Day August 8, 2008

Ossetia. It’s all about the price of oil?

(Detail of map from University of Colorado. Click for full map.) While the US has certainly been training and arming troops from Georgia, Russia has been doing the same in South Ossetia, and indeed their tanks have entered there –…

Tata Nano: disruptive technology

Tata’s Nano is a $3000 car with a roomy interior that accommodates a family of four. For a 1300-pound car, it’s got a powerful engine that gets 47 miles to the gallon. And Tata could sell 30 million of them…