Month August 2009

High Frequency Trading for beginners

High-frequency trading from Marketplace on Vimeo. Not only do market makers get to see and act on trades before everyone else, they get a rebate every time they trade. Watch their whole video. Our stock markets are rigged, gamed, and…

Electric and ethanol motorcycles

Orange County Choppers electric motorcycle This full-electric custom motorcycle goes 60 miles on a charge with a top speed of 100 mph and is “shockingly fast.” E85-powered, 500-horsepower quad motorcycle It burns ethanol “E85 as a fuel due to its…

Dubai is so over

Fast Company has a photo essay documenting the downward spiral of Dubai, which had the biggest real estate / money laundering bubble on the planet. The photo says it all, long lines of sewage trucks waiting to dump sewage in…

More on the Volt

Chevy Volt.  The burning question in many people’s minds is this:  How much electricity does that electric portion of the trip use?  GM answers that question (sort of) in a new press release: “Applying EPA’s methodology, GM expects the Volt to…