Monthly Archives: October 2008
Bleating grass
Tired of your home furnishing? Want a green image for your home or company? Or do you crave for a nice green lawn but detest all lawn mowers? This will be the thing for you! Real grass without the upkeep. … Continue reading
Dare to choose
Jared Diamond, ecologist, evolutionary biologist and professor of geography and physiology at UCLA, shares his thoughts on why societies collapse. Human environmental impact, climate change, relations with friendly and with hostile neighbour societies are significant, as well as political, economical, … Continue reading
Bailout or buy-in?
A clear warning signal for European goverments who are supporting banks in distress that some managers are still in the mode of denial/business as usual. They are so autistic and egotistic that they have no connection with the society they … Continue reading
Cloud of mobility
The keywords on mobility in the Dutch “cloud”, the size of the word is proportional to the frequency of use in the media. Vsually representation by Daniel Erasmus (DTN)
Go East, Striped Suit
Quote du jour (WaPo): Europeans in investment banking and other financial fields have been flocking to the oil-flush Persian Gulf for months, propelled by the hope that emerging economies of the East will ride out any global recession better than … Continue reading
Android phones
In recent weeks several Android phones have come to the market. Android is Google’s platform for mobile phones, and it is said to result in iPhone-killers. First reviews are quite good, but not stunning. However, Asus announced that it will … Continue reading
Waermepumpe
Germany has created a vibrant industry around “Das Nul-Energie Haus”. A home that produces as much energy as it uses. The introduction of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) in april 2000 has boosted the use of PV-panels and particularly wind-energy, … Continue reading
Tangential approach
MorganSolar is a company with an interesting approach on solar concentrators. Solar concentrators focus the sunlight onto a PV-cell. The plus is that you need less (expensive) silicon for the same amount of energy, the drawbacks are the elevated temperatures … Continue reading
Future of Mobility
Today Connekt announced the start of an elaborate scenario development on the future of mobility. One of the most interesting parts in my mind are the video-interviews with great minds all over the world. A small taste of what is to … Continue reading
Solace
Quote du jour: “In Belgium people are happy that there is a credit crisis. The political debate suddenly is about something that really matters”. Kris Peeters, Belgian sociologist/antropologist, while comparing the Belgium stalemated debate on state reform to quarelling cooks … Continue reading