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Predictions from the past "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949 "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943 "I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year." The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957 "But what ... is it good for?" Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip. "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977 "This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us." Western Union ...

Please click on article title for more information. Electric cars  plus the  Power Chip will produce cars that are more efficient. Electric cars are inherently 80 percent efficient.. Power chips are 80 percent which would give an overall efficiency of  .64 percent. More thoughts? Range, fuels alternatives...

Please click on article title for more information. LENR WIKI Cold Fusion may be an unfortunate name for a completely non-understood nuclear phenomenon.

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Just how efficient is the human equipment? If you were to  plug a human being into the wall and recharge them with a high  efficiency charger it would  take less than 2.5 kilowatts which would cost perhaps a quarter a day. So perhaps the "Matrix" is a solution. Please click on article title for more information.

  A cloaking technology is being developed at Duke University which will enable shipping vessels to operate more efficiently by reducing drag by tricking boundary layers to remain motionless thus reducing drag. Please click on article title for more information.