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
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
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=true, http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=243954, http://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 years. http://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
"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
"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)
"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)
"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)
"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)
Comments (0)
You don't have permission to comment on this page.