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Category Archives: Innovation
The Dragon and the Elephant (No, not Donkey)
I’m filing this under “sunny day leisure reading.” Yes, this is the kind of thing I would read for leisure… don’t judge. Next step: Planning a trip to visit China and India and learn about their innovation cultures first-hand. Description … Continue reading
Pretty Power
Need power generation plants always exist as hulking industrial behemoths? Wind and solar power growth is already shifting the generation of electricity from an eyesore to a new and necessary component of our 21st century landscape. Now a British architectural … Continue reading
Xmas Light Geek Hero
With my engineering roots, I can’t resist occasionally lobbing some props to fellow engineers (or Imagineers) who produce undeniable displays of creativity, even when I share none of the motivation that inspired their innovative adventures. Take Christmas lights. As a … Continue reading
Obama Highlights Iowa on the Renewable Energy Map
President Obama visited my home state of Iowa yesterday, on Earth Day, to highlight his administration’s energy agenda, including reduced greenhouse emissions, increased renewable energy production, a cap-and-trade emissions reduction program, and the creation of an advanced energy innovation industry … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative energy, climate change, energy, Obama, renewable energy
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I’ll take what’s behind door #3
BusinessWeek published a story yesterday with three growth scenarios for the outcome of the current financial downturn. I’m with the author in hoping for the third scenario — innovative growth. In this scenario, the country’s investments in research (bioengineering bacteria … Continue reading

