Elon Musk Ambitious Project - Gigafactory

[timmy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORm2Xi693NE

[dkc]

lol..

 

lithium-ion batteries.

 

This is the problem with starting a company ahead of its time. No one around to make the components you want.

 

 

[timmy]

Invention way head of their time.

 

The Analytical Engine (1822) Now: The Computer (1940s)

In an attempt to create a machine that could perform mathematical calculations without error, Charles Babbage created the first predecessor to the modern computer. Babbage's analytical engine was the first general computational device that had the ability to solve different types of equations. What is most interesting about the analytical machine is that it was built before electronics, so the entire thing was run mechanically. The engine's memory consisted of gears, and its processing unit worked through the use of cams, clutches, cranks and gears. Babbage continued to tinker with the analytical machine until his death in 1871.

[timmy]

Then: Contact Lenses (1632) Now: Contact Lenses (1887/1950s)

In 1632, René Descartes proposed a device to correct vision. This method involved a glass tube filled with liquid that would be placed in direct contact with the cornea. The protruding end was to be composed of clear glass, shaped to correct vision. Descartes had created the first set of contact lenses. Inconveniently, the wearer of these “lenses” would be unable to blink, so they never moved beyond the idea stage. In 1887, Adolf Eugen Fick, a German ophthalmologist, created the first successful pair of vision-correcting contact lenses out of blown glass. They could  be worn for only a few hours at a time, but his creation eventually led to Czechoslovakian chemist Otto Wichterle's soft lenses, made of breathable, flexible plastic. Today soft lenses are being used by millions of people in the United States alone, according to eyetopics.com

[timmy]

Then: Colorfax (1947) Now: Color Printer (1990s)

When it was first featured in Popular Science, the Colorfax was touted as a machine that "opens up a whole new world to the home owner and businessman alike." The Colorfax was a box that could be plugged into an FM radio and re-create incoming images on paper. It would draw those images with red, blue, yellow, and black mechanical pencils, taking around fifteen minutes per image. The article in Popular Science envisioned various uses for the technology: "You can listen to a radio lecture on any subject under the sun and look at illustrations accompanying the lecture as they roll out of the facsimile machine in color. If the lecture is on atomic energy, you can support your understanding of what you hear with colored charts. If it’s on automobile repair, you can look at the part under repair in color. Afterward, if you want to, you can tack the picture up in the garage." While the Colorfax machine never became popular, hampered by its $150 price tag and its inability to send images, today's color printer has become a fixture in most offices.

[timmy]

Then: Photovoltaic Cells (Solar Cells) (1883) Now: Photovoltaic Cells (Solar Cells) (1954)

In 1883, Charles Fritts develops the first solar cell by coating the semi-conductor selenium with a thin layer of gold. The device proved ineffective, however; it had an efficiency of only 1 percent. (Today's solar devices have an average efficiency of 13 percent.) It wasn't until 1954 that the methods were developed, by researchers at Bell Laboratories, to make photovoltaic cells efficient enough for use. Soon solar cells were being used to power space satellites and smaller items like calculators and watches; today thousands of people power their homes and businesses with individual solar photovoltaic systems, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

[timmy]

Then: Heat Ray (212 B.C.) Now: Heat Ray Gun (2007)

Four years ago, the United States military unveiled the Active Denial System; it projects an invisible high-energy beam that produces a sudden burning feeling. The device, known as a heat ray gun, does not actually cause harm, the military says, and can be used to safely disperse crowds ― unlike the original heat ray, which, it is said, was used to set enemy ships ablaze. The story goes that during the siege of Syracuse in 212 B.C., Archimedes constructed a “burning glass” to set Roman warships on fire while they were anchored in the harbor. While the truth of this story has been hotly debated over the years, various experiments have proven it can be done. Despite the story’s “busting” on the Discovery Channel's “Mythbusters,” others have proven it is entirely possible that Archimedes was able to use his heat ray to ignite a Roman ship.

[dkc]

Elon Musk is taking a huge risk.. He'd probably end up broke, if there aren't so many useless dollars sitting around waiting to be invested.

 

perhaps its a calculated risk. 

[timmy]

Then: Self-Propelled Mechanical Vehicle (1769) Now: The Gas-Powered Automobile (1886)

While serving with the Austrian army in the Seven Years War, Nicholas-Joseph Cugnot drew up a device to haul artillery. The steam-powered vehicle, considered the world's first true automobile, was tricycle-mounted, with the single front wheel performing both steering and driving functions. After seeing the gun carriage, France’s minister of war commissioned Cugnot to build a larger, more powerful, and faster version. It was completed in 1771. The minister, Étienne François de Choiseul, fell from power and his successor was not interested in Cugnot's invention, according to MadeHow.com. The artillery carriage sat in a military shed for 30 years before it was moved to the  Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers in Paris, where it has been on display ever since.

[Aryaa]

Elon musk rocks his visionary mind will put him in the forefront for the future

[timmy]

Elon Musk is taking a huge risk.. He'd probably end up broke, if there aren't so many useless dollars sitting around waiting to be invested.

 

perhaps its a calculated risk. 

Yaa choodali. But he is giving new ideas to the world, he may not succeed but some one will pick up later.and most of his ideas are related to clean energy so that is a good thing

[sigsegv]

Yaa choodali. But he is giving new ideas to the world, he may not success but some one will pick up later.and most of his ideas are related to clean energy so that is a good thing

that is v imp .. flop ayyina it will pave the way for other innovations ... 

[dkc]

Elon musk rocks his visionary mind will put him in the forefront for the future

 

or end up broke.

 

he's only in the consumer product segment. Industrial is where path breaking innovations take place.

 

Europe is ahead in it. US companies are stuck with picking up the leftovers.

 

have you checked out d-wave systems. The computer they built is way ahead of anything ever built.

[sigsegv]

or end up broke.

 

he's only in the consumer product segment. Industrial is where path breaking innovations take place.

 

Europe is ahead in it. US companies are stuck with picking up the leftovers.

 

have you checked out d-wave systems. The computer they built is way ahead of anything ever built.

adhi pure quantum computer kaadu .. but still very advanced

[dkc]

that is v imp .. flop ayyina it will pave the way for other innovations ... 

 

Name one single innovative technology that Tesla motors built

 

vaalla patent list choosaava?