Oddly Relevant (Sep-16-2013)

The Aluminum Airship of the Future Has Finally Flown: Made of Aluminum and carbon fiber and run on non-flammable helium, the Aeroscraft has been under development by Aeros Corp, the world's largest airship and blimp maker, since 1996. The project has received over $35 million in R&D funds and the government has even lent the company a couple of NASA boffins to help develop the aerodynamics and control systems. With a proposed lifting capability of 66 tons and no need for a landing strip, these airships should be able to deliver just about anything just about anywhere in the world. [Note: and this prototype is ½ the size of final product, mindblowing]…Source: http://gizmodo.com/its-legitimately-mindboggling-that-this-is-half-the-siz-1308516210

US rivals brace for battle over LNG permits: The rise of the US as a global gas exporter is gathering speed. Until May, the government had granted just one permit for worldwide exports of liquefied natural gas. It has approved three more in the past five months…One is financing. LNG plants are large projects. Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass plant in Louisiana, the first to win worldwide export approval, is costing $7.8bn for its first four “trains”, as LNG production lines are known. Freeport LNG in Texas, the second to get its permit, has an estimate of about $12bn for its first four trains… [Note: the ticker is LNG]…Source: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/9e2d4a48-1e08-11e3-85e0-00144feab7de.html#axzz2f0vHGkht

Hedge funds turn to psychology software to revolutionise trading: The software, developed by Clare Flynn Levy, a star fund manager at Morgan Grenfell in the 1990s, allows fund managers to key in a variety of information, from the time a trade was made to the mood the person was in when they made it. Lifestyle factors, such as diet and the amount of exercise a fund manager undertakes, can also be logged…Source: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/8dfc834c-1ddf-11e3-85e0-00144feab7de.html?siteedition=intl#axzz2f0vHGkht

How DishWorld became Dish’s online TV testbed: DishWorld, as the online-only service is called, offers expats content from around the world, with a variety of bundles targeted towards viewers fluent in 16 different language [Note: Make no mistake about it, Dish’s intent is to be able to offer tv to those with NLOS (No line of site) to satellites., and preferably not having to use bulky set top boxes. This is powerful] …Source: http://gigaom.com/2013/09/10/how-dishworld-became-dishs-online-tv-testbed/

What happens when you ask over 15k people to name the best book they’ve read this year? Note: an outstanding list of books, and again, time and will are the only barriers here…Source: http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2013/09/what-happens-when-you-ask-over-15k-people-to-name-the-best-book-theyve-read-this-year/