The Forgotten American Nano Moment
The Henry J was the little American car that, well, couldn’t. Conceived as post-war Model T, the Henry J was supposed to be a model of efficiency and low cost manufacturing. In a way, it shared many qualities with today’s Nano. It was designed without a rear hatch, boot or [...]
Innovation in high speed travel.
Here's a great article from the BBC on proposals for high-speed travel using mag-lev capsules traveling in vacuum tubes across the country or beneath the ocean -- at speeds up to 2,500 miles per hour. The original theoretical work goes back generations and the environmental effects are huge, with the [...]
Bill Murray on Improvisation
We can learn a lot about innovation from great comics, particularly those who come from the discipline of improvisation. There's a great interview with Bill Murray in this month's Esquire. Money quote: You gotta commit. You've gotta go out there and improvise and you've gotta be completely unafraid to die. [...]