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Random Bits Blog Jul-Dec 2011

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Dec. 30, 2011

Seasons Greetings and Happy New Year!

Check out: http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/12/future-of-science-2021.html

You might also be amused by a flash mob (David G.): 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH8FvERQHtM&feature=player_embedded

 

Dec. 17, 2011

The Great Tech War Of 2012 (Rog R) http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/160/tech-wars-2012-amazon-apple-google-facebook

 

Flapping Flight - Video Pick of the Week (David K) http://www.sciencefriday.com/embed/video/10419.swf 

 

Mindflex Duel - Mattel toy using brainwave detection headband (David K) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny0JZqnQGRc

 

Palantir - Pattern-recognition advances in surveillance databases (Bob F) http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/palantir-the-vanguard-of-cyberterror-security-11222011.html

 

What Really Happened on Flight 447 (Bob F) http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/aviation/crashes/what-really-happened-aboard-air-france-447-6611877

 

In Decline, Putin's Russia is on its way to global irrelevance. (Bob F) http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/12/11/in-decline-putin-s-russia-is-on-its-way-to-global-irrelevance.html

 

Kitchen Bots - Robots make popcorn and a sandwich - video (David K) http://www.digitaltrends.com/international/sandwich-making-robots-could-revolutionise-catering-industry-but-not-just-yet/ 

 

Southwest Airlines places record order for 150 Boeing aircraft (Bob F) http://articles.latimes.com/2011/dec/14/business/la-fi-southwest-airplane-order-20111214

 

Brain Machine Interface - Wikipeadia (H TomT) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain%E2%80%93computer_interface

 

Astronomers Discover Record Sized Black Holes (David K) http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2011/12/07/astronomers-discover-record-sized-black-holes/

 

NASA satellite may have found smallest known Black Hole (David K) http://blogs.forbes.com/alexknapp/

 

Dec. 15, 2011

The Higgs Boson has been found! Yes, no, maybe? (Brian T) http://tinyurl.com/7p7p7w9 

 

Dec. 10, 2011

Interesting commentary on Energy Journalism and reading the web in general (David G.):

http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/energy-futurist/why-energy-journalism-is-so-bad/219

 

Crude Oil Prices (Bill P) CrudeOilPrices.ppt

 

Space X to send capsule to dock with ISS in Feb. (David K) http://www.sacbee.com/2011/12/09/4112359/privately-built-space-capsule.html

 

 

 

Nov. 19, 2011

Lou & Peter Berryman appearing at First Unitarian, 900 Mt Curve Ave, Minneapolis at 8 pm (H. Tom T) - http://louandpeter.com/berrymanfinder.html

 

Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 - signed by Bill Clinton at end of term - ended regulation of derivative trading (Bill P) 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodity_Futures_Modernization_Act_of_2000

 

Quantum Wave Function is Real - (H Tom T) http://www.nature.com/news/quantum-theorem-shakes-foundations-1.9392

 

EU Bans Claim that Water Can Prevent Dehydration (H Tom T) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8897662/EU-bans-claim-that-water-can-prevent-dehydration.html

 

Boeing 737 - more orders - on track to pass DC3 as most ordered airplane (Bob F) http://news.businessweek.com/article.asp?documentKey=1376-LUT7336K510K01-6CS84LUJ5ID68RKVSFCOU81T1D

 

"An Army Apart" cover story in Time magazine 21Nov11 (Bob F) http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=27412 

 

CERN finds neutrinos still seem to be faster than light in latest experiment. (Mark L) http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73798.html

 

"Lucifer's Anvil" a work in progress by Pournelle and Niven as a follow on to 1977 book Lucifer's Hammer (H Tom T)  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer's_Hammer and http://www.jerrypournelle.com/view/2009/Q2/view570.html#anvil

 

Nanotechnology Characterization Lab - heard about at Nanotech presentation at UofM (Hank L) http://ncl.cancer.gov/

 

World's Lightest Material - UC Irvine group created a polymer mesh in a 3D modeling bath, coated the mesh with metal and removed the polymer to leave hollow springy tubes - with a density lower than aerogels - (David K) 

http://www.rdmag.com/News/2011/11/Materials-Metals-Team-produces-world-s-lightest-material/  and Video - http://io9.com/5860930/watch-ultra+light-metal-in-action

 

World's Smallest Car - Univ. Groningen group operates 4 wheels of a molecule (David K) 

http://www.rdmag.com/News/2011/11/Nanotechnology-Electricity-Materials-World-s-smallest-electric-car-has-four-wheel-drive/

 

HZO Nanotech Coats Smartphones to Survive Water (David K)

http://www.pcworld.com/article/243827/hzo_nanotechnology_seal_keeps_smartphones_from_drowning.html

Video http://hzo.me/index.php (Watch to see if this idea survives or fails - due for release at Consumer Electronics Show)

 

Nov. 12, 2011

"55 Jobs of the Future" blog article by Futurist Thomas Frey (Roger R) http://www.futuristspeaker.com/2011/11/55-jobs-of-the-future/?goback=.gde_77204_member_80002851 

 

"2011 Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid 2.0 - First Drive" article in Road & Track by Shaun Bailey 4Nov11 (Hank L) This concept demonstrator uses a composite flywheel http://www.roadandtrack.com/tests/drives/2011-porsche-911-gt3-r-hybrid-2.0.

 

"GM Volt Fire After Crash Said to Prompt Lithium-Battery Probe" Bloomberg article by Jeff Green, David Welch, Angela Greiling Keane, 12Nov11, (unk) Three weeks after a controlled crash of the all electric Chevy Volt at a test facility, the vehicle broke into flames.  http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-12/gm-volt-fire-after-crash-said-to-prompt-lithium-battery-probe.html

Elon Musk (Tesla Motors) and Bob Lutz (former Vice Chrmn of GM) on Charlie Rose Wed 09Nov11 (Ron M) http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11984
Voyager Mission Update - 9 billion and 11 billion miles out and still reporting data, steps taken to keep working through the 14 billion mile mark, thought to be the edge of the Solar System - 3x further than Pluto - (Brian T)  in Time magazine 11Nov11 issue http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2099245,00.html also from http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-128
Aborted Mars probe jeopardizes Russia's Long range space program - Failure after take-off of Phobos Grunt mission (David K)  http://en.ria.ru/analysis/20111112/168621275.html
USS Independence - new Navy combat ship with changeable weapons packages (Eric H) http://www.thedaily.com/page/2011/11/07/110711-news-navy-ship-1-4/
Logitech Alert Video Security System Gets Dropbox Support - store 100 GB of footage in the cloud (David K) 
Scientists make magic self folding origami using ink and light - (David K) North Carolina State University - video 

http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/11/scientists-make-magic-auto-origami-using-ink-and-light-video/  and http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NKRWZG67dtQ

 

"Better Forecasts Put More Wind on the Grid" article by David Shaeffer, Star Tribune (Bob F) http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view/20111112better_forecasts_put_more_wind_on_grid/

 

WeatherSpark - check out this new weather site (H Tom T) http://weatherspark.com/#!dashboard;a=USA/MN/Minneapolis Check out the Daily tab, see wind direction, Temp and sky conditions vs Time. 

 

Nov. 05, 2011

"Futurists spy trends to forecast what will come." article about Minnesota Futurists by Jeff Hargarten, appeared in Minnesota Daily 02Nov11.  http://www.mndaily.com/2011/11/02/futurists-spy-trends-forecast-what-will-come

 

"David Lam: A lot of people? Yes. Catastrophe? No?" opinion piece in St. Paul Pioneer Press as global population passes 7 billion (Bob F) http://www.twincities.com/opinion/ci_19250995

 

also see Dilbert for 05Nov11 (Bob F) http://www.dilbert.com/

 

Global climate change skeptic agrees that climatologists analysis of temperature data from 1800 - 2000 was correct.  Yet a member of the team still has doubts.  (David K) http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/science-scope/climate-change-is-real-study-says/10839 and http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2055191/Scientists-said-climate-change-sceptics-proved-wrong-accused-hiding-truth-colleague.html#ixzz1cGJqg289 and http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-scientific-finding-that-settles-the-climate-change-debate/2011/03/01/gIQAd6QfDM_story.htm also "Global Temperatures: All Over the Map", WSJ article (D Cam S) http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203804204577016252305820144.html and "Greenhouse Gases Higher Than Worst Case" article from AP 04Nov11

(Roger R) http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9QPE0301.htm

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2011/1021/Climate-study-funded-in-part-by-conservative-group-confirms-global-warming?cmpid=addthis_facebook#.TqmzZxwMNUk.facebook

 

Flexible Display news - 2 items (David K) - AU Optronics shows a very flexible e-paper display 

http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/28/auos-flexible-e-paper-to-take-on-stretch-armstrong-in-battle-of/

and Samsung to Introduce flexible displays in devices next year http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/10/samsung-to-introduce-flexible-displays-in-devices-next-year.ars

 

Consider the book "The Fourth Turning" by William Strauss and Neil Howe (David G) Are we near another such turning? http://www.fourthturning.com/

 

"Recharge and Roll: Electric Carmakers Plan to Cut the Cord" - article in Scientific American (Brian T) http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=wireless-electric-car-charging&WT.mc_id=SA_CAT_TECH_20111101

 

"Quarter mile-wide asteroid coming close to Earth" - article from Physorg (Ron M)  http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-11-quarter-mile-wide-asteroid-earth.html

 

"The Elegant Universe" four part video program airs on PBS NOVA series - by Brian Greene - part 2 will air Nov 9 (Brian T) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/schedule.html Part 1 is available at same site.

 

Concerns about Iran and Israel -several articles (Eric H) http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/03/israeli-pm-investigation-iran-leak , http://www.juancole.com/2011/11/would-obama-greenlight-an-israeli-attack-on-iran.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/03/iran-warns-us-clash-nuclear?newsfeed=truehttp://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=243954http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=244434

 

Oct 29, 2011

"Jumbo Jet Powered by Organic Oil Takes Flight" - one article of many about US-China joint effort to develop aviation bio fuel - in this case based on seeds of the tung tree (Bob F) http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/10/28/biofuel-jumbo-jet_n_1063259.html also http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=486026

 

"Vehicle to the Grid" - article in magazine with Cold Case cover story, may be available in a few days - discusses how fleets of electric cars might contribute as an on peak power source to the grid to help load leveling (Rog R) http://www.miller-mccune.com/magazine/ 

 

"The iCloud without Apple" - article by Ars Technica on how iCloud can be accessed by non Apple systems (Roger R) http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2011/06/icloud-without-apple-your-platform-agnostic-alternativesicloud-without-apple-your-platform-agnostic-alternatives.ars

 

"3D TV: Hold the Glasses" - Scientific American article (Brian T) http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=3-d-hold-the-glasses - See the technical concept and why it might be a commercial breaktrhough.

 

"Iceman Murder Mystery" - TV program about 5,300 year old cold case investigation - (Ron M) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/iceman-murder-mystery.html and others.

 

"Vision: Save the James Webb Space Telescope" - You Tube Video (John S.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khlYq9tuWAs also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihpNNBmJypE&feature=related and 

"Senate saves the James Webb Space Telescope" article from 15sep11

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-09-senate-james-webb-space-telescope.html

John recommends to contact your congressman to indicate your view on this issue.

 

Time Magazine, Nov. 7, 2011 issue (Bob F) recommends the articles on Pandemic http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2097962,00.html and http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2097971,00.html and also Grocery Store tricks http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2097976,00.html

 

Oct 25, 2011

The Great Tech War Of 2012 (Rog R)

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/160/tech-wars-2012-amazon-apple-google-facebook

 

Oct 22, 2011

Another Satellite Falling to Earth this weekend - German ROSAT, this one has a 3000 lb heat treated mirror that might survive re-entry.  (David K) 

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/10/111019-satellite-fall-earth-rosat-space-debris-nasa-science/

 

FoamBot - U Penn developed foam sprayer to create structure around actuators - see the video (David K) 

http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-cetera/robot-creates-its-own-spray-foam-body-then-starts-walking-20111020/ and video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjTLyUgS5uk 

 

"China Bubble" - Time Magazine, cover story 31Oct11 issue (Bob F) 

 

Quantum Levitation - superconductor on sapphire cooled with liquid nitrogen, Tel Aviv, University (Brian T)- see the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws6AAhTw7RA and see an article at http://dvice.com/archives/2011/10/quantum-levitat.php

 

Drop Box - memory in the cloud, 2 Gb free (plus 1 Gb per referral up to 8 Gb) additional memory for a fee, permits multiple users to access files, files are pushed to your local computer or device when used.  (Brian T) www.dropbox.com/

 

Oct 15, 2011

Faster than Light Neutrino Flight explained (David G.):

http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/10/faster-than-light-neutrino-puzzle.html

 

"mobiledigitility" - new word coined by Dick S for the emerging mobile computing and communication utility

 

Mechanical Prosthetic Arm - posted 10Oct11, University of Pittsburgh researchers provide patient with mechanical arm activated via a chip implanted in his brain (Hank L) http://www.pddnet.com/photos-of-the-day-mechanical-prosthetic-arm-101011/ 

 

ND Likely to pass Calif. as Oil Producer this Year - article by James McPherson, Associated Press, 14Oct11 (Bob F) - http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9QCBMBO1.htm

 

Keystone XL - Proposed 36" pipeline, 1,700 miles long from Canada oil sands to Texas gulf coast refiners - in the news, lots of protests, concerns about the Ogallala aquifer (David K)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/industries/canada-confident-us-will-approve-oil-pipeline-despite-noise-from-opposition/2011/10/13/gIQA6RAghL_story.html and http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g8_39GzBVGAf7w348Dho8Ern46CQ?docId=ac65d3d829ae40b9b996ce32f6134ea1 and a Primer http://www.omaha.com/article/20110930/NEWS01/709309905 

 

Map of the Internet - latest visualization (Roger R) from Nov 2011 issue of Discover magazine - http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150413527058792&set=p.10150413527058792&type=1&theater

 

Oct 8, 2011

Nobel Prize for Chemistry for Discovery of Quasicrystals (David K) http://news.businessweek.com/article.asp?documentKey=1376-LRXLB40YHQ0X01-1E7U2VUHSGIVADSR3FA29L1R15 and WSJ and Star Tribune

 

Stem cells generated by cloning human eggs (Brian T) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/10/05/MNOB1LDP0U.DTL also WSJ article "Cloning Offers Stem Cell Hope" pg 9

 

State has a model for boosting technology, but not the money 

Article by: WENDY LEE , Star Tribune, Oct 5, 2011 (Dick S)  http://www.startribune.com/business/130882113.html 

 

Early-stage med-tech funding out of reach for many firms Article by: JIM SPENCER , Star Tribune, 

Oct. 5, 2011 (Dick S)  http://www.startribune.com/business/130880608.html

 

Millions of tweets reveal global mood trends (David K)  By: Elizabeth Armstrong Moore
 Oct 7, 2011  http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-20117368-247/millions-of-tweets-reveal-global-mood-trends/#ixzz1aD0N813g

 

98 Billion Apps to be Downloaded by 2015 (David K) - article by Don Reisinger, CNET 07 Oct 2011, http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20117256-17/98-billion-apps-to-be-downloaded-in-2015-study-says/?tag=mncol;1n

 

Nanotechnology Enables Invisibility by Thermal Mirage (David K) 

http://dvice.com/archives/2011/10/invisibility-cl-1.php also 

http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/10/mirage-effect-from-thermally-modulated.html

 

 

Oct 6, 2011

Interesting Comments on futurist studies (David G. - with comments by Brian Wang of Next Big Futures):

http://www.overcomingbias.com/2011/09/on-futurism.html  or

http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/10/robin-hanson-discusses-futurism.html

 

Oct 1, 2011

Niall Ferguson: The 6 killer apps of prosperity (Rog R)

http://www.ted.com/talks/niall_ferguson_the_6_killer_apps_of_prosperity.html?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2011-09-21&utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email

 

Top 10 Cybernetics and Mind Computer Interfaces -  Interesting and perhaps applicable to topics at the Nobel Conference (David G.):

http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/09/roundup-of-cybernetics-and-mind.html

 

Dilbert - today's 01Oct11 (Bob F) http://www.dilbert.com/

 

Scientists Hide Messages in E. Coli Bacteria (Brian T) http://news.techworld.com/security/3306758/scientists-hide-messages-using-e-coli-bacteria/ 

 

Secret 3M Material at the heart of new superfast chip (Hank L) Star Tribune article http://www.startribune.com/business/129982703.html

3M polymer adhesive dissipates heat and serves as insulator between chips in developing stacks of chips designs (3D chips) with IBM. Image and concept video.

 

Survey Sees No Housing Recovery until 2020 -(Bob F) Star Tribune article  http://www.startribune.com/business/130889963.html

 

Polarizable Membrane Provides New Way to Store Energy (David K) Developed in Singapore University Nanoscience Initiative, a cast polymer form of lithium styrene sulfonate between metal plates can store charge at 0.2 Farad/cm sq compared to 1 microFarad/cm sq for standard capacitors.  Cost $0.62/Farad compared to $7/Farad for current liquid electrolyte systems.  

http://www.solarnovus.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3600:polarizable-membrane-provides-a-new-way-to-store-energy&catid=52:applications-tech-research&Itemid=247

 

On Demand CRM (Customer Relationship Management) with Program Management - free to use at small scope (Roger R)  http://www.zoho.com

 

Artificial Leaf Solar Cell Splits Water into Hydrogen and Oxygen - (David G) http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/09/artificial-leaf-solar-cell-splits-water.html image and video

 

Drones that can see the difference in the faces of identical twins - (Roger R) http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/09/drones-that-can-see-difference-in-faces.html

 

DARPAs Photonics Projects - At the Edge of Possibility - (D Cam S) http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/09/darpas-photonics-projects-at-edge-of.html

 

World's Smallest Nanowire Built - (George K) http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/4780/nanowires-harness-light-super-fast-internet (good image) and http://sciencealert.com.au/news/20111909-22629.html Swinburne University, Australia 

Includes projection (contradicted by next link) by Prof Min Gu that internet energy demand will grow to 50% of world energy supply in next 10 years.  The Internet: One Big Power Suck: article on CNNMoney Tech from May 2011 (David K) Current Internet consumes 2% of US energy supply, growing at 10% per year for past 10 yearshttp://money.cnn.com/2011/05/03/technology/internet_electricity/index.htm

 

Controlled Collapse of Nanopillars Builds Chips for Nanoscale Devices - another method of creating nanoscale features - (member?) 

http://www.qmed.com/mpmn/medtechpulse/controlled-collapse-nanopillars-builds-chips-nanoscale-devices and (David K) includes image of concept http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/09/building-chips-with-10-nanometer.html

 

Looking for Innovation? Its at AUVSI - article by Bill Wong in Electronic Design (member?) http://electronicdesign.com/article/power/Looking-For-Innovation-It-s-At-AUVSI.aspx - robotics, micro UAVs, Nano HummingBird - links to articles and videos

 

Sept 24, 2011

Siren Fatigue - Jopin, MO tornado response - (Brian T) http://www.startribune.com/blogs/130269373.html 

 

Rare Earth Metal Discovery in Southern Afghanistan - (Brian T) 

http://www.startribune.com/blogs/130269373.html and http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-06/us-geologists-uncover-staggering-1-trillion-cache-unmined-mineral-resources-afghanistan

 

Solar Highway - video about glass electric roadway system - (Jim Z) http://www.wimp.com/solarhighways 

 

Image Analysis 6th Edition, by Dr. John C. Russ - reference text recommended (D. Cam S.) 

http://www.drjohnruss.com/books.html

 

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005 (Rog R) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA

 

Personal Genome Project - Dr, George Church, Harvard - (Eric H) http://www.personalgenomes.org/

 

Leverage Points for Changing Complex Systems by Donella Meadows (David G.):

http://www.sustainabilityinstitute.org/pubs/Leverage_Points.pdf

 

Sept 17, 2011

Dictionary of Foresight (Rog R)

http://www.wfs.org/dictionary  

 

Sept 16, 2011

The Planning Fallacy (Rog R)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/16/opinion/brooks-the-planning-fallacy.html?src=un&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjson8.nytimes.com%2Fpages%2Fopinion%2Findex.jsonp

 

Sept 10, 2011

New movie - Contagion - more realistic (Eric H) review from Star tribune  http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/movies/129463988.html and comments from 

epidemiologist Dr. Michael Osterholm, http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/wellness/129464038.html

 

Sept. 6, 2011

2051: no more aging, androids in the house, rich-poor gap shrinking etc (Rog R)

http://www.positivefuturist.com/archive/401.html

 

Sept. 3, 2011

Boeing Decides to Re-engine 737 vs. New Aircraft

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2011-08-30/boeing-approves-upgrading-737-after-496-order-commitments-1-.html  (Dick S/Bob F.)

 

Cyclone Engine said perfectly suited to replace internal combustion engines

http://www.cyclonepower.com/works.html (Rog R.)

 

Halliburton to Hire 11,000; Some Headed for N.D. Bakken Field

http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/morning_roundup/2011/08/halliburton-jobs-north-dakota-oil.html (Dick S.)

 

August 27, 2011

 

DARPA Wants To Send Humans To The Stars (Hank L) contest ending 11Nov11 for $500,000 for plans to get to Alpha Centauri  http://www.disinfo.com/2011/08/darpa-wants-to-send-humans-to-the-stars/

 

SAP to provide iPads for all 17,000 employees (Roger) -

http://classic.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=3000041697&play=1  and

 http://macdailynews.com/2010/11/09/sap_to_equip_17000_employees_with_apple_ipads/

 

Better Smarter Cities - special issue of Scientific American magazine - lots of great articles (Brian T) http://www.scientificamerican.com/cities/

 

 August 25, 2011

Exploring New Energy Alternatives

http://www.wfs.org/content/futurist/september-october-2011-vol-45-no-5/exploring-new-energy-alternatives

 

August 20, 2011

 Consumerization_of_IT

http://www.cio.com/article/687931/Cloud_CIO_What_Consumerization_of_IT_Really_Means_to_CIOs?source=nwwartcio

 

 

IT Innovation in the “Cloud”

http://blogs.amd.com/work/2011/08/08/it-innovation-in-the-%E2%80%9Ccloud%E2%80%9D/ (Rog R)

 

August 17, 2011

Possible prospect for inclusion in table display at Nobel Conference (David G.):

http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/08/wearable-electronics-demonstrate.html

 

August 12, 2011

 The_magic_of_truth_and_lies on TED

http://www.ted.com/talks/marco_tempest_the_magic_of_truth_and_lies_on_ipods.html?awesm=on.ted.com_9Yx1

 

Contact Lost with Hypersonic Bomber Prototype

Unmanned Mach 20 DARPA aircraft missing after separation from launch vehicle. (Dick S.)

http://www.space-travel.com/reports/US_military_loses_contact_with_hypersonic_aircraft_999.html

   

 

August 11, 2011

Hubble Reveals Necklace Array

First shots of glowing constellation ring 15,000 light years away. (Dick S.) http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Hubble_Offers_a_Dazzling_Necklace_999.html

 

August 6, 2011

Resource Limitations 2: Separating the Dangerous from the Merely Serious, Q211 Newsletter by Jeremy Grantham (Bob K)  http://www.gmo.com/websitecontent/JGLetter_ResourceLimitations2_2Q11.pdf                                                    Thank you Bob! This was fascinating. David G.

 

Boeing Plans for Space Flight - CST-100, seven passenger space taxi, plan to launch on Atlas V rockets - commercial alternative to Space Shuttle, with concept sketch - (Brian T) http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/boeing_space_flight_capsule_plans_205182-1.html 

 

Robopocalypse - new Steven Speilberg film planned for 2013, based on book by Daniel H. Wilson - (Bob F) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1541155/ 

 

New Theory Explores that Long Ago, Earth had Two Moons that Bumped and Merged - (Bob F) http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/192350/20110804/earth-two-moons.htm and many others - sample video from ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/earths-moons-14236098 

 

New evidence looks like flowing liquid in warmer regions on Mars (Ron M) video from ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/mars-discovery-water-life-14244015?tab=9482931&section=1206840&playlist=2521702 

 

Urine Test May Improve Prostate Cancer Diagnosis (H Tom) New research from University of Michigan http://www.voanews.com/english/news/health/Urine-Test-May-Improve-Prostate-Cancer-Diagnosis-126848998.html 

 

Robot uses supersonic air jets to climb walls - (David K) includes video - 

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-05-robot-supersonic-air-jets-climb.html 

 

LG RoboKing vacuum can self diagnose - (David K) 

http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/03/lg-roboking-vacuum-bot-can-self-diagnose-ask-for-help-after-col/

 

"Where is the Octopus?" featured Video Pick of the Week from Science Friday - biological camouflage (David K)  http://www.sciencefriday.com/videos/watch/10397

 

July 28 2011

The Futurist Daily(Rog R) http://paper.li/Theyear2030  

 

Robot That Can Think (Rog R) http://theweek.com/article.index/217930/the-robot-that-can-think-on-its-own (see the video)

 

July 27 2011

Death by Patents (who?) Companies are enforcing their patents rights, frustrating new inventors with restrictions on their ideas. Is this the death of innovation? http://tinyurl.com/4y26pyu 

 

July 23, 2011

NIH Launches Multicenter Clinical Trial to Test Blood Pressure Strategy

Called the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) (Rog R)

http://www.nih.gov/news/health/oct2009/nhlbi-29.htm

 

American Airlines Orders Planes - from Boeing - 100 737 NextGen and option for 40 more, plus 100 re-engined 737s and option for 60 more.  (Formerly AA ordered exclusively from Boeing)  From Airbus - 260 single aisle aircraft, including 130 A320s with new engines.  (Bob F) http://www.kansas.com/2011/07/23/1944201/analysts-say-americans-order-was.html 

 

Apple to Silently Retires MacBook, Releases new Airbook - (Brian T) http://www.sdentertainer.com/news/apple-white-macbook-retired-new-macbook-air/ 

 

NASA Mars Lander - new soft landing approach - (video) - (Bob F) http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7374231n&tag=mncol;lst;1

 

Students Win Ferrari Design Contest - creativity + imagination = innovation (David K)

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/22/for-its-future-shape-ferrari-turns-the-reins-over-to-design-students/ 

 

Future Traffic Signals Look Like Exclamation Points - (David K) http://gizmodo.com/5818141/tomorrows-stoplights-will-look-like-exclamation-points 

 

Google+ Growing Quickly - 20 million users in first 3 weeks (David K) 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jul/21/google-plus-20-million-users 

 

Goodbye Google Labs - creativity and imagination group closing down as Google reprioritizes their research dollars (David K)

http://www.infoworld.com/d/the-industry-standard/google-sacrifices-google-labs-product-focus-661 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/post/google-labs-to-close-can-google-still-innovate/2011/07/20/gIQAvJSDRI_blog.html 

 

Google Rube Goldberg Nexus - simple game via YouTube (David K) http://www.youtube.com/nexuscontraptions

 

Solar Powered Nano Sensor Detects Air Pollutants - (David K) - no novel components, but interesting combination for new application - (David K) http://www.azonano.com/news.aspx?newsID=22569 

 

One Step Closer to Test Tube Intelligence - (David K) - Neural network of 4 artificial neurons made from 112 distinct strands of DNA - answers questions correctly http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/article2285221.ece and 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110720142501.htm

 

 

July 22, 2011

Nano-technology (particularly GE on page 2, David G.):

http://www.technologyreview.com/business/37948/page1/

 

Interesting speculation about exponential growth in operating systems for computers (David G):

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/26999/#.TicUlWHO9qA.email

 

July 18, 2011

Education for Innovation: A Digital Townhall with The Aspen Institute's Walter Isaacson and NYT's Tom Friedman (Rog R)

http://www.aspeninstitute.org/video/education-innovation-digital-townhall-aspen-institutes-walter-isaacson-nyts-tom-friedman

 

July 16, 2011

MUON CATALYSED FUSION (Rog R)

http://thirteenthmonkey.blogspot.com/2011/07/muon-catalysed-fusion-answer.html

 

July 9, 2011

"Right Wing or Left Wing? Its written in the brain." Cognitive researcher Ryoto Kanai and team at Univ College London studied 90 students and observed size differences in two parts of the brain that predicted liberal or conservative political philosophy about 75% of the time (Eric) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1012/10122301

 

"Specialized Clouds will be a Tough Sell" (Roger) http://mnfuturist2011.pbworks.com/w/page/41948279/Specialized-Clouds-Will-Be-A-Tough-Sell

 

"Japan finds rare earths in Pacific Seabed" article with video by BBC on 4 July 2011. China produces/refines 97% of rare earth metals.  New finds in deep Pacific (11,500 to 20,000 ft deep - 2x to 4x deeper than the BP oil well that spilled in the Gulf)  (David K) 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14009910 

 

"The Future of Medicine: we're decades away from huge advances" article in Ars Technica, late June, Nobel Laureates, Lindau Conference on Future of Medicine.  Good stuff ahead, but expect to wait.  (David K)

http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/06/future-of-health-may-depend-on-recognizing-its-not-all-about-medicinethe-future-of-medicine-were-decades-away-from-the-huge-advances.ars

 

"IKEA Flips the Switch on a 65,000 sf Solar Array in Sacramento, CA" article at inhabit.com, the 8th large array from IKEA, with 12 more planned (CA 4, East Coast 8) (David K) 

http://inhabitat.com/ikea-in-sacramento-turns-on-their-65000-square-foot-solar-array/

 

"Flying Car, Already Cleared for Skies, Now Cleared for Roads Too" article from TechDirt, the Terrafugia Transition 2 seater, hobby aircraft, 100 Hp engine, unleaded gas, 20 gal tank, 500 mi. range.  (David K)

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110707/02133114992/flying-car-already-cleared-skies-now-cleared-roads-too.shtml and video 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smGmrpn2Vrk&feature=player_embedded

 

Ulam's Spiral - interesting math conundrum resulted from a doodle, strangeness of prime numbers (David K)

http://gizmodo.com/5819325/the-bizarre-mathematical-conundrum-of-ulams-spiral

 

Beautiful Time-Lapse Video from Australia (David K) 

http://gizmodo.com/5818912/if-this-time+lapse-video-doesnt-make-you-feel-blessed-living-on-this-planet

 

Final Launch of Space Shuttle (David K) http://mashable.com/2011/07/08/shuttle-launch-atlantis-video/

 

July 6, 2011

Meet e-Patient Dave (Rog R)

http://www.ted.com/talks/dave_debronkart_meet_e_patient_dave.html?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2011-07-06

 

 

July 1, 2011

Great Recession cooks Friedman and Keynes (Rog R)

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/great-recession-cooks-friedman-and-keynes-2011-07-01?pagenumber=2 

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