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Time Magazine’s November 12, 2007 issue features their picks for the best inventions of 2007. The iPhone got tops on their list, but pages right after should get plenty of excitement in the short term, and hopefully, at least one of these get excitement long-term. They highlighted items that may need practice and development time in foreign markets before taking the U.S. by storm (worked for The Beatles, and Jimi Hendrix), but signs are encouraging. A few to check out:
1. Venturi’s Eclectic Car runs solely on wind and solar power. When that’s not enough, a backup electric outlet can recharge the car in five hours. Specs, photos, and a video are available on their website.
2. Saab’s Areo X concept car is styled like a jet with a cockpit canopy instead of doors and suggests displaying information in 3D graphics on a dashboard screen (no conventional dials and buttons). It would run on bioethanol and quite frankly, the quick tour on their website rocks.
3. “During the first phase of development, Guy Negre, thought that he could develop an engine and sell it to the large automotive manufacturers. Unfortunately, because adapting an air engine to traditional cars meant changing bodies and production line the large companies refused and he was forced to change his approach.” So starts their web page titled “a car to dress an engine”…for a car that runs on air…and emits colder, cleaner air. The Air Car’s tagline is “lifestyle, ecology, economy.”
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The New York Times has been running an “Election Guide 2008″ interactive micro-site with plenty of features including candidate info/links/video, schedules, issues, state profiles, and probably most notable, where each candidate’s financial support is flowing from, not only by geographic area, but down to the individual donor. You can enter the candidate and zip code to see who gave to whom in your own area. Data is reported to the Federal Election Commission quarterly, so check back every three months for financial updates.
Presidential campaigns aside, the interactive map is a nice piece of Flash work. You can use the slider to visually see how and where a candidate’s support grew over time.
