Energy Vampires, that’s what phone chargers, televisions, video/DVD/CD recorders, and a host of other household appliances were called today by California state legislators who passed a bill to reuire the devices to be more efficient by using less engergy when…
I guess I am into domesday scenarios, and think if you are going to spend money to fire a projectile at a comet then why not fire a nuke at it and see what effect that has. Instead they plan…
Google Becomes a Library. Digitizing the World’s Books? Google, Inc., flush from a solid IPO, is serving five of the leading libraries by offering to pick up the tab for scanning the hallowed collections and making the resulting texts available…
Worlds Tallest Bridge Inaugurated The Tallest Bridge in the World Spans the Clouds Across Southern France Designed by British architect Norman Foster, the steel-and-concrete bridge with its streamlined diagonal suspension cables rests on seven pillars the tallest measuring 1,122 feet,…
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and International Business Machines (IBM) announced, today, their joint development of an innovative high-speed computer chip that will boost transistor speed by 24 percent, improving the performance and reducing the power consumption of chips used in…
Nothing like a food shortage in space to get one’s eyebrows raised. If the progress re-supply ship is delayed and the stations food supply drops to the 30 day level. The ISS crew has to abandon ship. All I can…
I always have told my wife that if I can’t live to be a 1000 years old then I want to be downloaded and live in cyber-space before I die. Obviously I say that in jest and realize that both…