03-16-2016, 05:41 AM
Yeah, this is strange all the way around, there is always some zinger in the bills that not only survive, but get rushed through.
Hawaii state does investment in private businesses, more like a socialist subsidy model, acting as a venture capitalist. This is the state trying to find more business than just tourism. The way the state is trying to do venture capitalism essentially guarantees failure. They try to protect themselves by requiring the grant business provide at least 50%. This is ambiguous and no real indicator the business idea is sound.
This one is really odd, a high tech business coming up with a way to barcode everything on nanodots. Surprising, and not, that such a high tech business is trying to operate off Oahu. The technology isn't problematic. It is the implementation, whether it would work at all. Sure, nanocode a candybar, track it but then add everything else ingested would have a barcode. It's doubtful any tracker would be able to read thousands of these codes swirling around in the blood stream until they dissolve.
The state needs to do a reboot on these high tech gambles as another possible source of outside revenue. The technology needs to fit Hawaii, instead of the other way around. The other thing is take a slap to the face and wake up that tourism is the main source of outside income, focus on more people visiting, less on giving other people reasons to try to live here.
"Aloha also means goodbye. Aloha!"
Hawaii state does investment in private businesses, more like a socialist subsidy model, acting as a venture capitalist. This is the state trying to find more business than just tourism. The way the state is trying to do venture capitalism essentially guarantees failure. They try to protect themselves by requiring the grant business provide at least 50%. This is ambiguous and no real indicator the business idea is sound.
This one is really odd, a high tech business coming up with a way to barcode everything on nanodots. Surprising, and not, that such a high tech business is trying to operate off Oahu. The technology isn't problematic. It is the implementation, whether it would work at all. Sure, nanocode a candybar, track it but then add everything else ingested would have a barcode. It's doubtful any tracker would be able to read thousands of these codes swirling around in the blood stream until they dissolve.
The state needs to do a reboot on these high tech gambles as another possible source of outside revenue. The technology needs to fit Hawaii, instead of the other way around. The other thing is take a slap to the face and wake up that tourism is the main source of outside income, focus on more people visiting, less on giving other people reasons to try to live here.
"Aloha also means goodbye. Aloha!"
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*