My favourite author Ray Kurzweil talks about living to 120 years old,...
I love Ray Kurzweil. Here is a short but interesting interview from CIO magazine where Kurzweil predicts things that will sound outlandish to most people: • outsourcing is a good thing and in the...
View ArticleCounterpoint: biodiesel is ecologically expensive and not a solution to...
Portland Indymedia (pdximc) has a long and interesting post on the ecological costs of shifting from fossil fuels to biodiesel in particular that is very interesting. In short, it states that we use 1...
View ArticleComplexity: Lightning causes bacteria to be more open to adding more genetic...
It’s not the specifics of this article that are interesting, but more the fact that I’m constantly humbled by natures complexity and intricacy, much of which is invisible to us. When researchers learn...
View ArticleMassive Change – the future of global design
This is an extremely long post on Massive Change, the multi-media exhibition that is intended to be the starting point for a global discussion on the role of design in creating our world. Here is a bit...
View ArticleFarming for gold: Using plant crops to remediate soil, remove contaminants,...
I love stories like this one at the Christian Science Monitor about Chris Anderson, a New Zealand scientist using crops to clean up contaminated mines. (Thanks Z+Partners for the link.) In one fell...
View ArticleRat neurons used to control a flight simulator, and a monkey brain controls a...
My nephew Matt sent me a link to this Wired article on rat neurons being used to control a flight simulator. In essence, they have plugged the feedback and the control systems into the neurons and have...
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News from the local financing front: Canadian IT & Biotech Financing Forum,...
On November 8th & 9th, I volunteered at the Canadian IT & Biotech Financing Forum, assisting Dave Thomas, Reg Nordman, Nick Tattersall, Mary McDonald (of McDonald & Associates) and the...
View Article16th Angel Forum, November 22, 2004 in Vancouver, BC, Canada was a huge success
I did not attend the 16th Angel Forum held in Vancouver, BC, Canada on November 22nd but I got a report back from Bob Chaworth-Musters that it was a great event, with 90 registered investors...
View ArticleSolar power could match fossil fuel cost by 2011 by using Stirling engines...
http://www.eetimes.com/at/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=53700939&pgno=1. Interesting article. I don’t know enough to dispute or add to the article. I do know that the Insititute for Biological...
View ArticleBook Review: “Live Long Enough to Live Forever” by Ray Kurzweil and Terry...
If you haven’t checked it out yet, check out “Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough To Live Forever” by Ray Kurzweil. It’s his newest book. The premise is that there are three bridges to get us to a...
View ArticleAre you an entrepreneur looking to raise startup capital for your company?...
It’s that time of year again. Bob Chaworth-Musters, principal of the Angel Forum, will be hosting a one-day session where up to 34 pre-screened technology, service and manufacturing companies seeking...
View ArticleAre you an entrepreneur looking for up to $3M of funding? Want to pitch your...
Please forward as appropriate to your respective networks. Sorry for the late notice on this everyone, but I just found out today that a company my good friend Ean Jackson has just started with,...
View ArticleThe 10th Annual IT Financing Forum was a huge success!
I just spent two days at the IT Financing Forum and will likely be putting up some notes soon. But the quick summary is that it was a great two days with many wonderful conversations, a good overall...
View ArticleRocketbuilder’s new Ready to Rocket 25 list has been released. This is the...
I attended the Ready to Rocket 2006 session this morning, which was sponsored by Rocketbuilders , a Vancouver based market strategy and consulting firm that helps technology companies capitalize on...
View Article19th Annual Angel Forum (Vancouver, Canada) comes to a close
The 19th Annual Angel Forum came to a successful close this afternoon. Thirty-six companies in the software, manufacturing, communications, internet, and medical device sectors presented to 70+...
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The human drive to own pets: Dogster gets funded, Cat cloning company goes...
What is it with humans and their pets? Three completely unrelated news stories of late all connected in the neurons of my brain and I have to ask: what low-level function in the human brain is...
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This site contains my general blogging, published articles, and information on speaking dates where I discuss how business, technology, and finance can be used to create an open, healthy, and...
View ArticleAdam Werbach to youth: You were born to save the planet. Find a way. Make a...
Aside from the continuing use of the annoying “save the planet” meme (the planet will be fine – it’s really “save the humans from an ugly step-down crash”) this is a great talk that Adam Werbach just...
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Review of the Wearable Technologies conference July 22/23 2013
(This post is uh 6 months late – an infinity in this market. I’m posting it anyway) The second ever Wearable Technologies Conference hosted and run by Wearable Technologies AG (link) from Germany, was...
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