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There's definitely been an eco-theme to many of the business pitches from budding entrepreneurs on the latest series of BBC2's Dragons' Den. Like most who appear they are a mixed bunch. Thankfully, one last night, designer Max McMurdo who runs a firm called Reestore, managed to make an impression. He got 50K from two of the dragons to sell the recycling bins he's created that are themselves recycled from plastics bags. A couple of the investors made the point that reusing plastic bags is missing the point as we shouldn't be using them in the first place but Max stood his ground, claiming the material was going to be around for a long time, whether we liked it or not.
If you were watching Dragon's Den, then you will have missed "Visions of the Future" on BBC4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/visions-future.shtml
Presenter Michio Kaku - actually a phycisist at NYU - has been a favourite of mine since seeing him at the Planetarium, talking about string and membrane theory.
While we are busy talking about zero-carbon this and that, those guys are talking about intelligent robots, the splicing of neuro-surgery and computer science, limitless energy, meta-materials and immortality.
Very, very different views of the world emerging!
Posted by: Matthew | 06 November 2007 at 05:28 PM