Posts by dordal

Jebus! this was a surprise when I visited this morning. Looks fantastic! Didn't know you were doing this, but very cool.I concur with dana though... the site feels slower. Both Firefox & Safari. FF showed 15.5s to...

Here's another breakthrough... a new technology to produce cheaper LED lights! They've found a way to grow gallium nitride (the stuff that produces the light) on silicon at room temperature. That means cheaper gallium nitride,...

Quote:Originally Posted by Lola: it's amazing how directly/quickly the gas prices impact car sales -- i'd hoped that the high gas prices would've made people stop and think about driving gas guzzlers at a more thoughtful/eco level...

 There isn't even (officially) an auto-industry bailout yet, and already new folks are getting in on the act. Tesla said they want $400MM today.... amazing. 

 Vote Obama! There, I said it.

Quote:Originally Posted by stins:Wow!  That's really exciting that you have a reservation on the Aptera.  Do you know when you'll get to test drive?Wow, that is cool! I've always thought that thing looks like a space-pod...

 That new Prius really looks like a 'car of the future'.... something we'd all be jetting around in 2020. Very cool. No idea on the button though... I like the idea of the plug-in recharge door.

 Looks like the economic troubles hitting the nation haven't spared our friends at Tesla Motors. They announced today that  They are going to lay off some staff (no word on how many yet) Elon Musk, Chairman of the...

 Yeah, the really interesting number would be miles driven per person. There was some data on this report that suggests its going up, but the last figure they have is for 1994. I'd be very curious to see more current data.

CNN has an article on a new system called BlueCool, which lets truck drivers keep their cabs cool without idling their engines. Most trucks currently spend many nights idling, especially during the summer, so that the drivers can sleep...