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TED Bill Gross: Finding New Energy

Bill Gross, the founder of Idealab, talks about how he uses genetic algorithms that work by applying evolution traits to math problems to root out the dominant answer, applying it to inventions, and old designs morphing them more efficient designs.

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3/8/2009 8:16:13 PM

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EckJerome : LVL 40: VP 4.8: said:

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266 days 5 hours ago...

Yeah, it sounded like a great idea, but this was back in 2003. I googled Bill Gross and found out that this fabulous idea went absolutely NOWHERE!! I also found out that he`s is a little bit of a quack, though I`ve seen a lot worse.

As a former mechanical designer, I was asking myself quite a few questions during his presentation. Not everything he said was adding up, especially in regard to initial costs and most especially the cost of maintenance. I`d have been real surprised if one of those units would have even lasted the five years he claimed it would take to recupe the cost.

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MARINE255 : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

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266 days 4 hours ago...

I think he said 5 years was his goal currently, they stat at 50 years but I`m highly skeptical, any of these new energy ideas seem to be more feel good ideas and any basic logic tells you how inefficient and impractical they are at both >.>

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