{"id":440879,"date":"2010-03-17T12:49:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T16:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/critical-insights-on-efficiency-2010-3"},"modified":"2010-03-17T12:49:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-17T16:49:00","slug":"how-to-make-cutting-edge-technology-hardware-really-cheap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/440879","title":{"rendered":"How To Make Cutting-Edge Technology Hardware Really Cheap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taking green technology beyond labs into vast deserts and fields can rack up some significant hardware costs.&nbsp; So significant that the success of the project often depends on a company&#8217;s ability to drive the costs down.<\/p>\n<p>IdeaLab CEO Bill Gross, whose eSolar solar farm has about 24,000 moving mirrors that track the sun to collect energy, has come up with a rule of thumb about ordering hardware parts for his projects.<\/p>\n<p>It is all about size &ndash; from quantity of the order to measurements of the parts. Specifically, it&#8217;s about mass-producing everything and making it all fit in a shipping container.&nbsp; And then it&#8217;s about making installation so easy that a caveman could do it.<\/p>\n<p>Watch more of his tips about managing production below, and don&#8217;t miss <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/green-innovation-bill-gross-full-interview-2010-3\">the full interview with Bill Gross &gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/player.ooyala.com\/player.js?width=560&amp;height=314&amp;embedCode=Y0eTU5MTrMluu7DqxYXB1wT-QN6WCcKG\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><noscript><object classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" id=\"ooyalaPlayer_3vovx_g6moodx5\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" codebase=\"http:\/\/fpdownload.macromedia.com\/get\/flashplayer\/current\/swflash.cab\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/player.ooyala.com\/player.swf?embedCode=Y0eTU5MTrMluu7DqxYXB1wT-QN6WCcKG&#038;version=2\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"embedType=noscriptObjectTag&#038;embedCode=Y0eTU5MTrMluu7DqxYXB1wT-QN6WCcKG\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/player.ooyala.com\/player.swf?embedCode=Y0eTU5MTrMluu7DqxYXB1wT-QN6WCcKG&#038;version=2\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" name=\"ooyalaPlayer_3vovx_g6moodx5\" align=\"middle\" play=\"true\" loop=\"false\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" flashvars=\"&#038;embedCode=Y0eTU5MTrMluu7DqxYXB1wT-QN6WCcKG\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/go\/getflashplayer\"><\/embed><\/object><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/green-innovation-bill-gross-full-interview-2010-3\"><strong>See Bill Gross&#8217;s Full Interview HERE &gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Produced By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brightredpixels.com\/\" >Bright Red Pixels<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/critical-insights-on-efficiency-2010-3#comments\">Join the conversation about this story &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/mDxu408rMpncqZruy0XTrd9gBps\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/mDxu408rMpncqZruy0XTrd9gBps\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/mDxu408rMpncqZruy0XTrd9gBps\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/mDxu408rMpncqZruy0XTrd9gBps\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=BN2YUiYrv18:pvq6b_KMVJk:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=BN2YUiYrv18:pvq6b_KMVJk:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=BN2YUiYrv18:pvq6b_KMVJk:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=BN2YUiYrv18:pvq6b_KMVJk:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=BN2YUiYrv18:pvq6b_KMVJk:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=BN2YUiYrv18:pvq6b_KMVJk:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=BN2YUiYrv18:pvq6b_KMVJk:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=BN2YUiYrv18:pvq6b_KMVJk:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/greensheet\/~4\/BN2YUiYrv18\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taking green technology beyond labs into vast deserts and fields can rack up some significant hardware costs.&nbsp; So significant that the success of the project often depends on a company&#8217;s ability to drive the costs down. 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