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I'm passionate about

anything smart: grid, homes, cars, politics, film, art, environmental policy, and animal protection

An idea worth spreading

The clever way to do something is always the best, it doesn't necessarily have to be the most technological or the most beautiful. The answer has to use the least amount of natural resources and get us the smartest use of energy.

In the case of a truly smart grid, my belief is that the answer is staring us in the face but we are unwilling to see it because of the security risks associated with it. The answer to having truly smart homes, a smart grid, smart cars, smart lifestyles rests in the Internet. Our willingness to change and evolve must revolve around our use of this tool that so many of us have made a part of our everyday lives to self regulate our consumption, to communicate our demand, and monitor our success. In order to move forward we must look back, communication is key to success and there is no better vehicle for global communication than the Internet.

Talk to me about

iot, smart grid, cheetahs, m2h, electric vehicles, smart homes, user interfaces, animals, Kenya, your favorite thing

People don't know that I'm good at

public speaking, telling people the truth, creating beautiful interfaces

My TED Story

I joined TED after seeing videos of TED through Boxee on my Apple TV at home. I had just returned from a trip to London, where I had met with some young entrepreneurs like myself, looking toward the future but with little idea on how to commercialize their success or a forum to display their ideas.

I think TED can be a link for young entrepreneurs who want to make the world a better place..

Comments

• TEDCred score: +105.00 TEDCred reflects your contribution to the TED community.

• +1

  A comment on Talk: Lewis Pugh's mind-shifting Everest swim

  Aug 9 2010: For those of you Lewis makes uncomfortable - that is what he is attempting to do - to show the severity of our treatment of the environment - he is not trying to be sensible.
  
  It's only on the brink that people find the will to change.
  
  Lewis believes we are on the brink of destroying our planet beyond the limit to which humans will continue to thrive on it. Bravo Lewis.

• A comment on Talk: Matt Ridley: When ideas have sex

  Jul 16 2010: "We're all working for each other, drawing upon specialization in order to benefit each other." This is probably the most important point he makes, that when we appreciate the division of labor and how that benefits us we can continue to raise each others quality of life. Sexual division of labor poses some of the most interesting tool development over time, we should celebrate that men are men, and women are women - and continue to exchange with equal value between groups!

• A comment on Talk: Bill Gates on energy: Innovating to zero!

  Feb 18 2010: All-in-all Bill Gates does a good job of bring home the message that we as a human race with be disproportionately effected by climate change based on our economic, social, and political wealth. He spent a good amount of time discussing uranium rod power generation - while I disagree with the market viability of the solution and whether or not the word "sustainable" should be applied to it - he brings up another viable non-conventional, renewable, emerging, energy resource.
  
  I posted on the TED Fellow blog something about this today: http://tedfellows.posterous.com/energy-ranked-by-price
  
  Price per kilowatt-hour matters when we are talking about the entire world! Let's be more creative here - the greenest energy is energy we have not used - let's seriously start a dialog about making energy more EFFICIENT!
• +1

  A comment on Talk: Edward Burtynsky photographs the landscape of oil

  Dec 23 2009: Definitely brings up how difficult it will be for us to evolve our methods for energy creation in the world. We have become comfortable with changing our landscape for oil, dependent upon a certain model for power generation and distribution. I look forward to seeing how new methods will change us once again: solar, wind, bio-fuels, hydroelectric, and refined nuclear - let's combine them all to have scalable affordable clean energy for the entire world!

• A comment on Talk: Rachel Armstrong: Architecture that repairs itself?

  Nov 11 2009: Interesting chemical technology development, however I find it disturbing that the word "sustainability" is becoming synonymous with consumption. Preserving Venice - now that's good news!
• +4

  A comment on Talk: Rachel Pike: The science behind a climate headline

  Nov 10 2009: Climate changes involves so many projects, so many professors, scientists, and Ph.D candidates all involved in minute details that make up a huge economy of scale for this broad range of study and policy change - buzz words, aside I think her point is lost in the details - but she is trying to make a very good one - they many many people are working on climate change and that makes all the difference.

• A comment on Talk: Sylvia Earle's TED Prize wish to protect our oceans

  Nov 10 2009: What can we learn most from this talk: obviously that nature can heal itself if we as humans give it the opportunity to. In Beijing before the Summer Olympics I watched the skies turn from black to gray to blue from turning off 4 coal plants, reducing driving, and eliminating trucks from the city limits. Unfortunately three days into the Olympics power needs usurped the need to have clean air and the sky returned to gray and it was difficult to breathe in the city again - this teaches us that the Earth can RESCUE itself if we give it a CHANCE!
  
  This is true of the oceans as well, technology will lead innovation: new limits to fishing, whaling, and sharking set and strictly enforced worldwide; new netting to reduce casualties such as turtles, seals, and dolphins; better trapping equipment for fisherman to make fishing much less wasteful! Come on entrepreneurs let's see you do it!

• A comment on Talk: Julian Treasure: The 4 ways sound affects us

  Oct 22 2009: So true!
  
  I definitely speed more in my car when I'm playing electronic music, I absolutely ignore stores with blasting music, and yes sound does affect us forever - the example of jaws: two notes and you have created a villain, a fear of sharks, and the wish for a swimming buddy.
  
  Very interesting.

• A comment on Talk: Itay Talgam: Lead like the great conductors

  Oct 22 2009: Wonderful cross discipline talk, delivered by a natural performer.
  
  Harmony is important in many aspects of life - leadership styles, albeit are usually different, some work and others don't - but as long as the music is great - who cares??!!
  
  Wonderful piece Maestro!!
• +1

  A comment on Talk: Jacqueline Novogratz on patient capitalism

  Oct 9 2009: 1. Dignity matters more than wealth.
  2. Aid is a short term solution.
  3. Proper investment (equity in start ups) leads to health, wealth, and human rights
  
  So simple, so true, just do it.