Watch the clip of the Japanese snake robot. Then think about the bots in The Matrix. Then go change your underwear. I’m not ready for this. Nobody is. Future Shock here we come.
Read more →Alex Steffan is blathering on over at WorldChanging about how we can consume our way out of the problem. I am replying. We can’t buy our way to a better future. But we can ban our way there. Years ago I said “we’ll know when people are getting serious about global warming when governments start [...]
Read more →How do you prove that photography exists to a blind man? Really a very good piece of scientific reasoning about experimental design wrapped up in a tidy little blog post!
Read more →of course, the process requires introducing a human gene into them…
Read more →Sustainable Energy Development, a Gandhian Approach gandhian development models.pdf.zip PDF in case that goes down.
Read more →Uncontrolled fission… again. A Japanese power company admitted on Thursday that it had covered up a 1999 incident in which mishandling of nuclear fuel rods led to an unintended self-sustaining nuclear fission chain reaction for 15 minutes.
Read more →Oceans worth of water ice found on mars. So that pretty much settles it then. We’re going. Bonus item: caves. Giant caves!
Read more →MIT team has new engine technology. Thoughts: nice. Commercializeable? Well, 25% more efficient combustion and more power in a smaller engine is pretty good. However, where do you get the ethanol? Can you run this process on E85 for the ethanol pre-charge and gasoline for the main charge?
Read more →I just watched the extremely controversial Channel 4 British TV program on Global Warming. It’s interesting to me for two reasons. Firstly, my own hunch has always been that our understanding of climate is way, way to primitive to be making the kind of political decisions that are being made. Yes, it might be wise [...]
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