Entries tagged as new technologies

It is called LED and it is about to make changes to the lighting market in line with what digital cameras did to the analog photography. The technology is not new but as in many other cases of paradigm shifts it is now getting close to become affordable for everyone. And because of the disruptive nature of new technologies the market can look totally different in several years from now.

Buying a new laptop is always a roller coaster for me. The typical cycle has been between 3 to 5 years and the changes in technology during these breaks always made me work to make the next right decision. Being in the software business I had the opportunity to use a whole array of different brands and configurations although admittedly never got to use Apple iBook. But the story I wanted to share with you today is the amazing rise of Acer that seem to be everywhere these days.

As a Motortrend subscriber I am carefully watching the on-going debate about the infrastructure required to sustain major changes in the car technology. Whether we are talking about fuel cell, hydrogen or battery based electric vehicles the supporting infrastructure was always the main obstacle. Project Better Place, another company started in Israel, introduces new approach that effectively addresses this issue. 

As I was writing about solar energy advances in Israel another interesting company caught my attention, this time in California. It is called Solyndra and it offers a very interesting rooftop solution for solar energy generation. According to the company website there are approximately 11 billion square meters of commercial rooftop surface available worldwide.