Results tagged “Shai Agassi”

A town that celebrates (or at least tolerates) the geeks among us never has a shortage of science news, and 2008 was no exception. We kicked off the year with the shocking revelation that ESP was DOA, according to researchers at Harvard. Distraught by the news that Miss Cleo and her ilk were frauds, we found that Harvard had set up a more scientific look at love just in time for Valentine's Day. (Maybe it was all part of the plan?)

A classic salesman whose talents have been honed by his experience in the software industry, Agassi’s primary focus is customer convenience. “An electric vehicle was the name that was invented when we asked people to give up something from their car,” he explained. “You don’t need so fast: 28 mph is good, right? You don’t need all those seats: 2 is enough. It doesn’t need to look normal: 3 wheels!” Instead of trending toward the bizarre, Better Place hopes to give its consumers “a better car.”