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Innovation in Aerospace (#)

Posted by Tor Hough on 03 Mar 2010

I had the opportunity to see a talk given by Mr. Frank Cappuccio, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works. His talk was titled: “Trends in Technology and Innovation in Aerospace”. It was given as part of a two day Aviation and Aerospace Industry Manufacturing Summit sponsored by the Center for Aviation and Aerospace Leadership (CAAL) at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Mr. Cappuccio’s offered interesting insights into issues related to innovation at one of our country’s leading Aviation and Aerospace design and manufacturing firms.

Financing Innovation (#)

Posted by Tor Hough on 03 Feb 2010

To sustain our position as a global leader, the United States absolutely must change our fundamental financial practices. We must learn to invest in innovation and capability not credit ratings.

Economic Recovery (#)

Posted by Tor Hough on 02 Feb 2010

I am amazed that our leadership doesn't seem to learn from the mistakes of the past - even the recent past. Driving in this morning I heard that President Obama was advocating that $30B in TARP funds be re-routed to "small-business lending". Someone will need to explain to me how this isn't more of the same nonsense that caused the crisis we're in.

Geographic Modeling (#)

Posted by Tor Hough on 25 Jan 2010

Had a conversation this morning with my brother, a science geek, about the existance of a technology to model the evolution of a building over time. We figured someone has to have developed a way to show the evolution of landmark buildings like the whitehouse or a cathedral like Chartres. We spun the idea a bit further and came up with a cool idea.

Geek Lectures (#)

Posted by Tor Hough on 15 Dec 2009

I discovered a substantial collection of video lectures from around the world on various subjects related to science, technology, the arts and more. Access to these high quality video lectures and free and is culled from events like conferences, summer schools, workshops.