Category Archives: technology

I like techie things, especially future predictions

Dude’s take on the LHC

This is from Dude, regarding the possibility of creating a black hole with with the LHC. I agree: This supercollider is the one that **was** going to be built in Waxahachie, Texas before he Republican Congress dubbed the “Republican Revolution” … Continue reading

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gravity lamp

Clay Moulton – Core77′s Greener Gadgets Design Competition 2008 Gravia is an LED-lit floorlamp energized by people. To light Gravia, the user places a mass approximately 48″ above the ground, that, in falling, powers a mechanism, generating electricity. Gravia harnesses … Continue reading

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Discovery News : Spy Satellite Could Crash to Earth

It was not clear how long ago the satellite lost power, or under what circumstances. Discovery News : Spy Satellite Could Crash to Earth It’s a spy satellite!!  How can they not know when it lost power?  It seems more … Continue reading

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Plans for World’s First Commercial Spaceport

New Mexico Spaceport Authority unveiled the design for the world’s first public launching and landing site for space vehicles, Spaceport America Virgin Galactic Preps for Liftoff at World’s First Commercial Spaceport Tight.  I’ve always enjoyed reading articles about astronomy and … Continue reading

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Geologists recover rocks yielding unprecedented insights into San Andreas Fault

Sensitive seismometers and tiltmeters to be installed in the SAFOD borehole directly above the spot that ruptures will observe for the first time the birthing process of an earthquake from the zone where the earthquake energy accumulates. Preliminary observations made … Continue reading

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The Hindu News Update Service

We should explore the possibility of generating electric power through single cycle fusion process using Helium-3 on the moon,” Kalam said.The former president, who led India’s successful missile programme, said energy production through fossil fuel generates 30 billion tonnes of … Continue reading

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3G in Japan vs stagnation in the US

Regarding WiFi in Japan vs the US, Jesse wrote: We already have 4G in Japan…. and it is already too slow but boasts speeds of 100mbps. 3g is only good for non-mobile systems. It only goes a max of 384kbps … Continue reading

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flexible transisters

The techniques could allow flexible semiconductors to be embedded in fabric to create wearable electronics or computer monitors that roll up like a window shade. Research dishes out flexible computer chips (Jul 18, 2006) This should be pretty amazing.   As … Continue reading

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writely

writely.com Writely, the online word/blog processor, allows one to read/write/upload/save/collaborate text documents online, including, apparently, posting to one’s blog, which I am testing now.Props to writely crew for doing such a good job that Google has recently scooped them up … Continue reading

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hilarious "solution” to permafrost melt

the engineers devise an insulation system — a thick layer of crushed rock over the permafrost. LiveScience.com – Surprising Side Effects of Global Warming How incredibly ridiculous to imagine this is any kind of good solution.  It may keep the … Continue reading

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