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Empire Off The Grid

Unread postby TheAntiDoomer » Mon 21 Sep 2009, 08:31:43

http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/renewab ... the-grid/0

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'D')ean Kamen, arguably the world’s most famous living inventor, is in his favorite place. It’s the basement of the main house on his private island, a pristine concrete bunker outfitted with a command station that can monitor and control all aspects of the production and consumption of electric power on the island. The island, off the coast of Connecticut, is called North Dumpling Island, but Kamen, who invented the Segway and is something of an eccentric, calls it the Dumplonian Empire. He, of course, is Lord Dumpling.
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Re: Empire Off The Grid

Unread postby lowem » Mon 21 Sep 2009, 09:13:43

I'm suddenly reminded of Jay Hanson's "with more money, you have more options". But this guy is something else altogether. From TFA, he not just throws money at the problem, but invents and tinkers his way to a solution. Brilliant.

No word on the food angle though. I'd suppose it arrives by helicopter too? :lol:
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