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Comment Re:I called this so long ago. (Score 5, Informative) 142

Dude, these have a 54% capacity factor. That craps all over land based ones. They can afford to pay for some maintenance. That means on average these turbines were producing 2.7 MW for 5 years. That's freaking huge compared to most land based units. Each of these turbines has made roughly 140 GWH, or something like $14M each in 5 years. That's a likely to be a pretty decent RoI. If they can refurb these things a few times then they're likely doing pretty well. The capital cost seem a bit high on these units, but that's likely to be a first mover issue.

Comment Re:Big companies: stop killing cities!!! (Score 1) 98

Pull your head out. It's the cities fault for now allowing enough housing to be built as industries develop, causing a bidding war. Vancouver is already much more expensive than Seattle or Portland, despite lower median salaries. Our pitfall is allowing too much overseas and illicit capital to flood in, without forcing that same capital to do anything useful other than support the housing market. Real well paying jobs would be a boon here.
Robotics

Robot Body Suit To Be Marketed In Japan 128

destinyland writes "A Japanese company is preparing limited mass production of a cybernetic bodysuit which dramatically increases user strength up to ten times. The "Hybrid Assistive Limb" suit synchronizes movements of a mechanical exoskeleton to biological nerve signals detected by biopads on the body. (Originally envisioned for people with disabilities, the suit also has industrial applications, and the company is planning annual production of 400 units at $4,200 apiece.) Its battery life is five hours, according to the company's web site, which promises they're also opening an EU branch to begin sales outside of Japan."

Comment Electric Skateboard (Score 1) 887

Most of the time I take the bus to and from University (UBC). On the rare sunny day in Vancouver I take my electric skateboard. Door to door times for the bus are ~25 minutes with the bus, and ~15 by electric skateboard. In good weather it honestly is the best way to get around. And for some reason there's always chicks at my destination.
Microsoft

Obama's "ZuneGate" 608

theodp writes "Barack Obama supporters were left shaking their heads after a report surfaced that the president-elect was using a Zune at the gym instead of an iPod. So why would Mac-user Obama be Zune-ing out? Could be one of those special-edition preloaded Zunes that Microsoft bestowed on Democratic National Convention attendees, suggests TechFlash, nixing the idea that the soon-to-be Leader of the Free World would waste time loading Parallels or Boot Camp in OS X just to use a Zune."
Microsoft

Rumors Flying On $20 Billion Microsoft Offer For Yahoo 112

gadgetopia is one of many who wrote to tell us about the many rumors flying around that Microsoft may be aiming another deal at Yahoo, this time for $20 billion. The story was apparently originally broken by the UK-based site Times Online, and contained lots of details about the supposed deal. Since then, Ross Levinsohn, reported to be part of the new management team, has denied there is any truth to these rumors, leading to questions about where all of this supposed information came from. Yahoo has declined to comment officially.

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