What is possible?

Made in America

2012-12-19T17:38:35Z

Insourcing - 0r returning production to America, continues to gain steam. This months article in The Atlantic "The Insourcing Boom" provides an excellent view of the trend and causes.

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/12/the-insourcing-boom/309166/#

On Shoring - Made in America Chopsticks

2012-11-28T13:48:58Z

Next Toothpicks

http://www.fastcompany.com/1826872/georgia-chopsticks-finds-new-market-china

OnShoring -Made in America, again

2012-11-26T16:06:39Z

Last week I referred to a Boston Consulting Group article on "Made in America" as a brand preference. Over the next 3 weeks, I will focus on returning production to the United States" The Lord Abbett Review focused on America's Manufacturing Revival presented an analysis of building in USA may be cheaper than building in China.

America's Manufacturing Revival

Good news for a change: American manufacturers' comparative advantage versus other nations has improved thanks to a confluence of economic and technological factors. American manufacturing is experiencing a renaissance that could last for years.

https://www.lordabbett.com/advisor/commentary/investmentperspectives/americas-manufacturing-revival/?searchResults=true

Not familiar with Lord Abbett or Boston Consulting Group (BCG), both are reliable for original thought or collation of important business information lordabbett.com, bcg.com

MICRO FINANCING IN THE US

2011-08-15T15:40:13Z

Recently I funded a novel iPhone stand.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/magazine/the-trivialities-and-transcendence-of-kickstarter.html?scp=1&sq=kickstarter&st=cse

THE CUBAN MEDICAL SYSTEM

2011-07-21T14:14:36Z

Consider the following from the World Health Organization.

	USA	Cuba
Life Expectancy	79	78
Infant Mortality - death before age of 5 yrs.	.08	.06
Total Spending as a % of GDP	16.2%	11.8%

I propose there is both technology and strategy. While most of the blogs in this section are technology biased, it is time to consider policy.

The Cuban medical system may be better than the American medical system. Of course we may have technology on our side, but is it the answer?

Cuba has demonstrated some remarkable skills to achieve these results:

Focused on prevention.
Oriented to general practice vs. specialization.
Been willing to review and change practices
Cuban medical school is free and doctors serve regionally as directed by the government.
Cuban medical school is free for students throughout the world and has graduates in 130 countries. This is a source of great soft diplomacy.

http://www.who.int/research/en/

SOME URBAN IDEAS ARE SIMPLE

2011-06-09T21:04:41Z

The No Park is a simple urban ecology practice successful in New York.

"No Park redefines “no parking zone” — mostly those associated fire hydrant placement — to low growth mosses and grasses. These micro engineered green spaces prevent storm water runoff, use foliage to stabilize the soil, and to provide a durable low maintenance surface cover. "

WHAT WILL BE THE FATE OF THE NANO

2011-05-10T21:24:58Z

The Indian "People's Car, built by TATA Motors in India, was initially designed to sell for $2,000 to$2,500. While over 10,000 are sold, it has run into various problems as outlined in the attached article.

A brave idea. What do you think?

Click here for Tata Nano Website

The Next Stage of Moore's Law

2011-04-26T00:44:25Z

The doubling of capacity, halving price every 18 months is GRAPHENE, a form of carbon in which the atoms form a flat sheet just one atom thick. http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/graphene-solar-0106.html

Rice University has made recent discoveries that bring this into production. http://io9.com/#!5773631/making-nanomaterials-just-got-a-lot-easier

It also will be applied in energy for batteries and solar cells.

Not impressed with the 3D Printer, I presented a couple of weeks ago? How about a 3D printer that prints real human KIDNEYS.

2011-03-31T20:59:11Z

Meet the first human with a 3D Organ

at http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/anthony_atala_growing_organs_engineering_tissue.html

To find out what happens when we rob Malthus of his theory that population gets checked by famine and disease, read “Welcome to the Monkey House” , a collection of short stories, by Kurt Vonnegut

Meet the man who paid a record $335,000 for a virtual property

2011-03-02T14:00:58Z

In February 2011, Yan Panasjuk paid a whopping $335,000 to Jon Jacobs to buy a large portion of Jacobs' popular Entropia destination Club Neverdie, including eight bio-domes, space docks, a stadium, club and mall. This was hardly just another real estate deal, however. Panasjuk paid real money for something that exists only in the online virtual world.

Why would Panasjuk, a 35-year-old software engineer living in Boston, do that? There's money to be made. Entropia is an online game that has a real cash economy--players can exchange Project Entropia dollars for real U.S. dollars at a fixed 10:1 exchange rate, enabling virtual entrepreneurs to start businesses in the game. Jacobs, for instance, was making $200,000 a year in revenue from sales of virtual goods and services before selling Club Neverdie. Nov. 17, 2010