Kaspars Dambis Piezīmes par inženieriju, dizainu un publicistiku
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Fantastisks stāsts par Elonu Masku, kurš dzimis Dienvidāfrikā, nopelnījis pirmos miljonus 24 gadu vecumā, kopā ar brāli izveidoja PayPal un tagad vada SolarCity, SpaceX un Tesla Motors.

“Bloomberg Risk Takers” profiles Elon Musk, the entrepreneur who helped create PayPal, built America’s first viable fully electric car company, started the nation’s biggest solar energy supplier, and may make commercial space travel a reality in our lifetime. And he’s only 40.

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43 cents on every dollar will be borrowed (@ 16 min)

“The Forgotten Cause of Sound Money” by David Stockman

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There’s a popular myth that NASA spent “millions” of dollars developing a pen for astronauts to use in the weightless environment of a space ship — while their sensible Russian counterparts were happy to use the low-tech pencil. Alas, for all its appeal and plausibility, this is not true.

Pen and pencil myths

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The AR.1 is built on an aluminum alloy chassis with a carbon-fiber body, keeping weight to just 1870 pounds. Motivation comes courtesy of an electric motor producing 63 hp and 133 lb-ft of torque; the designers predict a 0-to-62-mph run of 11.4 seconds and a top speed of 91 mph — hardly figures on par with the Tesla Roadster electric car, in case you were already comparing the two cars. (via Gordon Murray Designs Unveils Lightweight Electric Sports Car - Rumor Central)

The AR.1 is built on an aluminum alloy chassis with a carbon-fiber body, keeping weight to just 1870 pounds. Motivation comes courtesy of an electric motor producing 63 hp and 133 lb-ft of torque; the designers predict a 0-to-62-mph run of 11.4 seconds and a top speed of 91 mph — hardly figures on par with the Tesla Roadster electric car, in case you were already comparing the two cars. (via Gordon Murray Designs Unveils Lightweight Electric Sports Car - Rumor Central)


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