When I was a younger man I wrote a short story about a girl who lived on Mars. Her father, a scientist, was in the business of changing the Martian atmosphere and his gift to his daughter was to give her a living tree outside the protected air envelope that was home to his family on M

When we talk about automobiles to aficionados they talk about 8-cylinder, 400 horsepower, twin exhausts, overhead cams and lots of other jargon associated with the internal combustion engine. In this blog we look at engine technology and speculate on the fate of the internal combustio

What does the diagram below have to do with automobiles? If you don’t recognize the pyramid, this is Abraham Maslow’s hierarchical diagram, a model that addresses human physical and psychological needs. Our industrial society is built on a platform of core technologies tha

Until about six months ago I had a model train set in my basement. We were renovating and I finally parted with my world of miniature locomotives and boxcars. They found a good home when we had a garage sale. Trains have always fascinated me because they are such an expression of our

In our last blog we looked at how the packaging of goods will change as containers evolve as well as the evolution of ports and port technology. Like the ports they call on ships will undergo dramatic changes throughout the 21st century largely driven by rising energy costs and concer