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The Future of Transportation

Feld Thoughts

Two factors: cost and range (and charging infrastructure, to a lesser extent, but that will be remedied when there is more demand). When the first DARPA Grand Challenge, a competition to build an autonomous car to complete a 150-mile route, was held in 2004, the concept seemed audacious and it was. What limits their adoption then?

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

might have been a lot less differentiated. It had grown stratospherically from 2004-2007 to 100 million users, which actually was slightly smaller in December 2007 then MySpace was. AOL is in the process of rebuilding itself and emulating a little-known LA-based startup called Demand Media. companies versus the Web 1.0