Okay, just tried this out and I have to say, Rapportive is the most useful and awesome tool I've seen since...well...my last blog post. If you use Gmail or Google Apps and work out of your inbox, like I do far too often, I suggest you give Rapportive a whirl.
The mechanical flywheel battery is charged by applying the front brakes. The flywheel is spun up from the brake energy and remains spinning until energy is needed. The flywheel spins at up to 40,000 rpm and this is how the kinetic energy is stored. Apparently, this is very efficient compared to chemical batteries.
When needed, the flywheel battery is slowed electromagnetically and generates up to 120 kW of electricity for the two front electric motors. It can do this for up to 8 seconds before it needs to be charged again.
I really like this kinetic energy battery instead of chemical. I think it would last longer and shouldn't degrade in performance like chemical batteries do over time.
It reminds me of those toy cars that I used to play with as a kid where you have to push it along the floor several times to spin up the internal flywheel and then push the button to send it zooming off like a missile on wheels!
This Porche is so cool, the only question is when can I buy one? I hope this technology spins off from racing to more affordable hybrid cars that people can actually buy.
It's easy to create Gmail filters, it's not easy to perfect them. These filters do provide a nice start.
Saving a few dollars on that new computer for your business may end up costing more than you know…
A slow computer will cost (over time) many times what a productive new computer would cost at the beginning. It’s not the easiest thing to see since I’m talking about indirect costs. It’s the little things, repeated over and over that add up to a lot of time wasted if the user has to wait even a little for each task.
Not only is train of thought interrupted sitting there staring at the computer screen that is doing nothing but causing immeasurable damage to the user’s creative and intelligent thought process. This cost is tremendous on the business as a whole because of lost potential by stifling the human ability to be “on-a-roll” and in the work groove.
Everyday tasks that a user would issue to a computer and that are direct causal events of lost productivity:
Possible indirect effects on a business due to computer sluggishness:
In my opinion, this can all be attributed to slow computers.
It’s my job to provide experienced consulting to people about what to buy and where to spend money to save money. It gives me great pleasure to make a business more productive, their life easier, and ultimately put more money in their pockets.
