By Vihar Sheth on January 22, 2010
For most of the day tomorrow I’ll be attending Hope Summit 2010, “a gathering of advocates, experts, patients and others who will discuss recent stem cell advances and what they could mean to each of us and our families and friends”. The conference is sponsored by the Missouri Coalition for Life Saving Cures and will [...]
Posted in Design & Technology | Tagged Conference, Hope Summit, Missouri Coalition for Life Saving Cures, Stem Cells |
By Vihar Sheth on August 14, 2009
Mitchell Baker is the Chair of the Mozilla Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting openness, innovation and opportunity on the Internet. He recently wrote on his blog about the presence of self on the Internet in a post called, “I Am Not A Number“. It’s a short, philosophical post worth reading. Baker’s main point is that [...]
Posted in Design & Technology | Tagged Internet, presence, privacy, rights |
By Vihar Sheth on June 24, 2009
RIP: Recycled in Peace. I battled the sweltering heat over lunch today and dropped my brother’s old laptop off at a temporary electronics recycling center downtown. The heat index at time of disposition was exactly 100 degrees according to The Weather Channel. The “center” is very temporary, as you can see in the photo below, [...]
Posted in Design & Technology | Tagged Electronics, Employment, Recycling |
By Vihar Sheth on June 15, 2009
Well maybe not, but he must be close, and should definitely be in the next round of those strangely awesome Dos Equis commercials. The man I’m referring to is Gus Gustafson (sp?). I’d hate to call him just a home builder because I’d be leaving out a plethora of other things he does, and seemingly [...]
Posted in Design & Technology | Tagged Energy, Housing, Structurally Insulated Panels, Sustainability |
By Vihar Sheth on April 23, 2009
There is no formal association between St. Louis and Tesla Motors . . . yet. Tesla is the maker of two all-electric vehicles, one already on the streets – the Roadster – and one under production – the Model S. The Roadster will set you back around $100,000 but it is one mean beast. The [...]
Posted in Design & Technology | Tagged Electric Cars, St. Louis, Tesla |
By Vihar Sheth on February 9, 2009
What if we discovered the cure to cancer but ran out of an ingredient for the drug? What if we engineered a ship that could travel the universe but ran out of fuel? What if . . . ? You get the point. How terrible it would be to know the solution to a problem but lack [...]
Posted in Design & Technology | Tagged Conservation, Fuel Cells, Iridium, Platinum, Solar |
By Vihar Sheth on January 23, 2009
While approval of a new stem cell study and Barack Obama’s accession to the presidency are completely unrelated, the announcement that the first-ever human trials of stem cell therapy is monumental. Beginning this summer, a U.S. biotechnology company is going to test the safety and efficacy of stem cells on newly paralyzed people. The patients [...]
Posted in Awareness & Education, Design & Technology | Tagged Ethics, Religion, Stem Cell Research |
By Vihar Sheth on August 6, 2008
Ohhhh ‘bama, what have you done? Offshore drilling? Really? Our cancer isn’t the dependency on foreign oil, it’s the dependency on oil period, and other fossil fuels, from wherever they hail. Oil taken from our backyards, or coal from our stripped lands, is still a cancer. If we’re choosing to die, just by our own hands, [...]
Posted in Design & Technology | Tagged Politics |
By Vihar Sheth on August 1, 2008
Bradley Berman, editor of hybridCARS, published an interesting commentary on Reuters yesterday called, “In 2018, expect personal mobility appliances“. The article is as much about technology as it is about perception. It’s short too, so please go read it, but here are some notable quotes: By 2018, the American love affair with the car will [...]
Posted in Design & Technology, Development & Transportation | Tagged Personal Mobility |
By Vihar Sheth on July 30, 2008
I’ve searched the web to get on a waiting list for an electric car and have been disappointed. Are these manufacturers that far from delivering a working product that they’re not even taking names? Shame on them. If anyone knows how to get in line for any electric cars being developed please let me know. [...]
Posted in Design & Technology, Development & Transportation | Tagged Personal Mobility |
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