Comments on: Plasma-based Lighting Revisited

By: Amanda Jones

Amanda Jones — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:44:54 +0000

I think it’s great that you can look around the corner and see a need being met in your backyard that helps more than just the innovating team but also the community that they are starting up in.

By: Greg Watson

Greg Watson — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:04:39 +0000

Seek and you shall find a plasma based lighting company out of Indiana. I was definitely surprised to hear this company exists in Bloomington, Indiana, which is only about 25 minutes from my hometown. Although it does make somewhat sense considering the farming around this area, and the need for saving as much electric and money as possible. I think these guys have a good product, and with their willingness to respond and tell Hank more extensively about their idea, it shows they really want this to be a successful business.

By: Jongho James Lee

Jongho James Lee — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:47:40 +0000

I think students at Purdue can learn a lot of things from this young start up company. Stduents can learn their marketing strategies, innovative minds of the founders, and product development ideas. Since it is located in Indiana, stduents can visit the company and learn valuable lessons.

By: Spencer McKee

Spencer McKee — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:45:36 +0000

That’s great that a company that unique and disruptive is located in Indiana!

By: Travis Hunter

Travis Hunter — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:08:55 +0000

It is great to see young innovators succeed. Great idea to conserve energy. Hopefully, Indiana will be recognized as a state full of innovative ideas developed by creative entrepreneurs.

By: Annie Lopatin

Annie Lopatin — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:31:29 +0000

In class we were talking about how Indiana, especially West Lafayette has a ways to go when it comes to conserving energy. I think this company could possibly reach out to help advance West Lafayette’s standing with energy. I think that plasma based lighting is definitely an interesting topic.

By: Allison Yeater

Allison Yeater — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:36:40 +0000

Who knew we would have something like this so close to us. It showed me that us little old hoosiers can come up with these big ideas, even if we aren’t from California or New York. This is an inspiration and motivation for all us entrepreneurs here in the midwest. Not to mention the benefits from creating and using such a great product!

By: Shaun Greene

Shaun Greene — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:33:29 +0000

I don’t know how many of you are familiar with the area, but I have family in the area, and there isn’t much beside farms around there. It sounds like this company is thinking about location for their start-up too.

By: Margaret Kendrick

Margaret Kendrick — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:21:19 +0000

I am really glad to hear about some new opportunities happening all around us in Indiana. I think that even though Indiana is still living in the “dark ages” as far as technology goes, that will possibly be able to help out the economy of the midwest simply because more jobs will come of technologies like this and then more people will be spending money on these types of things. I look forward to hearing more about this in class.

By: Felipe Burneo

Felipe Burneo — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:48:18 +0000

What is wrong about Rose-Hulman that you “wouldn’t use agains them”? This is the first case in which I heard a company gives feedback about them and replies a mail in which a person asks for info.
Interesting turn the one that these two guy’s lives took. Researching and developing a product that might be the answer to lightning in far away places at very low costs. Maybe Purdue should take advantage of this opportunity and also dedicate some efforts and money to research about this type of technology. I am sure the knowledge and the capacities of professors and faculty members could accomplish something that we could be proud of.