Archive for the 'Economy' Category
Inside the Gigafactory That Will Decide Tesla’s Fate
May 6th, 2016Via: Bloomberg: The $5 billion Gigafactory was born of necessity. Tesla needs a hell of a lot of batteries, for both the forthcoming mass-market Model 3 sedan and the Tesla Energy product line. The timeline for getting those batteries made just became much shorter, too. On Wednesday, Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk stunned investors by […]
Britain: Google Given Access to Healthcare Data of Up to 1.6 Million Patients
May 4th, 2016Via: Guardian: A company owned by Google has been given access to the healthcare data of up to 1.6 million patients from three hospitals run by a major London NHS trust. DeepMind, the tech giant’s London-based company most famous for its innovative use of artificial intelligence, is being provided with the patient information as part […]
The Price of Solar Power Just Fell 50% in 16 months – Dubai at $.0299/kWh
May 3rd, 2016Disclosure: I sell solar power systems in New Zealand. — Via: electrek: Dubai received bid of $.0299/kWh for 800MW of solar power. This price represents the lowest yet recorded for solar power (and might not represent the end of the price drops…). Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has received 5 bids from international organisations […]
Fiat, Google Plan Partnership on Self-Driving Minivans
May 3rd, 2016Via: Bloomberg: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV and Alphabet Inc.’s Google plan to develop several dozen self-driving prototypes based on the carmaker’s Pacifica minivan in the first phase of a joint project to create autonomous vehicles, people familiar with the matter said. Fiat Chrysler plans to equip the new Pacifica, which will be available as a […]
The Truth About Statin Drugs and Cholesterol
May 2nd, 2016Via: Dr. Daniel Pompa:
U.S. Military Tests World’s Largest Unmanned Ship
May 2nd, 2016Via: Stars & Stripes: The military is starting tests on the world’s largest unmanned surface vessel — a self-driving, 132-foot ship designed to travel thousands of miles out at sea without a single crew member on board. The so-called “Sea Hunter” has the potential to revolutionize not only the military’s maritime operations but commercial shipping, […]
Puerto Rico Defaults
May 2nd, 2016Via: CNN: Puerto Rico is dialing 9-1-1 for any help it can get. The island was unable to make a $422 million debt payment due Monday. It’s another alarm bell of how bad the situation is getting on the island. Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla calls it a “humanitarian crisis,” which a step above an economic […]
State of Emergency Declared in Baghdad as Protesters Take Iraqi Parliament
April 30th, 2016Update: Protesters Leave Baghdad’s Green Via: CNN: Protesters who stormed Baghdad’s Green Zone retreated Sunday but organizers say the challenge to Iraq’s leadership isn’t over yet. — Via: Washington Post: Protesters stormed Iraq’s parliament Saturday in a dramatic culmination of months of demonstrations, casting uncertainty over the tenure of the country’s prime minister and the […]
The Suicide of Venezuela
April 28th, 2016While this is about Venezuela, I couldn’t help hearing “America” in my mind as I read. Via: Joel D. Hirst’s Blog: No, national suicide is a much longer process – not product of any one moment. But instead one bad idea, upon another, upon another and another and another and another and the wheels that […]
SpaceX Undercut ULA Rocket Launch Pricing by 40 Percent
April 28th, 2016In other words, the Air Force can show they’re saving money *wink*, while funneling billions of dollars for black world R&D to the usual suspects via some other mechanism. Via: Reuters: The U.S. Air Force will save 40 percent by buying a GPS satellite launch from Elon Musk’s SpaceX compared with what United Launch Alliance […]
