Forum | Classifieds | Lost & Found | CGKA | Industry | Sensors | Forecast | Spots | Seattle | Decals | RSS | Facebook Events | Photos | Search | Register | Profile | Log in to check your messages | Log in  Makani Power bought by Google          Northwest Kiteboarding -> Gorge / Portland / Oregon Coast previous topic :: next topic   Author Message pkh Since 27 Feb 2005 6549 Posts Couve / Hood Honored Founder Thu May 23, 13 5:30 am    Makani Power bought by Google The kite powered company Don Montague (ex Naish lead designer) helped found: http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/22/google-x-acquires-makani-power-and-its-airborne-wind-turbines/ The design they have now hardly resembles a kite, more like a giant RC plane on a string... Very interesting stuff... Hopefully they can make it work well in the real world. Gman Since 11 Feb 2006 4911 Posts Portland Unstrapped Thu May 23, 13 5:54 am     Clean energy is all jazzy made in china was saying they were going fixed wing - now they just have to figure out the water relaunch _________________ Go Deep! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eu2pBpQolKE genek Since 21 Jul 2006 2165 Posts East Po KGB Thu May 23, 13 1:34 pm     Wow, congrats to them. I know Google funded them initially because I interviewed with them right outta school. Interesting stuff for sure. _________________ The Slider Project, LLC Support the cause! http://www.sliderproject.com/ Sella Since 21 Apr 2007 1794 Posts Doin' The Dalles FLY'IN HIGH PIE GUY Thu May 23, 13 3:12 pm     Cool news. Corwin Hardham is smiling from above but without him steering the Makani ship I'm bummed he's not here to enjoy. Revolutionary vision for sure from that guy.        Northwest Kiteboarding -> Gorge / Portland / Oregon Coast All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum Northwest Kiteboarding Discussion Forum----------------Gorge / Portland / Oregon CoastFor SaleLost & FoundIndustry SoapboxCGKA  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum You can attach files in this forum You can download files in this forum