Space.com reports today not only that Einstein’s general relativity may permit FTL (faster than light) travel after all, but that NASA is actively working on it in a laboratory at the Johnson Space Center. The story is a bit long, but well worth reading to the bottom. It should go without saying that, if true, [...]
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Gil Amelio and Rod D. Martin interviewed by Dennis Kneale of MarketsNow on Fox Business, on the emerging biotechnology sector in Atlanta, Georgia. They discuss the advantages in Atlanta, exciting breakthroughs toward a cure for fatty liver disease happening now, and how the best in biotechnology is centering on Atlanta, right now. Gil Amelio is [...]
by Gilbert F. Amelio and Rod D. Martin | America’s Founders sought to unleash the creative energies of every citizen, not just the privileged few. They created a system designed to encourage and protect commerce and innovation; and indeed, many of them were entrepreneurs and inventors themselves. Alexis de Tocqueville described the new nation essentially as [...]
It just so happens that I was speaking on some of these things Saturday, addressing the national board of directors of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA). Newt is one of only a handful of political minds in this country — of either party — who actually understands the implications of an accelerating rate [...]
I was reminded of this marvelous speech by my good friend Mark Klugmann, who once upon a time wrote such things for President Reagan. In it, the President celebrates the return to flight of the Space Shuttles following the Challenger disaster, but also lays out his vision for scramjets, commercial space development, exponential entrepreneurship, exploration [...]
Dear All, Attached is a press release that was issued this morning. It reports that GR-MD-02 is also effective in treating diabetic kidney disease, including the fibrosis that occurs in this disease. While we are not directly pursuing clinical development in this disease, it adds to the diseases for which the drug may be effective. [...]
I have not entitled this op-ed “What the Election Meant”. That might be a bit grandiose for the day after. But November 6, 2012 definitely taught us some things we must not ignore. First and possibly foremost, stuff happens. In this case it was a hurricane. Sandy kept Mitt Romney off TV for five crucial [...]
The following is the op-ed I had ready to go in case of a Romney win. The problem with that statement, of course, is that “in case of” meant “when”, as, like nearly everyone on our side, I was pretty darn certain of victory. So we intended for this to run on Election Day or [...]
So no sooner did I blog this story about the new Stanford University study debunking organic food and virtually all the claims made for it, than up pops this item, showing plainly how Obama’s “green” energy policies are devastating the poorest among us. So yet again: the Earth Worship movement is for the hippie flower-child [...]
So very much is wrong — or at least potentially wrong — in that title. I wrote the following this morning on Facebook in response to some goofball’s confident assertion that “fossil fuels are dead”, followed by a comment from a similarly-minded person about “Peak Oil”, or the idea that we have now shot past [...]
As with every topic in Washington, the National Debt, if thought about at all, is thought about with precisely zero creativity. Democrats are worse: they see a never-ending need to spend, combined with a never-ending need to tax. Republicans are a little better, having after decades of refusal finally accepted in the 19990s Reagan, Gilder [...]
This January 1st we established The Martin Organization. We conceived of it in late 2011 as an umbrella for all our far-flung operations, both commercial and nonprofit. Fundamentally, this was about simplification. Between two national political organizations, seven companies, and looser ties to various for-profit and charitable entities on whose boards I sit or in [...]
Rod D. Martin, addressing the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, Feb. 22, 2012 at the Georgian Club. The topic: ”Education, entrepreneurship, and how technology is transforming the world by transforming both.” Rod D. Martin is a leading futurist, technology entrepreneur, author and activist from Destin, Florida. He was part of PayPal’s pre-IPO startup team, serving as special [...]
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