Important Innovations

  CEO Elon Musk's Roadster Approaches Mars                                                                           Source:  SpaceX and Tesla "Starman" Behind the Wheel, Inside a Rocket SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk's red, $100,000 Tesla Roadster had made its closest approach to Mars.  The Roadster driver "Starman", which is a mannequin in a spacesuit, are part of a payload inside the second stage of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Colonizing Mars One of entrepreneur Elon Musk's major goals is to colonize Mars and make all of us an interplanetary civilization. SpaceX says the Falcon Heavy rocket vehicle with the Roadster inside made their first close approach to Mars and was within 5 million miles of the planet.   Harvard Astronomer Tracking Harvard astronomer Jonathan Dowell is tracking the journey.  He says the SpaceX spacecraft is in an elliptical orbit around the Sun.  The vehicle is 37 million miles from Earth and has travelled 1.3 billion miles sin

  Detects Children Left Behind in Hot Cars Source:  Tesla  Boosts Theft-Prevention Systems Tesla is seeking approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)) to market and sell a short-range, interactive motion sensing device.  The company says the sensor can detect a child left behind in a hot car.  Tesla also says it enhances anti-theft systems in cars.  Tesla needs FCC clearance to use these unlicensed millimeter-wave sensors that operate at higher power levels than are currently allowed. Tesla, founded by Elon Musk, is the top global electric car automaker. Big Advantages Unlike camera based and in-seat occupant systems, the Tesla device is radar-based.  Tesla says it has depth perception and can see through soft materials like a blanket covering a baby in a car seat.  The device is so sensitive it can detect breathing, heart beats and can differentiate between a child and an object left on a seat.  The FCC is seeking public comment on the sensor through September 21.  In

  Tesla/Elon Musk Solar Energy Bundle for Consumers Source:  Tesla Solar Home  First New Target Market is Europe Tesla is already the world's #1 electric vehicle automaker.  Founder & CEO ELon Musk is now considering offering a home energy package to consumers that would bundle solar panels and roofs, Powerwall energy storage and electric vehicle chargers.  It's the whole package for going solar at home and driving clean, green electric vehicles.  Tesla is currently surveying customers in Germany for their appetite of going very green and for their specific green energy needs.  The bottom-line:  entrepreneur Musk is attempting to add a brilliant layer of business onto Tesla electric vehicle operations as a global green energy utility to service his customers and new green customers' needs.  He has petitioned to be granted licensing as a utility in the UK and already has a small grid system in Australia. Specifics Tesla is very methodical in its approach and in the surve