Author Archives: gadhadar
A Material Manifesto for Space
We are a fragile species. To survive the vagaries of space we need a protective cocoon. A material that can be a second skin enhancing safety. It needs to have certain properties High Impact Strength Radiation resistant Light-weight Self-Sensing Self-healing Such a material could withstand micro-meteorite strikes, fix itself upon damage, survive re-entry repeatedly. Let’s … Continue reading
Phase II : The Vehicle
Often times, I get a confused look from people trying to figure out what I am doing. One day I’m in Silicon Valley talking to VC’s, then there’s news of being in Canada for the CDL program, next I’m in a Biotech conference in Bangalore talking about Nanotube-Silk, there’s an announcement of being part of … Continue reading
Life lessons from Ola
Last evening, I was on the way back from a rejuvenating conference where I made several life long friends. I’d been reading books on Topgrading and had just finished a bunch of draft questions to identify A-players. Decided to try it out on the driver. He told me about his ambition to have a great … Continue reading
Technology for Space by solving Problems on Earth
NoPo’s mission is getting clearer every day. My work on the company instead of in the company is generating results. A company exists with a single focus of generating value to everyone involved by creating something that improves lives of other human beings. The intense desire to help others and thinking about how to make … Continue reading
My Theory of Everything
This moment has been molded by war and ideas promulgated by Relativity and Quantum Physics. These have translated to the incredible advances in technology. Relativity states that the universe has nothing such as a passing time. The past, present and future all exist simultaneously. Time is an illusion of the human mind. That means there … Continue reading