Robert "Robbie" Wood, Jr., is an 8-year-old autistic boy who is missing from his home in Richmond, Virginia. Last seen on October 23, 2011, he was wearing a red long-sleeved t-shirt, blue athletic pants, and black Nike shoes. Robbie may be in need of medical attention.
Description: Robert "Robbie" Wood, Jr., is an eight-year-old white male. He was born November 20, 2002. Robbie has blonde hair and blue eyes. He weighs 75 pounds and stands 4’6" tall. Robbie wandered away from his family on an outing.
Searchers have covered over 2000 acres, including 80 acres that comprise the park where he disappeared. If Robbie is not found by Wednesday, October 26, 2011, morning, volunteers are asked to meet at Kings Dominion, bringing a photo idea and wearing appropriate clothing and shoes to participate in a search. Volunteers should be able to walk at least five miles.
Robbie was last seen walking along one of the trails at the North Anna Battlefield Park with a brother, his father, and a family friend at approximately 2:00 p.m., Sunday, October 23, 2011. Emergency personnel have been searching the park using helicopters and K-9 units.
2011年10月24日星期一
Recycling athletic shoes
The Whitehall Middle School Environmental Club is sponsoring a Nike Reuse-A-Shoe Drive for recycling until Nov. 4.
The club is collecting old athletic shoes, of any brand, at each school building. The goal is to collect 500 pairs of shoes.
Nike will pay for the shipping, and upon receipt, they will break the shoes apart into their component parts and recycle them into the materials to make running tracks and the padding underneath basketball and tennis courts.
There are donation boxes in the offices of all of the Whitehall district抯 school buildings if community members would like to donate shoes. Parents can send old shoes to school with their children. Any shoes collected that are non-athletic or still usable, will be donated to Goodwill.
The club is collecting old athletic shoes, of any brand, at each school building. The goal is to collect 500 pairs of shoes.
Nike will pay for the shipping, and upon receipt, they will break the shoes apart into their component parts and recycle them into the materials to make running tracks and the padding underneath basketball and tennis courts.
There are donation boxes in the offices of all of the Whitehall district抯 school buildings if community members would like to donate shoes. Parents can send old shoes to school with their children. Any shoes collected that are non-athletic or still usable, will be donated to Goodwill.
Marketing TebowMania: More than just the Broncos' QB
Tim Tebow is balancing a double life. There is Tebow the Broncos quarterback, the 24-year-old second-year NFL player trying to blend in with his teammates while deflecting the intense attention that simmers around him as he prepares to make his first start of 2011 today.
Then there is Tebow the humanitarian, a corporate pitchman and inspirational public speaker with a combination of charisma and collegiate success that has turned him into a celebrity whose fame transcends sports.
And then there is the dichotomy.
For as much as the quarterback appears humbled by his massive popularity, TebowMania is, in part, a self-created phenomenon. Tebow has surrounded himself with a tightknit inner circle of family and friends that double as business partners — Tebow Inc., if you will — who together have carefully planned his every off-field endeavor.
"It goes back, a little bit, I guess, to growing up and my parents and the way they raised me. You want to have people around you that you trust, in everything," Tebow said. "It's not about all the normal things — it's not about let's make the most money we can or being the most popular, but ultimately doing what we want to do and what's in our hearts. It's special, and it's fun."
Team Tebow is a tight network, with family at its core.
Tebow's older brother Robby is his roommate, closest friend and his de facto manager for everything away from football through the sports marketing company XV Enterprises. The company, with Tebow as its only client, is intrinsically linked with the Tim Tebow Foundation, the quarterback's charitable Christian-based organization.
The Tebow family, after selecting agent Jimmy Sexton to handle all contract matters (and some business-related deals) when his career at Florida was done, decided to forge ahead with their own marketing of Tim. It was an unconventional path for someone with Tebow's enormous success as a college player with a Heisman Trophy and two national championships.
From Tebow's perspective, keeping his business in-house, with his brother and partner Angel Gonzalez in charge, gives him a better platform to pick his off-field projects and tie them to his foundation.
"We figured that we could put together something that could handle my marketing. We could save a lot of money, but also do the things that we wanted to do," Tebow said. "Look at my endorsement deals — so much of what they do is supporting my foundation. We can structure that. If you had a different company, they're not going to structure that money."
A marketing magnet
Indeed, he has partnered locally with businesses such as Denver Mattress, with $15 for each mattress sold in May and June 2011 going to the foundation, and Groove Auto for a "Drive for Education" program for at-risk youth. But most of Tebow's marketing has been on a much grander scale.
From the time he played his last college game, in January 2010, and started his first NFL game 11 months later, Tebow signed national deals with Nike (shoes and apparel), EA Sports (video games), FRS (nutritional supplements) and Jockey (apparel). Such major deals are possible because Tebow possesses many of the traits companies are looking for in an endorser, said Stephen McDaniel, a professor at the University of Maryland who specializes in sports marketing.
"He's a good-looking, fit guy, so he's got that sex appeal, and when you listen to him, he's very down-to-earth. That's the persona," McDaniel said. "And there is also this sense of him facing adversity. Not necessarily personal adversity, but professional adversity, and still he comes across as this humble guy."
That does not appear to be the image Team Tebow tried to promote this offseason, as he was among the most visible NFL players during the lockout, in large part because of a major publicity push to promote his autobiography, "Through My Eyes," released in late May.
In addition to book signings in Colorado and Florida, there were appearances on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," guest spots on Fox News and MSBNC, and a taped appearance on the reality show "The Biggest Loser." Tebow presented an award at the ESPYs in July and was the subject of an hour-long documentary about his pre-draft journey that aired on ESPN. The documentary, "Tim Tebow: Everything in Between" will be released on DVD next month. It was filmed and produced by Chase Heavener, the son of one of Tebow's father's oldest friends.
"As far as access goes, he trusted us because we were friends," Heavener said. "We were probably the only people who could have done what we did because we were friends. That was the bottom line."
With all the publicity in recent months, it's no wonder that news he unseated Kyle Orton as the Broncos' starting quarterback drew a crowd of more than 60 media members to Dove Valley and has dominated cable sports news, newspaper coverage and sports- talk radio chatter the past two weeks.
All Tim, all the time
Here in Denver and among NFL fans, it seems there cannot be enough Tebow.
From the moment he signed with the Broncos, he's had one of the top-selling jerseys in the NFL. Nationally, though, there is some evidence of Tebow Fatigue. According to Henry Schafer, executive vice president of The Q Scores Company, which collects data to gauge the popularity and marketability of celebrities, Tebow's positive Q score dropped from 22 in February — an extremely high score on par with Drew Brees and Aaron Rodgers, the past two Super Bowl MVPs — to 18 a month ago. That's still a high score, Schafer said, but a noticeable decline.
Tebow's negative Q score, in turn, has increased since he left college from a 22 to 27. (By comparison, No. 1 overall draft pick Cam Newton had a negative score of 42, and the average athlete rates 28). A Q score is a scale the marketing industry uses to gauge a celebrity's popularity and likeability.
"He stirs emotions, no question about it. But he can make it work to his advantage. He'll get noticed, for better or for worse," Schafer said. "There seems to be a love to dislike him, people love to criticize him. He could change a lot of people's minds if he does well for Denver."
And he could become even more marketable, Schafer said.
"Peyton Manning is the high-water mark," Schafer said. "If (Tebow) pulls it off on the field, he can start approaching that kind of level."
Then there is Tebow the humanitarian, a corporate pitchman and inspirational public speaker with a combination of charisma and collegiate success that has turned him into a celebrity whose fame transcends sports.
And then there is the dichotomy.
For as much as the quarterback appears humbled by his massive popularity, TebowMania is, in part, a self-created phenomenon. Tebow has surrounded himself with a tightknit inner circle of family and friends that double as business partners — Tebow Inc., if you will — who together have carefully planned his every off-field endeavor.
"It goes back, a little bit, I guess, to growing up and my parents and the way they raised me. You want to have people around you that you trust, in everything," Tebow said. "It's not about all the normal things — it's not about let's make the most money we can or being the most popular, but ultimately doing what we want to do and what's in our hearts. It's special, and it's fun."
Team Tebow is a tight network, with family at its core.
Tebow's older brother Robby is his roommate, closest friend and his de facto manager for everything away from football through the sports marketing company XV Enterprises. The company, with Tebow as its only client, is intrinsically linked with the Tim Tebow Foundation, the quarterback's charitable Christian-based organization.
The Tebow family, after selecting agent Jimmy Sexton to handle all contract matters (and some business-related deals) when his career at Florida was done, decided to forge ahead with their own marketing of Tim. It was an unconventional path for someone with Tebow's enormous success as a college player with a Heisman Trophy and two national championships.
From Tebow's perspective, keeping his business in-house, with his brother and partner Angel Gonzalez in charge, gives him a better platform to pick his off-field projects and tie them to his foundation.
"We figured that we could put together something that could handle my marketing. We could save a lot of money, but also do the things that we wanted to do," Tebow said. "Look at my endorsement deals — so much of what they do is supporting my foundation. We can structure that. If you had a different company, they're not going to structure that money."
A marketing magnet
Indeed, he has partnered locally with businesses such as Denver Mattress, with $15 for each mattress sold in May and June 2011 going to the foundation, and Groove Auto for a "Drive for Education" program for at-risk youth. But most of Tebow's marketing has been on a much grander scale.
From the time he played his last college game, in January 2010, and started his first NFL game 11 months later, Tebow signed national deals with Nike (shoes and apparel), EA Sports (video games), FRS (nutritional supplements) and Jockey (apparel). Such major deals are possible because Tebow possesses many of the traits companies are looking for in an endorser, said Stephen McDaniel, a professor at the University of Maryland who specializes in sports marketing.
"He's a good-looking, fit guy, so he's got that sex appeal, and when you listen to him, he's very down-to-earth. That's the persona," McDaniel said. "And there is also this sense of him facing adversity. Not necessarily personal adversity, but professional adversity, and still he comes across as this humble guy."
That does not appear to be the image Team Tebow tried to promote this offseason, as he was among the most visible NFL players during the lockout, in large part because of a major publicity push to promote his autobiography, "Through My Eyes," released in late May.
In addition to book signings in Colorado and Florida, there were appearances on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," guest spots on Fox News and MSBNC, and a taped appearance on the reality show "The Biggest Loser." Tebow presented an award at the ESPYs in July and was the subject of an hour-long documentary about his pre-draft journey that aired on ESPN. The documentary, "Tim Tebow: Everything in Between" will be released on DVD next month. It was filmed and produced by Chase Heavener, the son of one of Tebow's father's oldest friends.
"As far as access goes, he trusted us because we were friends," Heavener said. "We were probably the only people who could have done what we did because we were friends. That was the bottom line."
With all the publicity in recent months, it's no wonder that news he unseated Kyle Orton as the Broncos' starting quarterback drew a crowd of more than 60 media members to Dove Valley and has dominated cable sports news, newspaper coverage and sports- talk radio chatter the past two weeks.
All Tim, all the time
Here in Denver and among NFL fans, it seems there cannot be enough Tebow.
From the moment he signed with the Broncos, he's had one of the top-selling jerseys in the NFL. Nationally, though, there is some evidence of Tebow Fatigue. According to Henry Schafer, executive vice president of The Q Scores Company, which collects data to gauge the popularity and marketability of celebrities, Tebow's positive Q score dropped from 22 in February — an extremely high score on par with Drew Brees and Aaron Rodgers, the past two Super Bowl MVPs — to 18 a month ago. That's still a high score, Schafer said, but a noticeable decline.
Tebow's negative Q score, in turn, has increased since he left college from a 22 to 27. (By comparison, No. 1 overall draft pick Cam Newton had a negative score of 42, and the average athlete rates 28). A Q score is a scale the marketing industry uses to gauge a celebrity's popularity and likeability.
"He stirs emotions, no question about it. But he can make it work to his advantage. He'll get noticed, for better or for worse," Schafer said. "There seems to be a love to dislike him, people love to criticize him. He could change a lot of people's minds if he does well for Denver."
And he could become even more marketable, Schafer said.
"Peyton Manning is the high-water mark," Schafer said. "If (Tebow) pulls it off on the field, he can start approaching that kind of level."
2011年10月20日星期四
Technology: Leading the population to joblessness
In 1917, baseball player and shoe salesman Chuck Taylor took the already popular "All Star" canvas shoe design used by Converse and created the Chuck Taylor All-Star.
The shoe fit comfortably to the foot like typical converse shoes but also gave much needed support and stability to the ankle. These new shoes were an instant hit and during World War II the United States military used Chuck Taylors for all combat training due to their low price. In 2003, however, Nike bought Converse Shoes and after numerous bankruptcy filings, began to produce the shoes in China, Vietnam and Indonesia.
The means of production have shifted in most other areas of our economy as well. The former computer giant IBM has sold off its commercial manufacturing business to the Asian company Lenovo. This quantity of jobs lost by Americans is not a sign of what has happened in our country during our economic boom and bust, but rather a shadow of the future showing a time where there are – simply put – less jobs.This conclusion is also held by New York University journalism professor Jeff Jarvis, who stated on Aug. 5, 2011 that our national recovery from the largest economic downturn since the Great Depression will not just be jobless, but will result in less jobs overall for our nation. The idea is simple. Technology increases efficiency and increased efficiency means that fewer employees are needed. This then ripples down through the entire economy.
Many economists and politicians would shudder and choose to forget that last paragraph. For many, choosing not to acknowledge that many jobs – such as those in the print industry – will never be coming back is not an option. Any job replaced by a blog, robot, computer or even fewer people will never exist again. With that said, the only remaining option resides in how we as a nation look at that fact and move on. Moving on, however, isn't nearly as hard as you may think.
It's a matter of simply doing what we Americans have been known for since our nation's founding. We must embrace not our ability to produce real tangible products, but instead produce the ideas behind the products and then find a way of marketing them to the world. China doesn't design the next iPhone or Dell laptops, American engineers do. The biggest grossing websites on the Internet – Google, Facebook, YouTube, and Yahoo! – were all created by American entrepreneurs. Mac OS and Windows were both created by Americans. Are any of these things tangible? Nope. But they are incredibly valuable and world changing.
It's time to recognize that we as a nation are not going to be the largest producers of any physical products. Both China and India's overwhelming population will surpass us in terms of producing physical goods for the world.
We will, however, own the companies and the ideas for the products that are made. Isn't that enough? If every unemployed American stopped looking for a job in the economy and instead created one for themselves by working hard at improving something in our society, be it a product or a service – high tech or low tech – they themselves can create labor and market their ideas to the world.
The time is nigh for self-motivated individuals to create too. With services like kickstarter.com to help raise funds for an idea and a large proliferation in Do It Yourself expertise via Make Magazine, Instructables and community fabrication workshops, anyone with a thought can take that idea and make it into a reality. Anyone can be a 21st century Chuck Taylor.
The shoe fit comfortably to the foot like typical converse shoes but also gave much needed support and stability to the ankle. These new shoes were an instant hit and during World War II the United States military used Chuck Taylors for all combat training due to their low price. In 2003, however, Nike bought Converse Shoes and after numerous bankruptcy filings, began to produce the shoes in China, Vietnam and Indonesia.
The means of production have shifted in most other areas of our economy as well. The former computer giant IBM has sold off its commercial manufacturing business to the Asian company Lenovo. This quantity of jobs lost by Americans is not a sign of what has happened in our country during our economic boom and bust, but rather a shadow of the future showing a time where there are – simply put – less jobs.This conclusion is also held by New York University journalism professor Jeff Jarvis, who stated on Aug. 5, 2011 that our national recovery from the largest economic downturn since the Great Depression will not just be jobless, but will result in less jobs overall for our nation. The idea is simple. Technology increases efficiency and increased efficiency means that fewer employees are needed. This then ripples down through the entire economy.
Many economists and politicians would shudder and choose to forget that last paragraph. For many, choosing not to acknowledge that many jobs – such as those in the print industry – will never be coming back is not an option. Any job replaced by a blog, robot, computer or even fewer people will never exist again. With that said, the only remaining option resides in how we as a nation look at that fact and move on. Moving on, however, isn't nearly as hard as you may think.
It's a matter of simply doing what we Americans have been known for since our nation's founding. We must embrace not our ability to produce real tangible products, but instead produce the ideas behind the products and then find a way of marketing them to the world. China doesn't design the next iPhone or Dell laptops, American engineers do. The biggest grossing websites on the Internet – Google, Facebook, YouTube, and Yahoo! – were all created by American entrepreneurs. Mac OS and Windows were both created by Americans. Are any of these things tangible? Nope. But they are incredibly valuable and world changing.
It's time to recognize that we as a nation are not going to be the largest producers of any physical products. Both China and India's overwhelming population will surpass us in terms of producing physical goods for the world.
We will, however, own the companies and the ideas for the products that are made. Isn't that enough? If every unemployed American stopped looking for a job in the economy and instead created one for themselves by working hard at improving something in our society, be it a product or a service – high tech or low tech – they themselves can create labor and market their ideas to the world.
The time is nigh for self-motivated individuals to create too. With services like kickstarter.com to help raise funds for an idea and a large proliferation in Do It Yourself expertise via Make Magazine, Instructables and community fabrication workshops, anyone with a thought can take that idea and make it into a reality. Anyone can be a 21st century Chuck Taylor.
2011年10月19日星期三
Chocolate gets personal: Nestle to launch customization pilot program
It's not just the no-foam, half-caff, soy latte, the wheat-crust, extra-cheese pizza or the running shoes with the hand-picked stripes anymore. Now even chocolate can say something about the person buying it.
Nestle is expected to announce Thursday its launch of a personalized chocolate business through its premium, Maison Cailler brand. It will start as a pilot program in the company's native Switzerland, where customers can buy chocolate samples online, fill out a short questionnaire about each piece and be given a "chocolate profile."
The profiles, Nestle said, will reflect a preference for one of five kinds of its chocolate, such as milk or dark, or certain flavors like vanilla or nut. Each of the five has its own name like "ChocoArty," for dark chocolate lovers, and lists personality traits, like "adept in elegance and culture."
Bob Boutin of Knechtel, a Skokie-based food, confectionary and pharmaceutical consulting firm, said that with chocolate and other confectionary prices on the rise, manufacturers are feeling pressure to give consumers more for their money.
Nestle said the sample is priced at about $20, and a personalized box of 16 pralines would cost nearly $28.
In this trend, Nestle follows Starbucks, Nike and Coca-Cola in offering personalized products. Nestle will use the profiles to create personalized boxes of chocolates for customers and their friends or loved ones, and follow up with offers around certain holidays.
"Anything that involves customization or personalization is totally hot today, in chocolate or another industry," said Valerie Beck, founder and president of Chicago Chocolate Tours. "We love whatever we can do to really make something our own."
But Stacy DeBroff, CEO of Mom Central Consulting, said the Nestle program seems behind the curve. She noted companies like Cherry Hill, N.J.-based Chocomize allow customers to make their own candy bars, selecting the chocolate and toppings, which include nuts, dried fruits, herbs and even spices, for about $8 per bar, before shipping.
She added that paying for the samples might also create a hurdle for some consumers. "They're not only asking you to sign up but to pay to enter," she said. "I'm going to pay to tell you what my chocolate preferences are so that until I unsubscribe, I'm going to get pitched?"
Laurent Freixe, head of Nestle's Zone Europe, said while premium chocolate has been growing, the company has noticed that customers "do not necessarily want to buy, to eat the same things as their neighbor, and people have more and more personalized expectations."
Nestle plans to invite Maison Cailler customers to share their chocolate profiles on Facebook, underscoring the importance of social media and the growing number of consumers making purchases online. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the price of confectionary products and chewing gum rose 5.2 percent for the year ended in September, on top of relatively high increases for each year since 2007.
However, chocolate sales grew unabated during the recession and are expected to reach $18.1 billion in the U.S. in 2011, up 14 percent from $15.8 billion in 2006, according to Euromonitor.
Katrina Markoff, founder and CEO of Chicago-based Vosges Haut Chocolat, isn't a fan of the personalization trend in chocolates.
"I don't know that they would be so successful." Markoff said. She said her customers "want to be surprised" by her creations and in many cases "don't know what they want." Vosges, which expects to have sales of $25 million to $30 million this year, makes candies with vegan, organic and gluten-free chocolates and uses exotic flavors like Gruyere cheese and wasabi.
Nestle is expected to announce Thursday its launch of a personalized chocolate business through its premium, Maison Cailler brand. It will start as a pilot program in the company's native Switzerland, where customers can buy chocolate samples online, fill out a short questionnaire about each piece and be given a "chocolate profile."
The profiles, Nestle said, will reflect a preference for one of five kinds of its chocolate, such as milk or dark, or certain flavors like vanilla or nut. Each of the five has its own name like "ChocoArty," for dark chocolate lovers, and lists personality traits, like "adept in elegance and culture."
Bob Boutin of Knechtel, a Skokie-based food, confectionary and pharmaceutical consulting firm, said that with chocolate and other confectionary prices on the rise, manufacturers are feeling pressure to give consumers more for their money.
Nestle said the sample is priced at about $20, and a personalized box of 16 pralines would cost nearly $28.
In this trend, Nestle follows Starbucks, Nike and Coca-Cola in offering personalized products. Nestle will use the profiles to create personalized boxes of chocolates for customers and their friends or loved ones, and follow up with offers around certain holidays.
"Anything that involves customization or personalization is totally hot today, in chocolate or another industry," said Valerie Beck, founder and president of Chicago Chocolate Tours. "We love whatever we can do to really make something our own."
But Stacy DeBroff, CEO of Mom Central Consulting, said the Nestle program seems behind the curve. She noted companies like Cherry Hill, N.J.-based Chocomize allow customers to make their own candy bars, selecting the chocolate and toppings, which include nuts, dried fruits, herbs and even spices, for about $8 per bar, before shipping.
She added that paying for the samples might also create a hurdle for some consumers. "They're not only asking you to sign up but to pay to enter," she said. "I'm going to pay to tell you what my chocolate preferences are so that until I unsubscribe, I'm going to get pitched?"
Laurent Freixe, head of Nestle's Zone Europe, said while premium chocolate has been growing, the company has noticed that customers "do not necessarily want to buy, to eat the same things as their neighbor, and people have more and more personalized expectations."
Nestle plans to invite Maison Cailler customers to share their chocolate profiles on Facebook, underscoring the importance of social media and the growing number of consumers making purchases online. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the price of confectionary products and chewing gum rose 5.2 percent for the year ended in September, on top of relatively high increases for each year since 2007.
However, chocolate sales grew unabated during the recession and are expected to reach $18.1 billion in the U.S. in 2011, up 14 percent from $15.8 billion in 2006, according to Euromonitor.
Katrina Markoff, founder and CEO of Chicago-based Vosges Haut Chocolat, isn't a fan of the personalization trend in chocolates.
"I don't know that they would be so successful." Markoff said. She said her customers "want to be surprised" by her creations and in many cases "don't know what they want." Vosges, which expects to have sales of $25 million to $30 million this year, makes candies with vegan, organic and gluten-free chocolates and uses exotic flavors like Gruyere cheese and wasabi.
2011年10月18日星期二
More 'Back to the Future'-Inspired Technology Coming Soon
As we inch ever closer to 2015, the world predicted in Back to the Future Part II looks closer and closer to reality.
Earlier this year, Nike introduced Air Mag sneakers, created to resemble the self-lacing power sneakers Michael J. Fox wears in the 1989 film. Now comes word that the DeLorean, the long defunct sports car company that created the signature gull-wing door car used as the time machine in the films is about to make a comeback. The company announced on Monday plans to introduce an all-electric DeLorean car in 2013.
The car, called the Electric DeLorean DMC-12 is expected to have a top speed of 125 mph from 260 horsepower, according to MSN. The price will be anywhere from $90,000 to $100,000.
A prototype version of the car was recently unveiled at the company's headquarters in Humble, Texas.
Meanwhile, tech site Geekologie has posted two videos showing levitating quantum superconductors in action at Tel Aviv University. This is the kind of technology that makes things like the hoverboards in Back to the Future Part II possible.
In fact, work at Paris Diderot University showing experiments with a superconducting skateboard, cooled with liquid nitrogen, that can carry a person along five meter rails has also been posted online. Can a commercially available overboard be far behind?
Earlier this year, Nike introduced Air Mag sneakers, created to resemble the self-lacing power sneakers Michael J. Fox wears in the 1989 film. Now comes word that the DeLorean, the long defunct sports car company that created the signature gull-wing door car used as the time machine in the films is about to make a comeback. The company announced on Monday plans to introduce an all-electric DeLorean car in 2013.
The car, called the Electric DeLorean DMC-12 is expected to have a top speed of 125 mph from 260 horsepower, according to MSN. The price will be anywhere from $90,000 to $100,000.
A prototype version of the car was recently unveiled at the company's headquarters in Humble, Texas.
Meanwhile, tech site Geekologie has posted two videos showing levitating quantum superconductors in action at Tel Aviv University. This is the kind of technology that makes things like the hoverboards in Back to the Future Part II possible.
In fact, work at Paris Diderot University showing experiments with a superconducting skateboard, cooled with liquid nitrogen, that can carry a person along five meter rails has also been posted online. Can a commercially available overboard be far behind?
2011年10月17日星期一
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States.
Some 50,000 people are expected Sunday, instead of the estimated 300,000 people last August.
Already open to the public, the Martin Luther King memorial is located near the National Mall, the huge and prestigious Esplanade south of the White House, and adjacent to the Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson and Roosevelt.
This is the first monument to honor a person of color and the only one of this magnitude to be dedicated to a person other than a former president of the United States.
Harry Johnson, president of the foundation bringing the project, fifteen years old, said in a statement that "the event will be crucial for those who will be present and for the spectators in the country and the world will see This long-awaited moment in the history of our nation. "
President Obama, first African American elected to the White House, will speak as will be present, in addition to the King family, many personalities of politics or culture as the singer Aretha Franklin or the designer Tommy Hilfiger. Music, poetry readings and speeches punctuate the matinée.
Some 50,000 people are expected Sunday, instead of the estimated 300,000 people last August.
Already open to the public, the Martin Luther King memorial is located near the National Mall, the huge and prestigious Esplanade south of the White House, and adjacent to the Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson and Roosevelt.
This is the first monument to honor a person of color and the only one of this magnitude to be dedicated to a person other than a former president of the United States.
Harry Johnson, president of the foundation bringing the project, fifteen years old, said in a statement that "the event will be crucial for those who will be present and for the spectators in the country and the world will see This long-awaited moment in the history of our nation. "
President Obama, first African American elected to the White House, will speak as will be present, in addition to the King family, many personalities of politics or culture as the singer Aretha Franklin or the designer Tommy Hilfiger. Music, poetry readings and speeches punctuate the matinée.
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