“Culture, and culture that extends all the way to the government. They recognize at a federal level climate change is a problem. They recognize that renewable energy to replace fossil fired energy is critical. They also recognize that it’s very important for energy security. They get a lot of their energy from Russia, who they’re [...]
Posts Categorized: Science
Ultimate Warriors
Just a small article of interest I found earlier on New Scientist: Harnessing science to create the ultimate warrior by Linda Geddes – New Scientist Genetic testing might also enable recruitment officers to determine which soldiers are best for specialist jobs. For example, by combining psychological testing with genetic tests for levels of brain chemicals, [...]
Wolfram Alpha
The new website Wolfram Alpha, the world’s first real attempt at an answer engine will be opening to the public next week I believe. Here’s the link. http://www.wolframalpha.com/index.html Can’t wait to see if it’ll be really cool! This article in NewScientist talks about it more in depth.
Chobots – Chemical Robots
Randomly fascinating thing I read about this morning : Instead of software and processors to guide them, their instructions will be written into the chemistry of their constituent parts. They are chemical robots, or as the 1.6m euro project’s title has it, chobots. In fact, notes Frantisek Stepanek of Prague’s Institute of Chemical Technology, they [...]
Eric Yam Wins Space Settlement Design Contest 2009
And all over Canada is the media proudly showing off their latest bright up and comer, Eric Yam, from Nothern Secondary School in Toronto, Ontario. Voila, a 92 page PDF file of ASTEN, the intergalactic settlement designed by Eric Yam. Going into quite a large amount of detail that I won’t get into in this [...]
Heart, Liver, Why not limbs & faces?
Seems to be that the latest trend in transplants centers around the outside of the body more than the inside. Not that this is a bad thing at all in any way, but it’s at least fascinating! Man Gets First Double Hand Transplant in U.S. – article Face Transplant Recipient Revealed – video Double Arm [...]
Skin Cancer Band-aid
Let me know if you find more information on this topic! I want to collect more of it. Glowing band aid to zap skin cancer Polymertronics, based in Banbury, UK, is developing the plasters, which are impregnated with a ser ies of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). The light plasters are designed for use in photodynamic [...]