PowerBeam moves electricity without wires

According to Chris Surdi, marketing specialist for PowerBeam, a member of the 8th Continent Chamber of Commerce, wireless electricity really is as simple as it sounds.
PowerBeam is revolutionizing power transmission by integrating optical technology to produce safe, reliable and abundant wireless power. Through its patented technology, PowerBeam can “beam” power over great distances to devices [...]

8C Chamber Profile: Emergent Space Technologies

There is something deeply inspiring and deeply American about the notion of starting a business from the ground up, literally in a garage, supported only by vision, brains and drive. That’s how amazon.com – now a global brand – got its start. And, it could also quite literally be the way Space 2.0 evolves.
Emergent Space [...]

8C Chamber Profile: Planehook Aviation Services

Posted on June 11, 2009 by the 8C Project
When most people think of space, they don’t often think of corporate espionage. But since 2004, Dave Hook, founder and President of Planehook Aviation Services, has not only been thinking about it but has built his business around doing something about it.
“People working in the commercial space [...]

Space 2.0 the focus at Rockies Venture Club June 9

The Rockies Venture Club will devote its June 9 dinner meeting to “Space 2.0: The Entrepreneurial Frontier.”
Appearing to discuss how space technology translates to entrepreneurial ventures will be Burke Fort, director of the 8th Continent Project; Gene Branch,  partner at  Townsend and Townsend and Crew’s Denver office; Steve Murchie, director of the Keiretsu Forum’s Denver [...]

Using the mystique of space to sell Vuitton luggage

The News: The Wall Street Journal reports this morning that Louis Vuitton will launch the newest ad in its series of “Journeys” campaigns, featuring celebrity portraits by Annie Leibovitz. Perched on an ancient pickup parked in the desert, windswept, dressed for the road, astronauts Sally Ride, Buzz Aldrin and Jim Lovell gaze at the [...]