Google Acquires Makani Power And Its Airborne Wind Turbines

Re:Google Acquires Makani Power And Its Airborne Wind Turbines by johnvschmitt on Thursday May 23, 2013 @02:24AM (#5755600)

Saul Griffith (co-founder of Makani) is a far more valuable asset than just the tech/product here. He's very active, collaborative, & well respected in the Maker community.

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Re:Google Acquires Makani Power And Its Airborne Wind Turbines by MattGrommes on Thursday May 23, 2013 @01:18PM (#5758024)

Is Saul still involved at Makani? I haven't seen him mentioned in the news stories about the purchase and Makani is listed as one of the things he's done in the past on his website. The awesome things he could do at Google is one of the first things I thought of but haven't gotten any confirmation that he's going with the company.

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Re:Google Acquires Makani Power And Its Airborne Wind Turbines by ozchrisb on Thursday May 23, 2013 @04:08PM (#5759213)

Nope, Saul has his own ideas lab called otherlab. He hasn't been involved in Makani for several years.

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Re:Google Acquires Makani Power And Its Airborne Wind Turbines by jedc on Thursday May 23, 2013 @04:22AM (#5755811)

And Saul Griffith is also Tim O'Reilly's son-in-law.

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