My Tesla investment thesis ‘open sourced’
As you have probably noticed, I’m a big believer in Tesla. Also, I think there’s a need to become more sustainable, and electrification of transportation and energy storage are part of the equation to...
Categorie: Energy/sustainability
New projects!
Since 2018 I’ve been less involved with Ultimaker, the company I ran with my co-founders. While I really miss the amazing people there and the vibrant atmosphere, Ultimaker has “grown up” to a point...
More data collection on Raspberry Pi
In a previous post I started collecting my own time series data. Besides logging gas usage I’ve also started logging my water consumption. For this I use a reflection sensor hooked up to the...
Energy savings and data collection and visualization
Early this year we finally have a (bought) home of our own, I’ve been working to be more sustainable with respect to energy efficiency in addition moving away from fossil fuels for our two...
Why I do what I do. Part 1.
My personal goal is to really impact global wealth in a positive way. Often people are surprised when I say I studied economics and now develop and sell 3D printing technology. This could not...
Camera phones as barcode readers: increased buying power
The digital and physical world were once separate. Now, there are more and more physical products with a link to the digital world. The extreme situation is that a product ID will have a...
Physical object generators!
Oskay, from Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories made this thing: a snow flake generator. Remember: do not eat the yellow snow. I absolutely love it! I’ll tell you why… Not as much that we can...
Michel Bauwens on peer production
Monday evening, I’ve been to a reading on peer production in Amsterdam (@ Waag Society). Besides the excellent talk, I met some wonderful people as well! I had heard and read about the peer...
Zeitgeist and paradigm shifts (possible solutions)
If you haven’t seen Zeitgeist the Movie, go see it now (ps. you can turn of the Dutch subtitles by clicking on the CC button). It’s free to watch online and you may copy...
3D printing a greener future: Pictures from the Green City Lab at PICNIC
The pictures of the green city lab are available at fablab.waag.org. All in all, it was a really fun and interesting event where I met may wonderful people!
[RepRap] NL: Energie en grondstoffenefficiëntie
[update] Inmiddels heeft een filantroop zich aangemeld en is er nu $100.000 prijzengeld beschikbaar voor een (sterk) verbeterde RepRap (volledig in lijn met mijn voorstel)! Meer info… [/update] Dit is een open oproep voor...
An Inconvenient Thruth
Every time I head Al Gore speak I feel sorry for the world that he wasn’t elected for President (or at least recognized as elected). These are some must see videos! Al Gore on...
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