Way OT: News of "it"

[tomg]

Here are the plans for a DIY stirling engine in a soup can.

http://www.bobblick.com/bob/stirling/canstirling.html

Tom

> Here's a couple of articles:
> http://www.msnbc.com/news/513749.asp?0cm=c10
> http://www.salon.com/books/wire/2001/01/09/ginger/index.html
> 
> There is also an article about him working to perfect 
> the Stirling Engine:
> http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.09/kamen.html 
> Could this be the power source?
> 
> I saw a television show on the iBot he invented. 
> It is like nothing you've ever seen. Spend some time 
> checking out his patents over at the patent server...
> 
> Quotes like "Another investor, Credit Suisse First Boston, 
> thinks 'Ginger' will be the most lucrative start-up in 
> history and will make Kamen richer than Bill Gates. 
> Bezos and Jobs were reportedly dazzled by a demonstration." 
> sure are intriguing.
> 
> Tomy
>            
> tomg wrote:
> > 
> > What have you guys heard about "It"? I understand that guy (?)
> > who did the heart valves did it again. This time it's a personal
> > transport (maybe) that's so special ( anti-grav?? , perpetual??
> > , something??) that they are going to have to re-build the entire
> > infrastructure of many cities. It comes in two flavors ..ginger and
> > ginger metro. I hear he took them both to Jobs' in duffel bags
> > and assembled them with pliers, screwdriver, and a hex set.
> > Jobs signed on instantly!
> > 
> > The people in the know (whoever they are?) say it's more
> > important than the internet and it will change the world as
> > we know it. Somebody is going to explode....or leak or
> > something. Everybody says as much as they can without
> > breaking the nondisclosure agreement. I hear release isn't
> > until 2002......Does anybody know anything about this "It"
> > or have I fallen prey to a early April fool?
> > 
> > Tom