Posts tagged “innovation”

The information revolution mirrors the industrial revolution: cheap data is just raw material. The real innovation will be in mass-producing quality information. Social interaction matters not as an end in itself, but because it improves information quality. Build the barrel-making machine, not the barrel.

Flat panel CRTs from IBM match LCD prices without the manufacturing headaches. Interesting, though I'm still holding out for flexible screens.

Forty years to figure out that light travels faster in air than glass. Next-gen fiber optics will be hollow tubes filled with air. Sometimes the obvious answers take the longest.