the inventor of the Segway, wants to try to overcome them. Recently he unveiled two of his latest projects at the Lux Executive Summit: an electricity generator that…
Sometimes socially conscious investing works.
Photo: baboon™, Creative Commons, Flickr Remember the 1987 sci-fi movie Innerspace (with Martin Short, Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan), where test-pilot Quaid is miniaturized and travels inside Short’s body?
As most people now realize, come February of 2009 many US televisions will no longer be able to deliver the majority of network programming because they are designed to accept an analog, rather than digital, signal.
Photo:lyonzy, Creative Commons, Flickr In my early days as a stockbroker, I worked for a small investment banking firm that participated in underwriting small speculative growth companies that mainly traded as pink sheet stocks. Nine out of ten companies in this arena never make it, but I was fortunate enough to embrace one that turned…
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (JAVA), whose stock price has been beaten down in recent years, may have found some answers to turn the tide. The company has recently been concentrating on taking the lead in many eco-friendly initiatives related to IT infrastructure, and has itself shown dramatic reductions in its own energy use.
Just as Ford (F) started to make some headway in its extensive rebuilding program, the Dearborn automaker incurred a noteworthy legal headache from an important engine supplier. Illinois-based holding company Navistar (NAVZ.PK) filed a $2 billion suit against Ford alleging breach of contract by the automaker for trying to develop its own diesel engine despite an agreement to buy Navistar's Power…
Imagine if your favorite burger joint increased the price of your favorite half pound ground sirloin each day by a few cents. You'd probably shrug it off and keep going because you can't eat anything else without feeling unfulfilled. But after awhile, the emptiness in your wallet cancels out the satisfaction you feel in your…
Nine months ago, Popular Mechanics wondered aloud why the automotive industry couldn't develop a car that could get 100 miles to the gallon. While progressive-minded individuals have reached triple digits on occasion by mixing solar energy with a traditional powertrain, no automaker has taken the initiative to mass produce an eco-friendly and reliable model. The…