Solar: 60% Efficiency Would Be Game Changing

Solar cells (Photo credit: SamGewinski)

Sharp Demonstrates Ultra-Efficient Solar Cells

New technology could be twice as efficient at converting sunlight to electricity..... In theory, solar cells that exploit this technique could reach efficiencies over 60 percent.

At that point solar competes with fossil fuels. That would be a tipping point.

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Joi Ito

Joi Ito follows me on Twitter. I don't know why!



Via Fred Wilson

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Tech Entrepreneurship: Public Service By Other Means

Bill and Melinda Gates during their visit to the Oslo Opera House in June 2009. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I think of tech entrepreneurship as public service by other means, and I don't mean you make billions to give away (why, thank you Bill Gates!) way.

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The Next Platforms: Virtual Reality, Blockchain, TV, Wearables

All of the above.

The Race To The Next Platform Is On

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Bill And Melinda Gates' 2014 Stanford Commencement Address

Cristiano Ronaldo

Messi's Left Foot

Lionel Messi (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Messi dribbles with his left foot. If he dribbled with his right foot I think I might have been able to tackle him.

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Watching The World Cup In NYC

Watching the World’s Game, in the World’s City

Outside Brazil, there is no better place to experience the world’s sport than the world’s city. Passion for soccer runs deep in New York ..... In 2013 alone, nearly 900,000 Brazilians visited New York City ..... Tonic, a three-story sports bar in Times Square that has been the de facto headquarters for the Netherlands during World Cups past. .... Amsterdam Ale House 340 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan ..... To love Italian soccer is to suffer passionately. To follow the Azzurri is to be superstitious. ..... El Pequeño Coffee Shop 86-10 Roosevelt Avenue, Queens

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New York Times: Full Coverage

Tonic
(212) 382-1059
727 7th Ave,
New York, NY, 10019

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New Cover Photo

This is now my new cover photo on Twitter and Facebook.

Montauk

Montauk, maybe. But the World Cup first!