NEW areaS of Growth

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Wild; and crazy GUYZ!

[tyfighter3]

We have done more in the last 100 years than we have since time started.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

I agree Ty! U gotta let me think about space! Think about the things we might be able to do with minerals from the moon!

I typed this on my blackberry because I couldn't sleep and wanted to see if the site works on it. 10 yrs ago this was nothing but a dream to think a tiny phone would do this!!

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

This is where having no friends leaves you!

-North Korea, in New Year Message, Says Regional Tensions Should Be Defused
www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-01/north-korea-in-new-year-message-says-regional-tensions-should-be-defused.html

-Green Energy
How Warren Buffett’s Energy Unit Will Pump Up the Deflated U.S. Wind Industry
m.bnet.com/blog/clean-energy/how-warren-buffett-8217s-energy-unit-will-pump-up-the-deflated-us-wind-industry/3649

[kman]

Dec 31, 2010 3:48:36 GMT -5 Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger said:

I agree Ty! U gotta let me think about space! Think about the things we might be able to do with minerals from the moon!

I typed this on my blackberry because I couldn't sleep and wanted to see if the site works on it. 10 yrs ago this was nothing but a dream to think a tiny phone would do this!!

Makes you wonder what is coming next. I was your age in 1988. Cell phones did not take pictures, no MP3s, no GPS,


I can't even guess the changes to come ( Not Decoy Changes) in technology.

[kman]

We can't even imagine....

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

kman there was an issue of Time at the start of Dec about the last decade. Ipod 2001. The mp3 was nothing before winamp. Which was 1999. I hear you about changes.
IMO, the next 10+ yrs we are going to see a lot more implementation. There will be innovation no doubt, I just think that a lot of things can be implemented that we have, and I see that as a really cool area to watch. We need more efficient ways to transport things, and maintain things. People control their houses with their ipones. Voice control is coming to cars, it's going to be cool!

wxyz, it was called the startac. The big old grey phone was a classic. Zack Morris had one of those!! It's too bad that you see our liberties vanishing over the next 50 years. The way I see it the govt has had the ability to watch us all it wants for a very long time. That change your talking about is going to make it so that more than 15% of the worlds population gets to enjoy the freedoms that we expect and love.

IMO Robotics in health care will be huge. I have seen robotic suits that people wear that gives them the ability to lift 200 lbs. There are just some amazing things being done right now in that field.

Other things that will be huge are recycling and bio-plastics(bio industry). We need to find a ways to use the garbage we produce to make things. We also need to use things that we can grow like algae, to make fuels, for obvious reasons. These are unavoidable facts of life. Lots of work being done in these field as well.


The future is friendly

[kman]

Robotics...telemedicine...Something I am familiar with....The Military is and has been way ahead of the tech curve. It is now a question of payment from the insurers.

I don't know about you...but I would be more likely to visit my Doctor from the comforts of my living room, than a waiting room.

Amazing stuff! A surgical theater can be set up in 15 minutes and a remote surgery can take place from 6000 miles away...seen it with my own eyes.Long story..but I was involved in this years ago , when my sons mother worked on this. I was invited to be part as an entrepreneur. The name of the game now ..is reimbursement. I would say , we are about ten years away from this being an everyday reality.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

The Military is and has been way ahead of the tech curve. It is now a question of payment from the insurers.

The things your talking about kman, exactly what I'm saying. There is all of the holographic stuff out there. Electronic paper, motion controls, VR, the list goes on. I think we have finally hit the point where the cost structure is there so we can apply the bigger ideas that haven't been realized yet to everyday life and make it so it works for us!

As an aside, I have to say bro, you have lived one interesting life, and I can imagine that the surface has only been scratched.

[kman]

Remote exams, surgery, and host of other procedures could be performed. The military is not subject to the issues the private sector is. This technology is used daily.

The cost of health care would be drastically reduced if telemedicine was incorporated into the lives of civilians.

[sangria]

I've also run across that telemedicine that kman is talking about. A lot of interesting possibilities there.

On an airplane, if there is no doctor on board, they put a headset on a flight attendant, hook them up to a doctor on the ground, then the flight attendant tells the doctor what they see, pulse, patient response, all that, and the doctor gives instructions back. Simple really.

The video exam from miles away is a whole different thing, much more technology involved.

[tyfighter3]

Early 80's had a Ag Commodities Co and bought one of the first Mac's. We had it hooked up with the University of Nebraska's main computer that got all of the Worlds offers on any Ag product and we downloaded them just as fast as the Government did. We knew what was pending before anybody else did. It was great. What was funny was it only cost $100.00 a year for the service.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

wxyz, I never had the opportunity to use a startac . The first cell I used was one of those Motorola bag phones that sat in the car. You had to have an exterior antenna. I remember installing that thing with my dad, ahh the times.

Health care is going to be a major industry to watch.

What was the number on that Mac Ty?

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

I remember when pagers where huge. Man did the companies that owned pay phones love those things!!

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

This is great. You can't make this stuff up. A few of the things that we have gone over in the last couple of days.

-Innovation

Blood test to spot cancer gets big boost from J&J
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110103/ap_on_he_me/us_med_cancer_blood_test

GE and Intel’s Telehealth and Independent Living Company is Operational Today
www.canada.com/life/Intel+Telehealth+Independent+Living+Company+Operational+Today/4052037/story.html

Intel's 2nd-gen chip arrives, with Hollywood in tow
news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-20026937-64.html#ixzz1A2eBPmkQ

Asus, PrimeSense to bring motion controls to PCs
seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013834622_apustecgadgetshowmotioncontroller1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss

Boon to businesses: Could Innovation Center hold secret to success?
www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/SE/20110103/NEWS/101030307

-Energy Production

Global Thermal Power Market to Reach 18,273 Billion Kilowatt-Hours by 2015, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20110103/bs_prweb/prweb8040067

Coal-to-natural gas outfit Ciris Energy funded
news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20026950-54.html

2011 may be a gusher in South Texas
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/7362773.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+houstonchronicle%2Ftopheadlines+%28chron.com+-+Top+Stories%29

New technology for old Madison County farm
www.stltoday.com/suburban-journals/illinois/news/article_f3f58ba8-31b2-56bd-a4d2-22b2ea5b3175.html

-Unavoidable Facts of Life.

Great Lakes Bay counting on high-tech, health care jobs
www.mlive.com/business/mid-michigan/index.ssf/2011/01/great_lakes_bay_counting_on_hi.html

Cleaner tractors get cool reception from farmers
www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9KGO6GG2.htm

-To top it off, how about a communism, promoting consumerism!!

China Quietly Extends Footprints Into Central Asia
www.nytimes.com/2011/01/03/world/asia/03china.html

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Yeah but think of how many quarters you'd have to stuff into a pay phone to equal one months cell phone bill?

No doubt!! Got to love those cell phone companies..

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

-I guess some people are sick and tired of listening to propaganda as well.

China provinces spurn Beijing, target sizzling growth
economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/china-provinces-spurn-beijing-target-sizzling-growth/articleshow/7215657.cms

Search: Wealthy Chinese feast on HK luxury goods

The impact on the fine wine market in the city has been even more dramatic. Sotheby’s Hong Kong wine sales totalled US$52.5m last year, up from US$14.3m in 2009 and accounting for 59 per cent of the wine sold by the auction house worldwide, surpassing its sales in New York and London put together.....

.......Academics in Hong Kong and mainland China say they are surprised by the volume of money crossing the border into Hong Kong, given that the mainland has capital controls. “There are huge amounts of money flowing into Hong Kong from China but it’s not legal,” says Chen Guanghan, a professor of economics at Zhongshan University in Guangzhou.

Individuals in China are not allowed to transfer more than US$50,000 annually out of the country, which suggests that mainland buyers of expensive apartments in Hong Kong are using offshore accounts to finance their purchases and alternative routes such as channelling money through units of mainland companies with operations in Hong Kong.

It is not just big-spenders: there have been reports of a tour bus of mainland Chinese tourists parking by a major bank in downtown Hong Kong while the travellers deposited their money there......

.....“Mainland Chinese are using [Hong Kong’s capitalist system] for investment and diversification. Hong Kong is a Casablanca: all kinds of people from different countries are dealing with each other informally here.”

-Domestic Demand in another big place

Domestic demand to support India`s auto suppliers growth: Fitch
www.myiris.com/newsCentre/storyShow.php?fileR=20110104120400198&dir=2011/01/04&source=rss

-Tech and innovation

Stem-cell trial approved for vision therapy
www.journalgazette.net/article/20110104/NEWS10/301049975/-1/NEWS09

Graphics Ability Is the New Goal for Chip Makers
www.nytimes.com/2011/01/04/technology/04chip.html

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

-BIO EVERYTHING!


Global Biopesticides Market to Reach US$2.8 Billion by 2015, According to a New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/01/04/prweb8041130.DTL

-Innovation

Green Guide to CES 2011
gigaom.com/cleantech/green-guide-to-ces-2011/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+earth2tech+%28GigaOM%3A+Cleantech%29

Tesla Says Electric Car Battery Plan Means Profit at Low Volume
www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-30/tesla-says-electric-car-battery-plan-means-profit-at-low-volume.html

-Expansion

Samsung announces record investment, hiring
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110105/ap_on_bi_ge/as_skorea_samsung

Samsung also said that it will hire 25,000 people

FAA signs off on $5.2B expansion of Philly airport
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110105/ap_on_bi_ge/us_philadelphia_airport_expansion

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

-Solar

Solar roofs the 'BEST' choice:
rosevillept.com/detail/168316.html

Clif Bar keeps it green at new Emeryville headquarters
www.contracostatimes.com/business/ci_17008794?source=rss&nclick_check=1

First Solar Sells Projects in Canada, Announces Partner in China
www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-05/first-solar-sells-projects-in-canada-announces-developer-partner-in-china.html

-Innovation

WFES 2011 Technology Forum highlights energy innovations to lower costs while promoting capacity and reliability:
www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20110105065615/WFES%202011%20Technology%20Forum%20highlights%20energy%20innovations%20to%20lower%20costs%20while%20promoting%20capacity%20and%20reliability

- Leveling of the playing field

China to Let Yuan Rise 5% in 2011, Says Official Newspaper:
www.cnbc.com/id/40920574

Fedex Adds China-India Air-Cargo Flights on `Dramatic' Growth:
www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-05/fedex-adds-china-india-cargo-flights-in-bet-on-dramatic-growth-in-trade.html

China Aims to Ensure Intellectual-Property Protection:
online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704405704576064672801009258.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

China Battles Rising Prices, Consumer Discontent:
www.npr.org/2011/01/06/132683668/china-battles-rising-prices-consumer-discontent

Not so long ago, northern Chinese winters meant one thing: cabbage, day in and day out. Just four years ago, cabbages were so cheap they were being given away for free as a promotional tactic

China's Communist Party Paper Aims for Capitalist Milestone:
www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Chinas-Communist-Party-Paper-Aims-for-Capitalist-Milestone-112935189.html

Free enterprise FTW!

[dumdeedoe]

China is starting to release Yuan bonds to select investors, If that catches on their currency should take off and level the playing field a bit more.

[kman]

Like a lead zeppelin.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

kman you crack me up.. Seems like you're as busy as you were telling me you were going to be. That's great bro!

doe, your right. It was on the old board, however, I posted an article in which some of these manufactures were already being pinched by a 3% increase in the Yuan. Another 5% this year and another 60%+ pay raise, it's going to get interesting.

-Energy

GE Smart Grid Technologies Help One Island Achieve Greater Energy Independence:
www.dailyfinance.com/rtn/pr/ge-smart-grid-technologies-help-one-island-achieve-greater-energy-independence/rfid402027814/?channel=pf

Empire State Building Turns to 100% Green Power:
www.greenbiz.com/blog/2011/01/06/empire-state-building-turns-100-green-power?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Greenbuzz+%28GreenBiz+Feed%29#ixzz1AK8cJHwt

China power sector to boom as oil sector goes slower:
www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE7052JT20110106

-Technology

GE Intelligent Platforms to introduce 2nd Generation Intel Core i7-based embedded computers:
www.militaryaerospace.com/index/display/article-display.articles.military-aerospace-electronics.industry-news-flash-2.2011.1.ge-intelligent_platforms.QP129867.dcmp=rss.page=1.html

Qualcomm purchases chip-maker:
www.lohud.com/article/20110106/BUSINESS01/101060377/Qualcomm-purchases-chip-maker

Six major studios to distribute UltraViolet titles by mid year, hardware to come later:
www.engadget.com/2011/01/06/six-major-studios-to-distribute-ultraviolet-titles-by-mid-year/

CES 2011: Video of Motorola Atrix phone docking to a laptop:<---- The phone is actually the processing powering for the laptop!!
seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoftpri0/2013866032_ces_2011_video_of_motorola_atrix_phone_docking_to.html?syndication=rss

Solderless Assembly for Electronics (SAFE): The Book Project:
www.pcb007.com/pages/zone.cgi?a=73610

-I just like this..

America, home of the free. Canada, home of the future: Washington Times:
www.canada.com/America+home+free+Canada+home+future+Washington+Times/4064600/story.html#ixzz1AKAWWfMO

NA FTW!

[kman]

I wish I had1/2 his energy

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

LOL, I'll bet that kman's parts got plenty of accumulation..

The playing field will change this year as many of the growing pains that many nations are already used to....will start to trickle in to China...causing many unintended consequences

Well the three of us know, as well as some others, that while unintended for some, are actually part of the plan for others! The world is watching!

-Gates hopes to bolster U.S.-China military dialogue:
www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70600P20110107?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

-Beijing vows to be more open to investors:
www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ab33c560-1996-11e0-a853-00144feab49a.html#axzz1AQ5JiIm4

The deputy premier, who is on a visit to Spain, Germany and the UK, also pledged that China would continue to “play an active role” on the international financial markets and stressed the country’s continued support for the euro and European integration....

........ The man widely tipped to become Chinese prime minister in the next few years said in his speech that Beijing would “pursue a much more active policy of openness” to import “leading technologies, management expertise, highly skilled labour and capital”.

He told an audience which included Peter Loescher, Siemens chief executive, and Dieter Zetsche, Daimler chief executive, that Beijing would “support the liberalisation and simplifying of trade and investment”.

Not to mention the Bejing is giving the EU some of those trillions of dollars it has to buy exports from itself. Plus, the EU is of course China's biggest trading partner.

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

kman just gave you some karma for being such a cool guy!

-I luv CES!!! We should hit us Vegas next Jan!

MyFord Mobile launches at Consumer Electronics Show:
www.autoweek.com/article/20110106/DETROIT/110109949

CES: ThinkEco smart plug lays waste to wasted power:
ces.cnet.com/8301-32254_1-20027709-283.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

-more cool tech

Edmonton-made computer keyboard a hit in hospitals:
www.edmontonjournal.com/health/Edmonton+made+computer+keyboard+hospitals/4072264/story.html

-Energy

JinkoSolar Announces 1.3 MW Solar Module Supply Agreement with Leading U.S. Solar Integrator Premier Power:
www.stockhouse.com/News/USReleasesDetail.aspx?n=8009638

Hawaiian Electric Signs Historic First Agreement for Aina Koa Pono to Supply Sustainable Local Biofuels for Electricity:
www.dailyfinance.com/rtn/pr/hawaiian-electric-signs-historic-first-agreement-for-aina-koa-pono-to-supply-sustainable-local-biofuels-for-electricity/rfid402357740/?channel=pf

Texas: Energy adds Bone Spring/Avalon acreage:
www.ogj.com/index/article-display/8175631300/articles/oil-gas-journal/exploration-development-2/area-drilling/20100/01/texas_-energy_adds.html

Beacon Power Corporation BCON - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review - new company profile published:
www.pr-inside.com/beacon-power-corporation-bcon-financial-r2340615.htm

GT Solar Receives First Order for New DSS650 Multicrystalline Ingot Growth Systems from South Korean PV Manufacturer Nexolon Company, Ltd.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110107005550/en/GT-Solar-Receives-Order-DSS650-Multicrystalline-Ingot

Corning Natural Gas pipeline project helps company tap Marcellus supply
www.stargazette.com/article/20110107/NEWS01/101070368/1113/

-Growth in Free Enterprise!!!

Economists' Group Forms Panel to Consider Ethical Standards
chronicle.com/article/Economists-Group-Forms-Panel/125875/

-this is HUGE growth in free enterprise!

Police criticized for apologizing to Ottawa Muslims for Ramadan arrests
www2.canada.com/nanaimodailynews/news/story.html?id=4072457

Prominent members of the Muslim Canadian Congress applauded the prime minister's remarks, saying it is about time that senior government officials emphasized the unitary nature of Canadian law, and that religious sentiment cannot be allowed to interfere with the law.

"He (Harper) is right," said Salma Siddiqui, vice president of the Congress. "We have one law in Canada and it applies to everybody. We need to stop all this political correctness."

"The notion that in Ramadan you can't arrest people is so foolish," Tarek Fatah, a founding member of the Congress, told a Calgary radio station.

There is no reason for police to explain or apologize to the Muslim community when they arrest a Muslim, Siddiqui said. The notion that Muslims needs special treatment or that their religious sensibilities need to be addressed is both patronizing and condescending, and effectively sets Muslims apart from other Canadians.

The Humans of Earth FTW!!!!

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

The innovations over the next three years will astound many!

I know I'm so pumped for the trade shows over the next few years. It's going to be legend...wait for it... dairy!!!!

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

Dude, there's like 3 billion more mouths to feed. That's a lot of bread and milk!

I was reading a report that said that food production would have to increase by 70% by 2050 to keep up with demand! Good thing there is lots of farmland in Africa that still is undiscovered!!

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

They are flying...

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

That's what I'm talking about!!

[Aman A.K.A. Ahamburger]

YA YA. Soon I will have a schedule.. When that happens. I will make it for some rendezvous!