The Flowing of the Dao
Dear Worldpeace,
Arecibo Observatory, the world’s largest radio telescope and the source for the SETI@home data that your computer analyzes, faces massive budget cuts that will END its ability to continue the search for life beyond Earth. The decision to ensure full funding currently rests upon votes in Congress on Senate Bill S. 2862 and House [...]
A prototype of what will be the UK’s largest space rocket has been unveiled, ahead of a planned September 2009 launch.
Creator and Salford University academic Steve Bennett hopes ‘Nova 2′ will take paying passengers into space by 2013.
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Also a couple days ago Nicolas Sarkozy (President of France) announced an ambitious step forward for [...]
A “core” region of the brain has been identified by an international team which has produced the first complete high-resolution map of the human cerebral cortex, the wrinkly surface of the brain where awareness, thought and other features of high level thinking reside.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-06/iu-nmi062608.php
Anything that’s worth doing is worth doing out of or for love. Love is the only foundation upon which a structure of any significant integrity can be built. But what is love?
A western reductionist empirical materialist would scoff at this as some kind of absurd fairytale. If he was of any merit [...]
Hawaii has become the first state to require solar water heaters in new homes. The bill was signed into law by Governor Linda Lingle (Republican). It requires the energy-saving systems in homes starting in 2010.
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According to reports from the U.S. Department of Energy, 20 percent of the nation’s power could be produced by wind by 2030. In 2006, wind power accounted for 3 percent of the nation’s power consumption. Renewable energy experts say wind power will play a vital part in meeting future energy demand.
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Tesla is becoming affordable to the “average” consumer.
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No snarky description. Better judgment wins this round. Yes, this is about the “10 Questions every dead horse flogger must ask in the vain hope that THIS time it will become a unicorn” video. Blast. I *almost* managed it.
http://youtube.com/user/TheCarruths
Jason Bobe from DIY Bio passed this along to the list and I feel obliged to share it with you all. Andrew Balmer and Paul Martin of the Institute for Science and Society at the University of Nottingham, England wrote this fantastic paper on the societal implications of DIY biology; on our laws and [...]
In less than 7 years, Mercedes-Benz plans to ditch petroleum-powered vehicles from its lineup. Focusing on electric, fuel cell, and biofuels, the company is revving up research in alternative fuel sources and efficiency.
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Less than a decade ago, de Grey was a relatively unknown computer scientist doing his own research into aging.Now, though, some scientists are beginning to view his approach looking at aging as a disease and bringing in more disciplines into gerontology as worthwhile, even if they still look askance at his claims of permanent reversible [...]
I own my mind.
I own my heart.
Isn’t this the whole point of capitalism?
Vertical turbines have a few one-ups on the traditional three-blade turbines for urban areas like where I live. They
’re quieter, blend in with a rooftop more seamlessly, take up less space, can produce 50% more electricity per year, can produce energy at lower wind speeds, and are safer for wildlife such as birds and bats.
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Can a lobster ever truly have any emotions? What about a sophisticated computer? The only way to resolve these questions conclusively would be to engage in serious scientific inquiry
—but even before studying the scientific literature, many people have pretty clear intuitions about what the answers are going to be.
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There are all kinds of ways to look at high performance. Times being what they are, a growing number of people think mpg is a lot more important than mph. It’s all about a secret subculture called “ecomodding.”
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Solar panel financing company, SunRun, said on Tuesday that it has raised $12 million from Foundation Capital. The San Francisco-based start-up is one of a handful of new companies looking to make solar panels an easier purchase for consumers through financing. Rather than buy the panels, SunRun customers buy the electricity the panels generate.
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The king of vacuum cleaners, James Dyson, is betting that a souped-up version of his vacuum cleaner and hair dryer motors will power cars over hundreds of miles.
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Not long ago, a caller dialed the toll-free number of an energy company to inquire about his bill. Forty years after “2001,” how close are we to talking to a computer? Current applications of speech technology are a far cry from HAL.
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