> -----Original Message-----
> From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 7:38 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: What is *IT*?
>
>
> At 04:15 PM 1/9/01 -0800, Josh wrote:
> >Building on Kevin's speculation, this reminds me of the personal
> >helicopter/flying suit whatsit that was discussed earlier on
> the list (can't
> >find it right now), but powered by a lightweight
> rechargeable hydrogen fuel
> >cell instead of gasoline or kerosene.
Don't forget flywheel technology.
http://space-power.grc.nasa.gov/ppo/projects/flywheel/
Dean Kamen also redesigned and developed the "Stirling Engine". It runs of
any type of fuel, and can purity water and generate electricity at the same
time, and can fit into a briefcase.
This secret project may use the stirling engine.
>
> I think that the flying suit is off-base. Such a thing would
> not be tested
> in a room, even a small warehouse, but would be done outside. .
I agree. If it was a flying machine, you could not demo it in a room, when
drawings or pictures would work just as well.
>
> My guess is that it is a modification on the "Hoverboards" seen in the
> movie "Back to the Future Part II." IIRC, the Hoverboards
> were actual
> working models, that were banned because of safety concerns,
> that the movie
> types managed to get their hands on it. At the time, I
> heard that there
> were plans to debut a mass-market version in the early 2000's.
> The only thing that does not add up about my theory is the
> culture-changing
> aspects.
That part is puzzling, especially since they make so many references to the
PC and the Internet, and why bring in Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos in for a
transportation device? Jeff Bezos could sell the item, but what would Steve
Jobs do, besides put transparent bezels on the device.
I did find a hoverboard one can buy for 2600.00.
http://www.futurehorizons.net/hoverboard.htm
Here is some information about a personal jet pack
http://www.futurehorizons.net/jetpacks.htm
And here is a hovercraft for personal use
http://www.airboard.com.au/frameset/seeit/see.html
Here is some interesting articles about levitation, true hovercraft, and
cutting edge technology related to levitation.
http://www.hovertech.com/stories/flyingcars1.html
If IT is a flying craft or personal transportation device, it has already
been done.
Here is a Wired article on Dean Kamen
http://www.wirednews.com/wired/archive/8.09/kamen_pr.html It quotes-
"Another project, to be unveiled in the next year, will necessitate building
"the largest company in New Hampshire," Kamen says with characteristic
bravura. He's shy about details, except to say it involves a consumer device
unrelated to health care and will require $100 million in financing. Among
the investors: Kleiner Perkins."
It also quotes- "...then flew to visit Bose Corporation, near Boston, to
show off the Ibot and talk with Amar Bose about marketing Deka's top-secret
consumer device."
Kleiner Perkins is a top VC for Internet Start-ups. www.kpcb.com/ . John
Doerr (one of the witnesses with Jobs and Bezos)works for KPCB.
So he got together a Billionaire e-tailer, a visionary entraprenuer, an
audio component manufacturer CEO, a top Internet VC rep, CEO of Xerox, and a
retired CEO from a medical supply company (specializinging disposable
drapes).
Anyone have a clue? I believe that we can figure this out. Could this be
related to a form of wireless location services?
Nerd From Hell
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> JDG
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