Man of Mistry
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Google invests in drilling - for geothermal energy
Green Wombat: Environment + Technology. The amazing folks over at Google.org are doing some cool stuff these days. “Google.org is investing $11 million in technology to expand the nathion’s geothermal reserves. That’s more than the U.S. government is spending on geothermal projects this year.” Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS), have recently secured some good VC funding. The idea looks promising. I think this a great step forward. It will take ages for U.S. government to come out of the whole beaurocratic process, satisfy all the oil drillers, and generate substantial momentum towards alternative and renewable energy sources. Let’s hope Google.org’s this step gives the government enough push. (Thanks to Madhu for finding this article).
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July 9–10, 1856: Visionary Tesla Born at Midnight
Wired has done a nice little write up on one of the most influential and intriguing man to live in 19th-20th century.
Here are some of the quotes from their article that truly capture what Tesla means to me:
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“Tesla is like a character out of a science-fiction novel, the quintessential mad genius,” journalist Tom McNichol told Wired.com
From telegeodynamics, using the planet itself as an energy conductor, to analyzing cosmic rays, Tesla’s brainy tentacles touched practically every corner, light and dark, of human culture.
explained McNichol. “Telsa was truly a visionary in the sense that he saw things no one else did. The world has a way of both rewarding and punishing that kind of behavior.”
“Were we to seize and eliminate from our industrial world the results of Mr. Tesla’s work,” electrical engineer Bernard Behrend famously explained in the early 20th century, “the wheels of industry would cease to turn.”
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I agree with Wired’s Scott and all others quoted above by this article. It is hard, and probably impossible, to imagine a world without Tesla. He has inspired many of the world’s greatest scientists and thinkers, and his life and story continues to inspire young minds like mine.
