The Downscaling Conundrum Aug 24, 2014. Times Article Viewed: 9331 For over 150 years of the industrial revolution, bigger has always been better, but in the 21st century figuring out how to downscale will be the most daunting challenge mankind will face. Many of the most disturbing events taking place around the world, the Middle East, Ukraine, etc. revolve around…
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Transformers: Mastering Our Machines
Transformers: Mastering Our Machines Jul 06, 2014. Times Article Viewed: 8863 We face a choice: we either learn how to master the machines we create and use them to enhance our lives or they will come to dominate us. One of the candidate designs proposed for replacing New York City’s payphone kiosks The big movie this week is “Transformers”. It…
E-Bike Share: Perfect Wave of the Future
E-Bike Share: Perfect Wave of the Future Jun 08, 2014. Times Article Viewed: 8317 Instead of spending hard-earned income on an asset that sits 23 hours out of the day and takes constant ‘care and feeding’ in the form of toxic, polluting fuel, just to move 170 pounds of human, how about something 1/50th the weight that does the same…
A Glimmer of Hope for E-Bikes in the Empire State
A Glimmer of Hope for E-Bikes in the Empire State Jun 02, 2014. Times Article Viewed: 6804 What a difference a year and a new city administration can make. There is no opposition now as, in the waning weeks of the current session of New York State’s legislature, there’s a chance that bills legalizing electric-assist bicycles may come to a…
All Charged-Up and Nowhere to Go
All Charged-Up and Nowhere to Go May 25, 2014. Times Article Viewed: 5726 Both the NY City and NY State legislatures are preparing to vote in the next month on legalizing electric-assist bikes. Would giving politicians and their staffs’ test rides, where they are, be a better strategy than putting on a mini-event, at a fancy resort in NJ, 90…