Nest’s Tony Fadell on Smart Objects, and the Singularity of Innovation
Marcio Jose Sanchez/Associated Press Before he started Nest, Tony Fadell held senior positions at Apple on the teams that created the iPod and the iPhone. Tony Fadell is the founder and chief executive of…
8 disruptive companies that utilities should watch in 2014
The traditional electric utility model faces a range of disruptive challenges including distributed generation, energy storage and demand-side management, according to a report Edison Electric Institute issued early this year. Emerging technology coupled with low…
Advanced energy solutions could create industrial hubs of innovation and skilled jobs
Building on a state’s strengths in advanced energy solutions, including wind and solar power, carbon fiber composites, and smart buildings, can maximize job growth and give a state a competitive economic edge. That is according…
Gravity: A real alternative energy?
A Dutch architect has developed a new technique to generate free energy in a sustainable way at home, whereby energy is released by perpetually unbalancing a weight — offering an alternative to solar and wind…
The Meaning of Disruption: How Should Utilities Think About Change?
There’s lots of debate about the meaning of “disruption” and what it could bring for utilities. Here are a few musings. “Disruption” is one the most overused words to describe how radical technological change can…
Billion-Dollar Trends
Nova Labs Recently, investing gadfly James Altucher posted a “cheat sheet” for what you should be doing with your money that spotlighted a handful of “demographic trends” that investors could get behind. We wanted to…
