The Economist in 2011 made a salient point about the future of gasoline vehicles: For Toyota, taking BMW’s diesel engines is a tacit admission that its hybrid strategy does not cut it in Europe. That means a gasoline-hybrid strategy is failing. A diesel-hybrid strategy, however, would have worked. Two years later, today, the Economist admits … Continue reading Diesel = Winning
Sophie Google’s new blog post, ahem, whoops I mean to say Sophie Schmidt‘s new blog post on her trip to North Korea is a fantastic study in culture clash. What a great opportunity she had to travel into a country few Americans get to see. “In the land of the blind, close one eye” — … Continue reading It’s the Googles! North Korea Edition
The Battle of Cowpens on this day in 1781 is recorded as a turning point in the American Revolution. Americans were planning cautiously, dispersing into smaller units and contemplating how to minimize direct confrontations with the British. America’s Continential Brigadier General Morgan knew he was being chased by professional soldiers led by a young British … Continue reading This Day in History: 1781 Battle of Cowpens
The Economist has an interesting write-up on predicting innovation. They see things heating up specifically in manufacturing and user interfaces. Across the board, innovations fuelled by cheap processing power are taking off. Computers are beginning to understand natural language. People are controlling video games through body movement alone—a technology that may soon find application in … Continue reading Are you ready for the data innovation boom?