Tag Archives: Barney Pell

Robin Hanson’s friend (from the NASA era) wants to mine the Moon. — [VIDEO]

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Barney Pell‘s Moon Express would be mining the moon. Video streaming by Ustream

Posted in Business, Inventions & Innovations, Research, Science | Tagged Barney Pell, Earth, mining the Moon, Moon, Moon Express, Moon mining, Research, Robin Hanson, Science, technologies, technology | Leave a comment

Robin Hanson’s buddy in the Silicon Valley strikes it rich.

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- PowerSet sold to the Evil Empire for $100 million. – UPDATE: Interview. UPDATE: ValleyWag. – Barney Pell, then an “Enterpreneur In Residence” for a VC, co-founded PowerSet and became its first CEO —and then moved on to another position … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Exchanges & Markets, History | Tagged AI Lab, artificial intelligence, Barney Pell, first CEO, founder, Microsoft, NASA Ames Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Plum, PowerSet, prediction markets, Professor, Robin Hanson, USD | 2 Comments

HISTORY: Prediction Markets Timeline

Posted on July 17, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

For an updated version of this document, see the “paged” Prediction Markets Timeline. – CHRONOLOGY & HISTORY: Prediction Markets Timeline – Feel free to post a comment or contact me, and I’ll correct or add a factoid. Thanks. – #1. … Continue reading →

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I think Robin’s being too hard on himself.

Posted on April 18, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

That’s what I was told by someone who knows him [Robin Hanson] for more than just years. So I figured out I should write up a little something, especially since I saw this morning that my previous blog post (Is … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Meta), Inventions & Innovations | Tagged Barney Pell, Chris Masse, decision-aid tool, decision-making tool, GMU professor, Microsoft, Mike Linksvayer, Poker party, prediction markets, Robin Hanson, Washington Stock Exchange, Xanadu Inc. | 1 Comment

Prediction markets-friend Barney Pell is involved in the next Google, “PowerSet”.

Posted on November 6, 2006 by Chris F. Masse

PowerSet will blow away Google, the buzz goes, because this brand-new search engine has mastered the natural language search. Here’s Barney Pell’s account of the blogosphere’s comments on the unveiling of PowerSet’s business plan. My Question: Do you see any … Continue reading →

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