Month October 2011

GE plans ginormous offshore wind turbines

GE Energy is gambling on what it calls a “transformational” 15 MW wind turbine based on cutting-edge innovations in magnetic resonance imaging and nano-composites These behemoths can’t be installed on land. They’re simply too big. Even transporting the parts on…

Robot jobs, outsourcing, and our educational system

Thomas Friedman on robots and offshore workers replacing jobs here. The term “outsourcing” is also out of date. There is no more “out” anymore. In the hyperconnected world, there is only “good” “better” and “best,” and managers and entrepreneurs everywhere…