Monthly Archives: April 2014

Personnel Strategies & Revolutionary War

Posted on April 29, 2014 by flybrand1976

O’Shaughnessy’s The Men Who Lost America (21 hours) follows the Revolutionary War theme and contains two great personnel stories; the value of concentrating a team and managing a team’s utilization. The book is a series of biographies beginning with King George III … Continue reading →

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The Breeze iOS App for iPhone 5s is Great

Posted on April 24, 2014 by flybrand1976

The Breeze iOS app by RunKeeper is amazing and very disruptive towards the personal pedometer / intelligent fitness tracker space within wearables. Software Only = No New Hardware I’ve looked at FitBit and other devices many times.  My wife has … Continue reading →

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Doing the Math: Munitions & Nonwovens Production

Posted on April 17, 2014 by flybrand1976

Running numbers is crucial to understanding where you are with a new technology, especially if it is a physical product or tied to heavy industry.  Even if you’ve only got three numbers in that initial .xls sheet, your ability to … Continue reading →

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Policy and Innovation History (Radar, Manhattan Project and Apollo)

Posted on April 16, 2014 by flybrand1976

Innovation is a newborn baby that politicians love to kiss – regions and municipalities want more of it, but are uncertain of how to proceed.  Metrics are challenging – for the politician and bureaucrat it isn’t clear whether they should … Continue reading →

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Wearable Technology and the State of the Art in Fabrics

Posted on April 15, 2014 by flybrand1976

Wearable technology, as defined by Wikipedia to the right, integrates electronics into a wearable item, often into conventional apparel. There is often an electronic device, housed in hard plastic shell, that is then combined with conventional fabrics to achieve its … Continue reading →

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Nanofibers: Textiles Fourth Great Gift to Medicine

Posted on April 15, 2014 by flybrand1976

Sprayable bandages with super-wound healing capabilities.  Dialysis components small enough to be worn by the patient.  These are just two of the life science product concepts using nanofibers (“NF”) which have captured the attention of the popular scientific press – and … Continue reading →

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NanoH2O Acquisition: The Product

Posted on April 14, 2014 by flybrand1976

On Friday, March 14, Korean industrial concern LG Chem announced they were purchasing NanoH2O, an RO membrane maker that took its first external funding at the peak of the CleanTech bubble in 2005 for $200 MM.  Industrial technology has proven … Continue reading →

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