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June 30, 2012 

Preview of updated Minnesota Futurists Web Site http://anticipatoryperspectives.com/ - Please visit the site and provide comments to David K. 

 

Human powered helicopter progress (H Tom T) Students at University of Maryland made progress toward the $250,000 Sikorsky prize, watch the short video, amazing large yet lightweight craft - http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/06/how-hard-is-the-human-powered-helicopter/

 

Google may have twice the budget of DARPA in 2012 (David G.):

http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/06/google-will-has-twice-research-and.html

Google thought to be in the top 5 US corporations for R&D money spent, but they are not in the top 50 for patents:

http://ificlaims.com/index.php?page=misc_Top_50_2011

3D printing applied to silicon manufacturing:       

http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/06/cutting-cost-of-micro-and.html

Infra Red solar cell may allow multi-junction Photovoltaic panels with much higher conversion efficiencies:

http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/06/all-carbon-solar-cell-harnesses.html

Another way for the US to be involved in Thorium Reactor development:

http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/06/china-and-usa-partner-molten-salt.html

Thorium and molten salt reactors have potential, but getting there will not be easy:

http://daryanenergyblog.wordpress.com/ca/part-8-msr-lftr/ 

(This site seems to be a knowledgeable resource for difficulties with various kinds of next generation nuclear power.)

 

June 26, 2012 

'Robot and Frank' a heartwarming tale of an old jewel thief and his robot - trailer (David K) http://movies.yahoo.com/video/ymovies-6393699/robot-and-frank-trailer-29786164.html Sundance festival winner, limited theatrical release Aug 24.

 

June 23, 2012

3D Printing On the Cheap - article in Desktop Engineering, June 2012 pg 22 (D Cam S)  - http://www.deskeng.com/articles/aabffp.htm

 

Influencers: The Power to Change Anything - book by K Patterson, J Grenny, D Maxfield, R. McMillan, A Switzer 2007, (David G) http://www.amazon.com/Influencer-The-Power-Change-Anything/dp/007148499X

 

Isobutanol a lifeline for struggling Minn. ethanol plants? - article by by Mark Steil, Minnesota Public Radio 5Apr12 - Gevo of Englewood, CO is converting an ethanol plant in Luverne, MN (Brian T) http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/04/05/isobutanol-conversion-ethanol/

 

Nice site for out there articles - Kurzweil Accellerating Intelligence http://www.kurzweilai.net/ (Bob K)

 

US Retakes Global Lead in Supercomputing Power - article by Carl Hanzen 18Jun12 (Brian T) http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/06/us-retakes-global-lead-in-supercomputing-power.php

 

H5N1 Bird Flu Pandemic Potential Revealed - one of many articles following publication of the papers in Science and Nature  (Eric H) http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/246964.php

 

June 12, 2012

The Secret Life of Data in the Year 2020(Rog R)

http://www.wfs.org/futurist/july-august-2012-vol-46-no-4/secret-life-data-year-2020

 

June 9, 2012

A Fab Result - a novel way of making computer memory, using bacteria - article in Economist 26May12 (Tom M) http://www.economist.com/node/21555873 

 

Google Knowledge Graph (David K) Introducing the Knowledge Graph: things, not strings (Rog R)

 

High-tech, high-touch, higher-learning - UM nursing school state-of-the-art simulation center - article

(Lorna HS) http://www.nursing.umn.edu/magazine/SchoolNews/High-techhigh-touchhigher-learning/index.htm 

 

Flame Malware Tapped World Class Crypto (Rog R)

http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/management/240001763

 

Hydrogenics announces order from E.ON for 'Power-to-Gas' Energy Storage Project.  The two (2) megawatt energy storage facility,to be located in

Germany, will use surplus renewable energy sources to produce hydrogen for storage in the country's existing natural gas pipeline network (Roger R):

http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/news.html?d=257799

 

CoFounders of iRobot are starting new companies (Eric H and David K)

Rodney Brooks - http://www.heartlandrobotics.com/index.html and http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2012/05/28/daily29-Rodney-Brooks-Heartland-to-launch-first-robots.html

Helen Greiner - http://cyphyworks.com/ and http://www.generalcatalyst.com/press/company/41 

 

 

June 3, 2012 

Cloud Supercomputing on demand becoming cheaper and more available (David G):

http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/06/supercomputing-on-demand-becoming.html#more

 

May 31, 2012

Learn How To Use MN Futurists Facebook Page for PR(Rog R)

http://www.learnfacebookpages.com/

 

Top Internet Trends for 2012 (Rog R)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/reuvencohen/2012/05/30/top-internet-trends-for-2012-according-to-vc-firm-kleiner-perkins-caufield-byers/?ss=cloud-computing

 

May 29, 2012

While our politicians are entertaining the voters, our economy and jobs are falling behind (David G.):

http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/05/fixing-us-and-getting-to-higher-gdp.html#more

 

May 29, 2012

Letters from Abbottabad - Arab Spring As An Option!(Rog R)

http://www.ctc.usma.edu/posts/letters-from-abbottabad-bin-ladin-sidelined

 

Googles-larry-page-talks-about-looking beyond today Google Glass (David G)

http://youtu.be/Y0WH-CoFwn4

 

Democracy may be better than anything else we have developed, but ... (David G):

http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/05/democracy-flaws-you-have-to-be.html#more

 

May 25, 2012

Disruptive Innovations Maybe ?(David G.):

Computer for $74:               http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/05/new-74-android-thumb-drive-sized.html

Would you believe $35:       http://www.alliedelec.com/RaspberryPi/

They are not yet to their $25 target:      http://www.raspberrypi.org/

 

DARPA wants to play with the toys, too:

http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/05/darpa-invests-35-million-in-techshop.html#more

 

May 25, 2012

Delphi (automotive parts supplier) is working on more efficient gas engine technology (David G.):

http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/05/engine-could-boost-fuel-economy-by-half.html#more

 

Study said that start-ups were responsible for most of US job growth (July 2010):

http://www.kauffman.org/research-and-policy/the-importance-of-startups-in-job-creation-and-job-desctruction.aspx

 

May 19, 2012

HP plans to layoff up to 30,000 of 325,000 employees - announcement Wed (Bill P) http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9227295/HP_s_layoff_plans_and_what_they_mean and http://www.npr.org/2012/05/18/152979181/hewlett-packard-set-to-layoff-30-000-people

 

Human Brain Project and Connectome Project - triggered by article in latest Scientific American magazine (Eric H) http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=brain-project-neuron-to-whole-brain and http://www.humanbrainproject.eu/ and http://www.neuroscienceblueprint.nih.gov/connectome/ and http://www.humanbrainproject.com/ 

 

May 18, 2012 

SpaceX poised for high-stakes space station launch (Rog R)

http://www.space-travel.com/reports/SpaceX_poised_for_high-stakes_space_station_launch_999.html

Update: Launch aborted at T-0.5 sec, by computer after 9 engines started and engine 5 showed a pressure outside of control range.  Next opportunity will be Tuesday. (David K) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47486243/ns/technology_and_science-space/ 

 

May 12, 2012

You're beautiful, Vesta (Rog R)

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Youre_beautiful_Vesta_999.html

 

May 9, 2012

More Innovation Contests with Prizes (David G):

http://www.innovationnewsdaily.com/903-5-innovation-challenges-enter.html

or directly at:           http://challenge.gov

and similarly:        http://news.yahoo.com/military-wants-implant-tiny-doctors-soldiers-bodies-174409659.html

 

Food of the Future (particularly adding nutrients) :

http://www.innovationnewsdaily.com/302-future-food-sources-gallery.html

 

May 5, 2012

The Easy D-I-Y-S Consumer Reporting (Rog R)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlT6kqHFjvU&feature=share  

 

April 30, 2012

Sewage Cars (Rog R)

http://sierraclub.typepad.com/sierradaily/2012/04/sewage-cars.html

 

Apparently Planetary Resources is 3 years old and profitable, has raised the money they need, is partnering with NASA, and is now hiring more engineers (David G):

http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/24/planetary-resources-officially-kicks-off-its-asteroid-mining-venture/#s:planetary-resources-event-2

 

April 26, 2012

An Article from Paul Douglas about weather forecasting and business (David G):

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-23/forecast-calls-for-climate-smart-business-part-2-paul-douglas.html

 

April 25, 2012

Announcing a new way to teach with video: TED-Ed's "Flip This Lesson" (Rog R)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQDgE_eJGTM&feature=youtu.be

 

April 21, 2012

Earth Day 2012 suggestions (David K) http://earthday2012.com/earth-week-2012-green-week-2012/

 

Innovation Contests with Prizes (David K) http://www.innocentive.com

 

Singularity University covered on PBS News Hour (Ron M) http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/jan-june12/makingsense_04-20.html and direct to their site http://singularityu.org/ 

 

Kahn Academy (Marti L) Learn almost anything for free. http://www.khanacademy.org/ 

 

Inventing a New Kind of College - article associated with public radio piece aired this week - (David K, Duane C) http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/tomorrows-college/lectures/inventing-new-college.html

 

"The Start-Up Nation", book by Dan Senor and Saul Singer about innovation in Israel (Bill P) http://www.amazon.com/Start-up-Nation-Israels-Economic-Miracle/dp/044654146X

 

TC Makers and The Hack Factory - a community group with a mission to make, share, and learn. 3119 E. 26th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55406 (Mark L) http://www.tcmaker.org/blog/hack-factory/

 

April 19, 2012

Massoud Amin and other local speakers at TED x UMN(Rog R) http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/2087   

 

"The future is open:" Guardian's Andrew Miller(Rog R)

http://www.editorsweblog.org/2012/04/18/the-future-is-open-guardians-andrew-miller  

 

Nasa cameras catch spectacular solar flare (Rog R)

 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2130954/Spectacular-solar-eruption-caught-Nasa-cameras.html  

 

A tip of the hat to Next Big Future (David G.),for all the Heinlein fans among us: http://www.museumofflight.org/event/2012/apr/24/future-of-space http://funnyandodd.com/is-james-cameron-launching-an-asteroid-mining-company.html  

 

April 17, 2012 A couple more from Next Big Future (David G.): A fascinating idea/explanation for the origin of life in the universe: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27720/?ref=rss

 

The Amazing Trajectories of Life-Bearing Meteorites from Earth

Life anywhere will spread everywhere given enough time.  

Predictions and the "Wisdom of Crowds":
http://www.gwern.net/Prediction%20markets
(This might represent an interesting way for the MN Futurists to set up our own value added service...) 

April 14, 2012  

UK Nuclear Direction(Rog R)
 http://lftrsuk.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Ford Evos (Rog )

 

http://www.wfs.org/futurist/may-june-2012-vol-46-no-3/visions-futurists-review-2012-consumer-electronics-show Apr 7, 2012

 

On the virtual dissection table (Rog R)

http://www.ted.com/talks/jack_choi_on_the_virtual_dissection_table.html

 

DARPA success? (David G.):

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/04/darpa-humanoid-robots/

http://www.hizook.com/blog/2012/04/03/new-darpa-grand-challenge-humanoid-robots-preliminary-unofficial-details

 

And another about robots:

http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/printable-robots-mit-project/?utm_source=techalert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=040512

 

Apr 4, 2012

http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/report-release-2011-state-the-future

 

The Electric Car: Lighter, Less Costly, Plugged In (Rog R)

http://blog.rmi.org/blog_the_electric_car_lighter_less_costly_plugged_in

 

A novel approach to (relatively) inexpensive nuclear waste disposal (David G.):

http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/04/transatomic-powers-waste-annihilating.html

 

Wind power and water purification:

http://www.rechargenews.com/business_area/innovation/article309624.ece

 

Corn is not the only GMO these days:

http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/03/threefold-increase-in-microbial.html#more

 

Disruptive technology on the internet:

http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/03/one-gigabyte-per-month-of-free-wireless.html

 

Apr 1, 2012

Energy breakthrough in 5 minutes (no joke):

http://www.wimp.com/lftrminutes/

 

 

Mar 30, 2012

 

The Great Escape: Delivering in a Delevering World article by Bill Gross (Bob K) http://www.pimco.com/EN/Insights/Pages/The-Great-Escape-April-2012.aspx

 

Goodbye to lithium-ion batteries? 22Mar12 article by Leland E. Teschler (D Cam S) http://machinedesign.com/article/goodbye-to-lithium-ion-batteries-0322

 

TED Blog  Donald Sadoway talk Mar 2012, founder of Liquid Metal Battery Company - Salt, Magnesium, Antimony battery

http://gigaom.com/cleantech/ted-talk-video-donald-sadoway-on-battery-breakthroughs/

 

TED Talks - new series on Science Channel - first hour of five episodes aired Fri, 30 Mar http://science.discovery.com/tv/ted-talks/ video available - multiple segments per episode (David K)

 

Hydrogen Storage Could Be Key to Germany's Energy Plans(Rog R)

http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/40001/?mod=chfeatured

 

Verizon Envisions 4G Wireless in Just about Anything (Rog R)

http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39973/?p1=A4

 

"The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care" (Rog R)

http://www.booktv.org/Program/13279/quotThe+Creative+Destruction+of+Medicine+How+the+Digital+Revolution+Will+Create+Better+Health+Carequot.aspx

 

A Message From a Republican Meteorologist on Climate Change  (Rog R)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-douglas/republican-climate-change_b_1374900.html

 

Mar 20, 2012

A local company is working with a local development lab on 3D printing (David G):

http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/03/revolutionary-smart-wing-created-for.html

 

Mar 20, 2012

Hacking the Future (Rog R)

http://www.wfs.org/content/hackerspace-movement-hacking-future

 

Mar 17, 2012

"Digital life: TV remotes give way to wave of hand" by: DAVID SARNO , Los Angeles Times 6March2012 Voice or hand motions can replace remote controls for TV (Marti L) http://www.startribune.com/business/141637183.html

 

"Not so Fast" By Brian Vastag The Washington Post: 17Mar12  Neutinos are fast as light - not faster - ICARUS experiment refutes OPERA initial finding (David K)

http://www.bendbulletin.com/article/20120317/NEWS0107/203170379/

 

"Adam Riess: One Cosmic Puzzle Solved, Many To Go" interview on Science Friday 16Mar12 with 2011 Physics Nobel Prize winner (Hank L) lots of alternate universes, dark energy, dark matter  http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/201203163 also 

 

"Lawrence Krauss On ‘A Universe From Nothing’" 13Jan12 prior interview of SciFri cosmologist Lawrence Krauss tackles in his new book, A Universe from Nothing (Hank L) http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/201201132

 

Pink slime - lots more news and discussion about this hamburger additive http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boneless_lean_beef_trimmings, http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/pink-slime-sounds-gross-taste-15933971#.T2SxgsXy-Ag, http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/story/2012-03-16/Pink-slime-to-be-dropped-from-some-school-lunches/53564888/1 and many more.

 

"Straintronics: Engineers create piezoelectric graphene" 16Mar12 Stanford researchers deposit Lithium ions to one side of graphene (sheet structure version of carbon nanotube) and demonstrate a piezoelectric effect, that is they generate current when material is deformed and also current is applied, the material changes shape - a classic reversable electronic to mechanical effect. (David G) http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/03/straintronics-engineers-create.html

 

"The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy" book by William Strauss and Neil Howe, Dec1997 - generational cycles and the US, what should come next (David G) http://www.fourthturning.com/

 

GaveKal Capital LLC - source of subscription trend and investment advice (Bob K) http://www.gavekalcapital.com/

 

Conformal 2D/3D Wireless Modules Utilizing Inkjet Printing and Nanotechnology cover story Microwave Journal Feb12 (Cameron S) 

http://www.microwavejournal.com/articles/16914-conformal-2d-3d-wireless-modules-utilizing-inkjet-printing-and-nanotechnology 

 

Natural Gas and Methane Flares - in response to questions http://www.stoptheflares.org/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_flare and http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming-board-approves-new-natural-gas-flaring-policy/article_5157c38a-be2a-5d9a-85f3-67fd023e5d82.html (David K)

 

Mar 15, 2012

Energy Efficiency could reduce expected US electric demand more over the next 8 years than the expected growth, with >100% total ROI (David G.):

http://www.mckinsey.com/Client_Service/Electric_Power_and_Natural_Gas/Latest_thinking/Unlocking_energy_efficiency_in_the_US_economy

 

Mar 10, 2012

Singularity Univ. (Bob K)

http://singularityu.org/multimedia/videos/

  

(Rog R)

Nuclear Power's Unsettled Future

 

Global Mind (Rog R)

A World Wide Mind: The Coming Collective Telempathy

http://minnesotafuturists.pbworks.com/w/page/21442204/The%20Global%20Brain%20Awakens

 

Beyond the College Degree, Online Educational Badges (Rog R) 

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/05/education/beyond-the-college-degree-online-educational-badges.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper

 

APPLE'S TV DREAM REVEALED: (Rog R)

http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-tv-details-gene-munster-2011-11?utm_source=inpost&utm_medium=seealso&utm_term=&utm_content=3&utm_campaign=recirc

 

Robots that fly ... and cooperate (Rog R)

http://www.ted.com/talks/vijay_kumar_robots_that_fly_and_cooperate.html

 

(AP) -- Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt predicted Tuesday that rapid advances in technology will soon transform science fiction into reality - meaning people will have driverless cars, small robots at their command and the ability to experience being in another place without leaving home.

 

http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-02-google-technology-science-fiction-real.html              (David G.) 

 

Mar 2, 2012

Wind Project of the Year Winner: Laurel Mountain (Rog R)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/video/wind-project-of-the-year-winner-laurel-mountain

 

Feb 25, 2012

Single Atom Transistor - Researchers at Univ. New South Wales, lead by Michelle Simmons and Purdue Univ have built and demonstrated a transistor based on a single phosphorus atom in a sandwich of crystalline silicon.  Potentially useful for quantum computing and based on existing silicon processing methods. (nanotechnology David K) Video link http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ue4z9lB5ZHg and 

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/119025-extreme-nanotechnology-creating-a-transistor-with-a-single-atom and http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2400523,00.asp as well as interview on NPR Science Friday http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/201202241

 

Tattoo Tracks Sodium and Glucose via IPhone  - 120 nm polymer ink droplets consist of a fluorescent dye, sensor molecules to bind to specific chemicals and charge neutralizing molecule are inserted into the skin like a tattoo. The droplets respond to glucose and sodium levels and the fluorescent dyes change color which can be interpreted by a modified smart phone camera with special light source. (nanotechnology David K) http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/38065/?a=f

 

Recon Robotics Gets Biggest Order - local maker of the Throwbot won an order for 1,100 units from the US Army (D Cam S) http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2012/02/15/reconrobotics-sells-to-army.html 

 

Right's Incendiary Talk On Chevy Volt Will Burn U.S. Workers, by Bob Lutz, Forbes 13Feb12 (Hank L) Lots of cars are being investigated for spontaneous fires.  Don't take it out on the fragile, emerging EVs.

 

Court Ruling Protects Suspect's (Encrypted) Hard Drives WSJ 24Feb12 (H Tom T) - sometimes http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203960804577241892350981820.html

 

Feb 22, 2012

Observatory discovers black hole with winds of 20 million MPH (Rog R)

Read more: http://www.thestatecolumn.com/articles/2012/02/22/chandra-x-ray-observatory-discovers-black-hole-with-winds-of-20-million-mph/#ixzz1n9naFcAv

 

 

Communicating with the Future: How Re-engineering Intentions (Rog R)

http://www.amazon.com/Communicating-Future-Re-engineering-Intentions-Master/dp/098384710X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1311182899&sr=8-2

 

Feb 15, 2012

Iran and War 2012 (Rog R)

 

people-displaced-by-climate-change Rog R)

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2012/02/14/people-displaced-by-climate-change-need-our-help-but-so-do-those-who-cannot-leave/?print=true

 

 

A Speck in Infinity: Journey Deep into the Cosmos (Rog R)

http://www.peterrussell.com/TV/vidcall/speckinfinity.php?pg=100344964313444

 

Rethinking the Power Grid  Rog R

 

Feb 11, 2012

Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Rog R

 

A World Wide Mind: The Coming Collective Telempathy(Rog R)

A World Wide Mind: The Coming Collective Telempathy  (Global Brain)

 

Feb 7, 2012

R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics(Rog R)

http://www.r-project.org/

 

Feb 6, 2012

US solar manufacturers are still building plants (David G.):

http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/39624/?nlid=nlenrg&nld=2012-02-06

 

Feb 4, 2012

Cold Fusion is heating up (David G.):

http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/02/cold-fusion-with-over-ten-times-energy.html

http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/02/defkalion-releases-video-of-hyperion.html

Black Box “Quantum” Fusion

 

Feb 3, 2012

Geopolitical-Risk-and-Opportunity for 2012 (Dick S)

http://wealthmanagement.ml.com/wm/pages/Geopolitical-Risk-and-Opportunity.aspx?cm_mmc=ML-Webcast-_-OutBrain.com-_-Textlink_Outlook_2012_Sidebar_9.jpg-_-Outbrain_Outlook_Sidebar_1x1  

 

Technology Nano-Drone Swarm Shows Off Slightly Creepy Formation Skills(Ron M)

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/nano-drone-swarm-shows-off-slightly-creepy-formation-skills/

 

Jan 27, 2012

Predictions: Energy(Rog R)

http://www.wfs.org/content/futurist/january-february-2012-vol-46-no-1/energy-predictions

 

Jan 21, 2012

 

Scientists to Pause Research on Deadly Strain of Bird Flu - report from NY Times, will stop for 60 days to permit international scientific review and advice on how to mitigate public fears of deadly outbreak. (David K)   http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/21/science/scientists-to-pause-research-on-deadly-strain-of-bird-flu.html

 

Watch for northern lights (if sky clears) tonight - solar flare on Thurs will hit tonight. (David K) http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/01/20/massive-solar-flare-headed-toward-earth-may-spark-celestial-light-show/

 

Apple iBooks Author - bold move with potential troubling cons (David K) http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2012/01/enthusiasm-for-ibooks-author-marred-by-licensing-format-issues.ars - Pro's - provide student textbooks electronically, all books on one device - with hot links to aid collateral research and learning, saves trees, etc.  Cons's - Apple limits (as Apple does) all books to be vetted by Apple, distributed through the iBookstore (exclusively), etc Other Impacts too. Cuts school book printing existing businesses.  (topic for Future SIG)

also http://www.niemanlab.org/2012/01/this-week-in-review-the-sopa-standoff-and-apple-takes-on-textbooks-with-ebooks/

 

SOPA and PIPA are stilled by Blackout and internet user backlash. (David K) http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74238.html

and a TED video 14 min about SOPA http://blog.ted.com/2012/01/18/defend-our-freedom-to-share-or-why-sopa-is-a-bad-idea-clay-shirky-on-ted-com/ and nice coverage http://www.niemanlab.org/2012/01/this-week-in-review-the-sopa-standoff-and-apple-takes-on-textbooks-with-ebooks/

 

 

Jan. 14, 2012

 

Edible Microchips That Are 'Good for Your Health (Rog R)' 

 http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/313-17/9489-edible-microchips-that-are-good-for-your-health

 

"Catastrophic Success" by John Mauldin (Bob K):

http://www.johnmauldin.com/outsidethebox/catastrophic-success

 

 

Jan. 14, 2012

A Day Made of Glass - video by Corning Glass - future concepts (Hank L) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cf7IL_eZ38 

 

"A Universe from Nothing" by Lawrence Krauss - from Science Friday 13Jan12 (Ron M) http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/201201132

 

"An Engineered Inequality" - video 38 min - Jacob Hacker & Paul Pierson interviewed by Bill Moyers (Ron M) http://billmoyers.com/segment/jacob-hacker-paul-pierson-on-engineered-inequality/

 

Brian recommends Elluminate which was acquired by Blackboard as great tools for Webinars, http://www.blackboard.com

 

Brian recommends Mifi 2200, 3G wifi connection for up to 5 devices - available without long term contract  http://www.virginmobileusa.com/mobile-broadband/mifi-2200.html

 

Minnesota Life College, Richfield, MN, non-profit training for young adults with learning differences (Brian)  http://www.minnesotalifecollege.org/

 

Brian like his Stephen Hawking action figure http://www.armchairempire.com/action-figures/dr-stephen-hawking.htm 

 

New Storage Device is Very Small, at 12 Atoms - IBM Almaden Lab demonstrate storage of 8 bits on 96 iron atoms (David K)

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/science/smaller-magnetic-materials-push-boundaries-of-nanotechnology.html?_r=2&hpw

 

Path to connected future clear at CES2012 - trends observed from Consumer Electronics Show (David K) 

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/path-to-connected-future-clear-at-ces-2012/220797-11.html

 

"Did Global Warming Destroy My Hometown?" article by Seth Fletcher in Feb 2012 issue Popular Science pps 34-41, 74. (Roger R) - not yet available on line

 

LED Cubes - videos on YouTube (Mark L)-

3x3x3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfcdBOfZJWc&feature=fvst (and many others)         

8x8x8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mXM-oGggrM (and many others)

32x32x32 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFg32TmgUQA 

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/path-to-connected-future-clear-at-ces-2012/220797-11.html

 

Jan. 7, 2012

The Networked Era - Boston Review, interview with author Michael Nielson (Rog R) people collaborating in new and powerful ways

http://www.bostonreview.net/BR37.1/michael_nielsen_reinventing_discovery.php

 

Future History Scenarios - Mostly about access to space (with interesting links and comments - (David G.) 

http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/01/future-history-scenarios.html  also An Optimistic History of the Future - same material with images (David K) 

http://io9.com/5873485/an-optimistic-history-of-the-next-40-years - origin - This article by Tau Zero Foundation founder Marc Millis originally appeared at Centauri Dreams

 

Reviewing the Life Sciences XPrizes in Development or Consideration  (David G) 

http://nextbigfuture.com/2012/01/reviewing-life-science-xprizes-in.html

Electric Cars Take Baby Steps in 2011 - 03Jan12 San Jose Mercury News article (Bob F) http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_19617964

Gigabit Wi-Fi chips emerge (David K) new routers expected by mid year based on draft standard IEEE 802.11ac

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2012/01/gigabit-wi-fi-chips-emerge-will-power-super-fast-home-video-streaming.ars

 

If neutrinos are faster than light, physicists have a lot of work to do (David K) - challenge papers being published

http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2012/01/if-them-neutrinos-are-faster-than-light-physicists-have-a-lot-of-work-to-do.ars

and a quick introduction into quantum particles (David K) 

http://arstechnica.com/technopaedia/terms/2008/05/standard-model-particle-physics.ars

 

"Avoiding Innovation's Terrible Toll" article in Wall Street Journal, Jan 7, 2012 - (Bill P) - revised as article finally posted online -  

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204331304577144980247499346.html?mod=WSJ_mgmt_LeftTopNews