Jan 08
I want an airship, basically a floating kombi van that can float indefinitely in the air using solar/wind power. There are a couple of companies out there trying to bring back the blimps, but using helium rather than the fatally combustible hydrogen used in the Hindenburg. Some of these craft are not actually lighter than air, but use assistive helicopters to lift the craft off the ground. This means that landing does not require tethering to the ground, and thus a largish ground support staff, allowing landing on land or water pretty much anywhere, cheaply and quickly.
Aug 01
Some school kids have built an auto-balancing unicycle(ish) electric bike. You turn and accelerate/brake by leaning forwards and backwards. I can’t quite visualize how this would actually feel, but it sounds pretty cool, and I want one:
http://technology.canoe.ca/Innovations/2007/05/22/4199470-ca.html
May 13
I am currently in the gate lounge for flight SQ235 to Brisbane. They have a work terminal here with public ethernet ports for free all-you-can-eat net access, which is nice. Its not super fast, but it is low latency.
I only wish I didn’t have to spend the next 7 hours cramped into chairs that seem to have developed for the specific purpose of preventing comfort.
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