Researchers Discover Widespread Water on the Moon!
BY WHITNEY HOLMES - University of Tennessee - July 21, 2010
"Last fall, researchers, including Larry Taylor, a distinguished professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, discovered "lunar dew" on the moon's surface -- absorbed "water" in the uppermost layers of lunar soil. This discovery of water debunked beliefs held since the return of the first Apollo rocks that the moon was bone-dry....."
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-07/uota-urd072010.php
Solar Powered Cell Phones in Africa
BY PERIS WAIRIMU - VoicesofAfrica alumna - Meru, Kenya- AFRICANEWS.COM - Jan. 11, 2010
"Access to mobile phone in rural Kenya was recently made cheaper and more attractive for the low-income peasants. Safaricom Company has introduced solar-powered mobile phones that not only cost little money but also put an end to long journeys and waiting time for electrical charging....."
http://www.africanews.com/site/Solarpowered_phones_make_life_easier/list_messages/29254
San Francisco Sued Over Cell Phone Radiation Law
BY KENT GERMAN - CNET.COM - July 23, 2010
"The wireless industry's lobbying arm has stepped up its attack on a recent San Francisco ordinance requiring cell phone retailers to display a handset's specific absorption rate, or SAR.
Just three weeks after it said it would no longer hold its autumn trade show in the city, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) on Friday filed a lawsuit to block enforcement of the legislation....."
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-20011562-94.html
Scientists to Present Car for Blind Drivers Next Year
BBC.CO.UK - July 3, 2010
"US Scientists and the National Federation of the Blind are developing a car for the blind and will present a prototype next year.
The vehicle will be fitted with technology that allows a blind person to drive independently, the NFB and Virginia Tech University said.
Non-visual aids include sensors indicating turns in the road via vibrating gloves.
Puffs of compressed air on the face will alert the driver to obstacles.
Other aids to be fitted include a vibrating vest to give feedback on speed and a steering wheel with audio cues and spoken commands indicating the car's direction....."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/us_and_canada/10497032.stm
Google's Wi-Fi Snooping Earns it a Class-Action Lawsuit
Google could pay $10,000 for each privacy violation due to Street View vehicles grabbing data from unprotected networks
By GREGG KEIZE - Computerworld -infoworld.com - May 20, 2010
"Google's secret Wi-Fi sniffing has prompted a class-action lawsuit that could force the company to pay up to $10,000 for each time it snatched data from unprotected hotspots, court documents show.
The lawsuit, which was filed by an Oregon woman and a Washington man in a Portland, Ore., federal court on Monday, accused Google of violating federal privacy and data acquisition laws......"
http://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/googles-wi-fi-snooping-earns-it-class-action-lawsuit-629?page=0,0
Web Browsers Leave 'Fingerprints' Behind as You Surf the Net
Electronic Freedom Foundation - eff.org - May 17, 2010
EFF Research Shows More Than 8 in 10 Browsers Have Unique, Trackable Signatures
"San Francisco - New research by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has found that an overwhelming majority of web browsers have unique signatures -- creating identifiable "fingerprints" that could be used to track you as you surf the Internet.
The findings were the result of an experiment EFF conducted with volunteers who visited http://panopticlick.eff.org/. The website anonymously logged the configuration and version information from each participant's operating system, browser, and browser plug-ins -- information that websites routinely access each time you visit -- and compared that information to a database of configurations collected from almost a million other visitors. EFF found that 84% of the configuration combinations were unique and identifiable, creating unique and identifiable browser "fingerprints." Browsers with Adobe Flash or Java plug-ins installed were 94% unique and trackable......"
http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2010/05/13
'Lie Detection' Could Be Used in Court for First Time! -
By ALEXIS MADRIGAL -WIRED.com - May 4, 2010
"A Brooklyn attorney hopes to break new ground this week when he offers a brain scan as evidence that a key witness in a civil trial is telling the truth, Wired.com has learned.
If the fMRI scan is admitted, it would be a legal first in the United States and could have major consequences for the future of neuroscience in court......"
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/05/fmri-lie-detection-civil/?utm_source=feedburner
US Electromagnetic Weapons and Human Rights
By Peter Phillips, Lew Brown and Bridget Thornton
As Study of the History of US Intelligence Community Human Rights
Violations and Continuing Research in Electromagnetic Weapons
Completed December 2006
This is a very serious look at what our government can do to human beings using such technologies.
http://www.earthpulse.com/epulseuploads/articles/MindControlHumanRights.pdf
World’s Smallest Microlaser Could Revolutionize Chip Technology
ScienceDaily.COM - AprIL 6, 2010
"ETH-Zurich physicists have developed a new kind of laser that shatters the boundaries of possibility: it is by far the smallest electrically pumped laser in the world and one day could revolutionize chip technology...."
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100405132251.htm
Hacked Smartphones Could Be Used to Spy On You
BY DAN HOPE- TechNewsDaily Staff Writer - Feb. 2010
"As smartphones become more powerful, they become susceptible to even more sophisticated attacks from hackers. Researchers at Rutgers University in New Jersey recently used a special kind of malicious software, or "malware," called a rootkit to demonstrate just how vulnerable smartphones are.
Rootkits are not a new phenomenon. They have been used for two decades to infiltrate various kinds of computers.
"The point of this work is not to demonstrate a new kind of rootkit but to show the greater damage they can cause on smart phones," study team member Liviu Iftode, professor of computer science at Rutgers, told TechNewsDaily.
Today's smartphones are really just mobile computers. Many of them run the same class of operating systems as desktop and laptop computers, and as a result are just as vulnerable to malware attacks, the researches say......"
http://www.livescience.com/technology/hacked-smartphones-spy-100222.html
Air Force Jet Flies on Plant Oil Fuel Blend
BY KATHERINE MCINTIRE PETERS - governmentexecutive.com March 26, 2010
"On Thursday, Air Force Maj. Chris Seager broke a flight barrier of sorts when he piloted an A-10 Thunderbolt jet fueled by a 50-50 blend of camelina plant oil and regular JP-8 jet fuel.
"I couldn't tell the difference between [the blended fuel] and regular JP-8," Seager said during a teleconference with reporters following a 50-minute test flight at Florida's Elgin Air Force Base.
Service officials will spend the next few weeks pouring over data collected from the test flight to ensure the fuel blend poses no safety or operational problems. If the blend holds up, then they will begin testing it this summer in other aircraft, including F-15 and F-22 jets and the C-17 transport plane.
The Air Force expects to certify all aircraft for using the blend by 2012. The service wants to be able to buy 50 percent of aviation fuel used in the United States from a domestic, renewable alternative-fuel source by 2016......"
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0310/032610kp1.htm
H. Edward Roberts, PC Pioneer, Dies at 68
BY STEVE LOHR - New York Times - April 2, 2010
Not many people in the computer world remembered H. Edward Roberts, not after he walked away from the industry more than three decades ago to become a country doctor in Georgia. Bill Gates remembered him, though.
H. Edward Roberts with the Altair 8800 computer in 1997.
As Dr. Roberts lay dying last week in a hospital in Macon, Ga., suffering from pneumonia, Mr. Gates flew down to be at his bedside.
Mr. Gates knew what many had forgotten: that Dr. Roberts had made an early and enduring contribution to modern computing. He created the MITS Altair, the first inexpensive general-purpose microcomputer, a device that could be programmed to do all manner of tasks. For that achievement, some historians say Dr. Roberts deserves to be recognized as the inventor of the personal computer.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/business/03roberts.html
Forecast: Electric Two-Wheelers Poised for Strong Global Growth; 9% CAGR Worldwide
Green Car Congress.com -13 February 2010
"A new report from Pike Research anticipates that the global market for electric two-wheeled vehicles—e-bikes, e-scooters, and e-motorcycles—will grow at a compound annual rate of 9% through 2016.
China is currently the largest marketplace for electric two-wheel vehicles, commanding 98% of the global market in 2009......"
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2010/02/pike2w-20100213.html
Apollo Astronaut Hits Cancellation
Of Moon Program As Unconstitutional
Executive Intelligence Reveiw -(EIRNS) Feb. 12, 2010
"Harrison Schmitt, a Former Apollo astronaut as well as a former U.S. Senator, characterized the Obama Administration's proposed cancellation of the lunar exploration program, as a violation of the Constitution. Lyndon LaRouche had earlier stated that this proposal was an impeachable offense.
Schmitt said, in a statement released after the budget was made public, that "Expenditures of taxpayer provided funds on space-related activities find constitutional justification in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8, that gives Congress broad power to 'promote the Progress of Science and the useful Arts.'" In addition, he stated, "the article 1 power and obligation to 'provide for the Common Defense,' relates directly to the geopolitical importance of space exploration at this frontier of human endeavor." He added:
The repeated hypocrisy of this President continues to astound. His campaign promises endorsed what he now proposes to cancel. His July celebration of the 40th anniversary of the first Moon landing now turns out to be just a photo op with the Apollo 11 crew. With one wave of a budget wand, the Congress, the NASA family, and the American people were asked to throw their sacrifices and achievements in space on the ash heap of history.
"How the mighty have fallen," he observed.
Schmitt explained that without the lunar program, any other focus for our national space policy will not be able to be implemented:
Some propose that we concentrate on Mars. Without the experience of returning to the Moon, however, we will not have the engineering, operational, or physiological insight for many decades, to either fly to Mars or land there.
http://www.larouchepub.com/pr/2010/100212cancel_moon_unconst.html
Veoh Quits - Looking to Bankruptcy -
by PETER KAFKA - CNET.com - Feb. 11, 2010
Veoh tried but couldn't do it. Trying to emulate Youtube's success, Veoh had to 'cash it in'.
After burning through millions of dollars from investors, Veoh could not get any more cash - so the lay-off's began.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10452152-93.html
Windows Patch Cripples XP with Blue Screen -
By Gregg Keizer | Infoworld.com /computerworld - Feb. 11, 2010
This is just as it says.
http://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/windows-patch-cripples-xp-blue-screen-users-claim-954?source=rss_infoworld_news
Head of Russian Railway Wants to Build Railway Link Between
U.S & Russia -
Larouchepub.com
There is the 'chunnel', the underground/underwater tunnel between England and France - and there are other types under discussion. This one has been discussed for years, ever since the Czar of Russia had envisioned in the early 20th Century!
Now for an update.
http://www.larouchepub.com/pr/2009/091220yakunin_projects.html
No Light Bulb? Wallpaper that Emits Light! -
By BEN WEBSTER - Times Online - Dec. 30, 2009
"Light-emitting wallpaper may begin to replace light bulbs from 2012, according to a government body that supports low-carbon technology.
A chemical coating on the walls will illuminate all parts of the room with an even glow, which mimics sunlight and avoids the shadows and glare of conventional bulbs......"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/article6970927.ece
No Rise of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Fraction in Past 160 Years, New Research Finds
ScienceDaily (Dec. 31, 2009) —
"Most of the carbon dioxide emitted by human activity does not remain in the atmosphere, but is instead absorbed by the oceans and terrestrial ecosystems. In fact, only about 45 percent of emitted carbon dioxide stays in the atmosphere....."
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091230184221.htm?sms_ss=email
3-D TV! WOW! - What' next?
By BARB DYBWAD - Mashable.com -Dec. 29, 2009
http://mashable.com/2009/12/29/first-us-3dtv-channel/
Mercedes Brings Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars to Market
By TONY BORROZ - Wired - Dec. 11, 2009
"....When it hits the road next year, the hydrogen-hungry B-Class will be the first series-produced fuel cell EV on the road. Yes, with only 200 planned it is a small-scale production run. But it is worth noting the cars will be coming to both Europe and America within a few months....."
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/12/mercedes-b-class-fuel-cell/#more-16887
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Book Reveals That Private Lunar Mission Succeeded Despite
NASA Roadblocks -
NASA has deep pockets via the United States Government. But NASA isn't always as efficient as it
could/should be. So, private enterprise takes on a project and does what?........proves a success!
This book reveals an inspiring story of an individual with a dream. Also visit the website for more
information.
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=16541
NASA GISS Study Finds That Methane Has an Elevated Warming Effect Due to Interactions With Aerosols
Green Car Congress - Oct. 30, 2009
"...When vehicles, factories, landfills, and livestock emit methane and carbon monoxide into the atmosphere, they are doing more than just increasing their atmospheric concentrations. The release of these gases also have indirect effects on a variety of other atmospheric constituents, including reducing the production of particles called aerosols that can influence both the climate and the air quality. These two gases, as well as others, are part of a complicated cascade of chemical reactions that features competition with aerosols for highly reactive molecules that cleanse the air of pollutants.
Aerosols can have either a warming or cooling effect, depending on their composition, but the two aerosol types that Shindell modeled—sulfates and nitrates—scatter incoming light and affect clouds in ways that cool Earth. They are also related to the formation of acid rain and can cause respiratory distress and other health problems for those who breathe them....."
(ED. NOTE: This is an interesting and important topic. If you ever look up into the sky, on numerous days, you will notice the enormous 'vapor trails' that airplanes are releasing into the atmosphere, some call these 'chemtrails', basically because it is believed by many, that the 'vapor trails' contain chemicals that are unhealthy, and also have other ingredients that you should not find in such trails'. We will be providing a 'FILE CABINET' Report on this topic in the future)
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2009/10/shindell-20091030.html
Wirelessly Recharge Your Electronics!
How simple it would be to never have to run extension cords in your house - with this technology
you wouldn't have to.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8165928.stm
NASA's Ares I-X Rocket Completes Successful Flight Test
Press release Oct. 29, 2009
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's Ares I-X test rocket lifted off at 11:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a two-minute powered flight. The test flight lasted about six minutes from its launch from the newly modified Launch Complex 39B until splash down of the rocket's booster stage nearly 150 miles down range.
"This is a huge step forward for NASA's exploration goals," said Doug Cooke, associate administrator for the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "Ares I-X provides NASA with an enormous amount of data that will be used to improve the design and safety of the next generation of American spaceflight vehicles -- vehicles that could again take humans beyond low Earth orbit."
(ED. NOTE: I thought NASA was going to get out of manned space flight?)
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=29522
Scientists Witness Nature's Complexity Unfold in Self-Assembling Quasicrystals
Nanowerk News - Oct 31, 2009
"Just a few decades ago, scientists believed that all ordered matter consists of self–repeating building blocks—atoms, ions or molecules. In this view, the ordinary solids of everyday life are arranged in crystals of repeating, three–dimensional patterns.
Scientists challenged this once–believed universal law of nature when they discovered an “impossible” material whose existence could not be explained by periodic arrangement of atoms. These materials, later named quasicrystals, follow different, mathematically strict yet non–repeating patterns.
.....Now the University of Chicago’s Dmitri Talapin and his colleagues have created quasicrystals out of self–assembling nanoparticles for the first time. Self–assembly techniques harness nature’s own tendencies to develop novel materials. The techniques also promise to reveal new details of quasicrystals’ atomic structure in a way that elude even the most powerful microscopy techniques......"
http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13299.php
Return-to-Moon Plan Gets Boost on Capitol Hill
By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press
The head of a special expert panel conceded to Congress that the moon program could work if given enough money. That would mean another $3 billion a year for the program proposed by President George W. Bush.
The plan has been under question because of that panel's dim look at NASA's future and concerns about support from the Obama administration. The panel issued its preliminary summary last week, concluding that there is not enough money to explore space in the current budget, including the moon plan.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2009-09-15-return-to-moon_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip
Panel Recommends NASA to 'Outsource' to 'Private-Sector' some its Activities
A BBC story tells of a panel report wherein it is stated that NASA would be better served to let the private-sector commercial enterprises to send men and equipment into space which in turn would allow NASA to spend time and money on other projects thereby making it more efficient.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8321353.stm
China Plans to Build Advanced Nuclear-Power Plant
By JING YANG - Wall St. Journal - Oct 30, 2009
"SHANGHAI -- China will start building its first large nuclear-power reactor with home-developed "fourth generation" technology in 2012-13, a senior engineer involved in developing the system said.
.....One problem China will face, even if it develops and employs more-advanced reactors, is the lack of enough uranium at home to supply them. That means that China will become increasingly reliant on imports to fuel its economy, which in turn means it is likely to intensify its buying of foreign assets -- a scenario already playing out with its other energy sources: oil, gas and coal.
China, which gets less than 2% of its power-generating capacity from its 11 nuclear reactors, plans to build dozens more reactors by 2020, bringing the sector's share to 5% of its generating capacity, or about 70,000 megawatts......"
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB125683823531916471-lMyQjAxMDI5NTA2MTgwMzE4Wj.htmlThe wireless industry's lobbying arm has stepped up its attack on a recent San Francisco ordinance requiring cell phone retailers to display a handset's specific absorption rate, or SAR.
Just three weeks after it said it would no longer hold its autumn trade show in the city, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) on Friday filed a lawsuit to block enforcement of the legislation. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-07/uota-urd072010.php
BY WHITNEY HOLMES - University of Tennessee - July 21, 2010
"Last fall, researchers, including Larry Taylor, a distinguished professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, discovered "lunar dew" on the moon's surface -- absorbed "water" in the uppermost layers of lunar soil. This discovery of water debunked beliefs held since the return of the first Apollo rocks that the moon was bone-dry....."
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-07/uota-urd072010.php
Solar Powered Cell Phones in Africa
BY PERIS WAIRIMU - VoicesofAfrica alumna - Meru, Kenya- AFRICANEWS.COM - Jan. 11, 2010
"Access to mobile phone in rural Kenya was recently made cheaper and more attractive for the low-income peasants. Safaricom Company has introduced solar-powered mobile phones that not only cost little money but also put an end to long journeys and waiting time for electrical charging....."
http://www.africanews.com/site/Solarpowered_phones_make_life_easier/list_messages/29254
San Francisco Sued Over Cell Phone Radiation Law
BY KENT GERMAN - CNET.COM - July 23, 2010
"The wireless industry's lobbying arm has stepped up its attack on a recent San Francisco ordinance requiring cell phone retailers to display a handset's specific absorption rate, or SAR.
Just three weeks after it said it would no longer hold its autumn trade show in the city, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) on Friday filed a lawsuit to block enforcement of the legislation....."
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-20011562-94.html
Scientists to Present Car for Blind Drivers Next Year
BBC.CO.UK - July 3, 2010
"US Scientists and the National Federation of the Blind are developing a car for the blind and will present a prototype next year.
The vehicle will be fitted with technology that allows a blind person to drive independently, the NFB and Virginia Tech University said.
Non-visual aids include sensors indicating turns in the road via vibrating gloves.
Puffs of compressed air on the face will alert the driver to obstacles.
Other aids to be fitted include a vibrating vest to give feedback on speed and a steering wheel with audio cues and spoken commands indicating the car's direction....."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/us_and_canada/10497032.stm
Google's Wi-Fi Snooping Earns it a Class-Action Lawsuit
Google could pay $10,000 for each privacy violation due to Street View vehicles grabbing data from unprotected networks
By GREGG KEIZE - Computerworld -infoworld.com - May 20, 2010
"Google's secret Wi-Fi sniffing has prompted a class-action lawsuit that could force the company to pay up to $10,000 for each time it snatched data from unprotected hotspots, court documents show.
The lawsuit, which was filed by an Oregon woman and a Washington man in a Portland, Ore., federal court on Monday, accused Google of violating federal privacy and data acquisition laws......"
http://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/googles-wi-fi-snooping-earns-it-class-action-lawsuit-629?page=0,0
Web Browsers Leave 'Fingerprints' Behind as You Surf the Net
Electronic Freedom Foundation - eff.org - May 17, 2010
EFF Research Shows More Than 8 in 10 Browsers Have Unique, Trackable Signatures
"San Francisco - New research by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has found that an overwhelming majority of web browsers have unique signatures -- creating identifiable "fingerprints" that could be used to track you as you surf the Internet.
The findings were the result of an experiment EFF conducted with volunteers who visited http://panopticlick.eff.org/. The website anonymously logged the configuration and version information from each participant's operating system, browser, and browser plug-ins -- information that websites routinely access each time you visit -- and compared that information to a database of configurations collected from almost a million other visitors. EFF found that 84% of the configuration combinations were unique and identifiable, creating unique and identifiable browser "fingerprints." Browsers with Adobe Flash or Java plug-ins installed were 94% unique and trackable......"
http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2010/05/13
'Lie Detection' Could Be Used in Court for First Time! -
By ALEXIS MADRIGAL -WIRED.com - May 4, 2010
"A Brooklyn attorney hopes to break new ground this week when he offers a brain scan as evidence that a key witness in a civil trial is telling the truth, Wired.com has learned.
If the fMRI scan is admitted, it would be a legal first in the United States and could have major consequences for the future of neuroscience in court......"
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/05/fmri-lie-detection-civil/?utm_source=feedburner
US Electromagnetic Weapons and Human Rights
By Peter Phillips, Lew Brown and Bridget Thornton
As Study of the History of US Intelligence Community Human Rights
Violations and Continuing Research in Electromagnetic Weapons
Completed December 2006
This is a very serious look at what our government can do to human beings using such technologies.
http://www.earthpulse.com/epulseuploads/articles/MindControlHumanRights.pdf
World’s Smallest Microlaser Could Revolutionize Chip Technology
ScienceDaily.COM - AprIL 6, 2010
"ETH-Zurich physicists have developed a new kind of laser that shatters the boundaries of possibility: it is by far the smallest electrically pumped laser in the world and one day could revolutionize chip technology...."
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100405132251.htm
Hacked Smartphones Could Be Used to Spy On You
BY DAN HOPE- TechNewsDaily Staff Writer - Feb. 2010
"As smartphones become more powerful, they become susceptible to even more sophisticated attacks from hackers. Researchers at Rutgers University in New Jersey recently used a special kind of malicious software, or "malware," called a rootkit to demonstrate just how vulnerable smartphones are.
Rootkits are not a new phenomenon. They have been used for two decades to infiltrate various kinds of computers.
"The point of this work is not to demonstrate a new kind of rootkit but to show the greater damage they can cause on smart phones," study team member Liviu Iftode, professor of computer science at Rutgers, told TechNewsDaily.
Today's smartphones are really just mobile computers. Many of them run the same class of operating systems as desktop and laptop computers, and as a result are just as vulnerable to malware attacks, the researches say......"
http://www.livescience.com/technology/hacked-smartphones-spy-100222.html
Air Force Jet Flies on Plant Oil Fuel Blend
BY KATHERINE MCINTIRE PETERS - governmentexecutive.com March 26, 2010
"On Thursday, Air Force Maj. Chris Seager broke a flight barrier of sorts when he piloted an A-10 Thunderbolt jet fueled by a 50-50 blend of camelina plant oil and regular JP-8 jet fuel.
"I couldn't tell the difference between [the blended fuel] and regular JP-8," Seager said during a teleconference with reporters following a 50-minute test flight at Florida's Elgin Air Force Base.
Service officials will spend the next few weeks pouring over data collected from the test flight to ensure the fuel blend poses no safety or operational problems. If the blend holds up, then they will begin testing it this summer in other aircraft, including F-15 and F-22 jets and the C-17 transport plane.
The Air Force expects to certify all aircraft for using the blend by 2012. The service wants to be able to buy 50 percent of aviation fuel used in the United States from a domestic, renewable alternative-fuel source by 2016......"
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0310/032610kp1.htm
H. Edward Roberts, PC Pioneer, Dies at 68
BY STEVE LOHR - New York Times - April 2, 2010
Not many people in the computer world remembered H. Edward Roberts, not after he walked away from the industry more than three decades ago to become a country doctor in Georgia. Bill Gates remembered him, though.
H. Edward Roberts with the Altair 8800 computer in 1997.
As Dr. Roberts lay dying last week in a hospital in Macon, Ga., suffering from pneumonia, Mr. Gates flew down to be at his bedside.
Mr. Gates knew what many had forgotten: that Dr. Roberts had made an early and enduring contribution to modern computing. He created the MITS Altair, the first inexpensive general-purpose microcomputer, a device that could be programmed to do all manner of tasks. For that achievement, some historians say Dr. Roberts deserves to be recognized as the inventor of the personal computer.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/business/03roberts.html
Forecast: Electric Two-Wheelers Poised for Strong Global Growth; 9% CAGR Worldwide
Green Car Congress.com -13 February 2010
"A new report from Pike Research anticipates that the global market for electric two-wheeled vehicles—e-bikes, e-scooters, and e-motorcycles—will grow at a compound annual rate of 9% through 2016.
China is currently the largest marketplace for electric two-wheel vehicles, commanding 98% of the global market in 2009......"
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2010/02/pike2w-20100213.html
Apollo Astronaut Hits Cancellation
Of Moon Program As Unconstitutional
Executive Intelligence Reveiw -(EIRNS) Feb. 12, 2010
"Harrison Schmitt, a Former Apollo astronaut as well as a former U.S. Senator, characterized the Obama Administration's proposed cancellation of the lunar exploration program, as a violation of the Constitution. Lyndon LaRouche had earlier stated that this proposal was an impeachable offense.
Schmitt said, in a statement released after the budget was made public, that "Expenditures of taxpayer provided funds on space-related activities find constitutional justification in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8, that gives Congress broad power to 'promote the Progress of Science and the useful Arts.'" In addition, he stated, "the article 1 power and obligation to 'provide for the Common Defense,' relates directly to the geopolitical importance of space exploration at this frontier of human endeavor." He added:
The repeated hypocrisy of this President continues to astound. His campaign promises endorsed what he now proposes to cancel. His July celebration of the 40th anniversary of the first Moon landing now turns out to be just a photo op with the Apollo 11 crew. With one wave of a budget wand, the Congress, the NASA family, and the American people were asked to throw their sacrifices and achievements in space on the ash heap of history.
"How the mighty have fallen," he observed.
Schmitt explained that without the lunar program, any other focus for our national space policy will not be able to be implemented:
Some propose that we concentrate on Mars. Without the experience of returning to the Moon, however, we will not have the engineering, operational, or physiological insight for many decades, to either fly to Mars or land there.
http://www.larouchepub.com/pr/2010/100212cancel_moon_unconst.html
Veoh Quits - Looking to Bankruptcy -
by PETER KAFKA - CNET.com - Feb. 11, 2010
Veoh tried but couldn't do it. Trying to emulate Youtube's success, Veoh had to 'cash it in'.
After burning through millions of dollars from investors, Veoh could not get any more cash - so the lay-off's began.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10452152-93.html
Windows Patch Cripples XP with Blue Screen -
By Gregg Keizer | Infoworld.com /computerworld - Feb. 11, 2010
This is just as it says.
http://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/windows-patch-cripples-xp-blue-screen-users-claim-954?source=rss_infoworld_news
Head of Russian Railway Wants to Build Railway Link Between
U.S & Russia -
Larouchepub.com
There is the 'chunnel', the underground/underwater tunnel between England and France - and there are other types under discussion. This one has been discussed for years, ever since the Czar of Russia had envisioned in the early 20th Century!
Now for an update.
http://www.larouchepub.com/pr/2009/091220yakunin_projects.html
No Light Bulb? Wallpaper that Emits Light! -
By BEN WEBSTER - Times Online - Dec. 30, 2009
"Light-emitting wallpaper may begin to replace light bulbs from 2012, according to a government body that supports low-carbon technology.
A chemical coating on the walls will illuminate all parts of the room with an even glow, which mimics sunlight and avoids the shadows and glare of conventional bulbs......"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/article6970927.ece
No Rise of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Fraction in Past 160 Years, New Research Finds
ScienceDaily (Dec. 31, 2009) —
"Most of the carbon dioxide emitted by human activity does not remain in the atmosphere, but is instead absorbed by the oceans and terrestrial ecosystems. In fact, only about 45 percent of emitted carbon dioxide stays in the atmosphere....."
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/12/091230184221.htm?sms_ss=email
3-D TV! WOW! - What' next?
By BARB DYBWAD - Mashable.com -Dec. 29, 2009
http://mashable.com/2009/12/29/first-us-3dtv-channel/
Mercedes Brings Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars to Market
By TONY BORROZ - Wired - Dec. 11, 2009
"....When it hits the road next year, the hydrogen-hungry B-Class will be the first series-produced fuel cell EV on the road. Yes, with only 200 planned it is a small-scale production run. But it is worth noting the cars will be coming to both Europe and America within a few months....."
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/12/mercedes-b-class-fuel-cell/#more-16887
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Book Reveals That Private Lunar Mission Succeeded Despite
NASA Roadblocks -
NASA has deep pockets via the United States Government. But NASA isn't always as efficient as it
could/should be. So, private enterprise takes on a project and does what?........proves a success!
This book reveals an inspiring story of an individual with a dream. Also visit the website for more
information.
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=16541
NASA GISS Study Finds That Methane Has an Elevated Warming Effect Due to Interactions With Aerosols
Green Car Congress - Oct. 30, 2009
"...When vehicles, factories, landfills, and livestock emit methane and carbon monoxide into the atmosphere, they are doing more than just increasing their atmospheric concentrations. The release of these gases also have indirect effects on a variety of other atmospheric constituents, including reducing the production of particles called aerosols that can influence both the climate and the air quality. These two gases, as well as others, are part of a complicated cascade of chemical reactions that features competition with aerosols for highly reactive molecules that cleanse the air of pollutants.
Aerosols can have either a warming or cooling effect, depending on their composition, but the two aerosol types that Shindell modeled—sulfates and nitrates—scatter incoming light and affect clouds in ways that cool Earth. They are also related to the formation of acid rain and can cause respiratory distress and other health problems for those who breathe them....."
(ED. NOTE: This is an interesting and important topic. If you ever look up into the sky, on numerous days, you will notice the enormous 'vapor trails' that airplanes are releasing into the atmosphere, some call these 'chemtrails', basically because it is believed by many, that the 'vapor trails' contain chemicals that are unhealthy, and also have other ingredients that you should not find in such trails'. We will be providing a 'FILE CABINET' Report on this topic in the future)
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2009/10/shindell-20091030.html
Wirelessly Recharge Your Electronics!
How simple it would be to never have to run extension cords in your house - with this technology
you wouldn't have to.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8165928.stm
NASA's Ares I-X Rocket Completes Successful Flight Test
Press release Oct. 29, 2009
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's Ares I-X test rocket lifted off at 11:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a two-minute powered flight. The test flight lasted about six minutes from its launch from the newly modified Launch Complex 39B until splash down of the rocket's booster stage nearly 150 miles down range.
"This is a huge step forward for NASA's exploration goals," said Doug Cooke, associate administrator for the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "Ares I-X provides NASA with an enormous amount of data that will be used to improve the design and safety of the next generation of American spaceflight vehicles -- vehicles that could again take humans beyond low Earth orbit."
(ED. NOTE: I thought NASA was going to get out of manned space flight?)
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=29522
Scientists Witness Nature's Complexity Unfold in Self-Assembling Quasicrystals
Nanowerk News - Oct 31, 2009
"Just a few decades ago, scientists believed that all ordered matter consists of self–repeating building blocks—atoms, ions or molecules. In this view, the ordinary solids of everyday life are arranged in crystals of repeating, three–dimensional patterns.
Scientists challenged this once–believed universal law of nature when they discovered an “impossible” material whose existence could not be explained by periodic arrangement of atoms. These materials, later named quasicrystals, follow different, mathematically strict yet non–repeating patterns.
.....Now the University of Chicago’s Dmitri Talapin and his colleagues have created quasicrystals out of self–assembling nanoparticles for the first time. Self–assembly techniques harness nature’s own tendencies to develop novel materials. The techniques also promise to reveal new details of quasicrystals’ atomic structure in a way that elude even the most powerful microscopy techniques......"
http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=13299.php
Return-to-Moon Plan Gets Boost on Capitol Hill
By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press
The head of a special expert panel conceded to Congress that the moon program could work if given enough money. That would mean another $3 billion a year for the program proposed by President George W. Bush.
The plan has been under question because of that panel's dim look at NASA's future and concerns about support from the Obama administration. The panel issued its preliminary summary last week, concluding that there is not enough money to explore space in the current budget, including the moon plan.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2009-09-15-return-to-moon_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip
Panel Recommends NASA to 'Outsource' to 'Private-Sector' some its Activities
A BBC story tells of a panel report wherein it is stated that NASA would be better served to let the private-sector commercial enterprises to send men and equipment into space which in turn would allow NASA to spend time and money on other projects thereby making it more efficient.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8321353.stm
China Plans to Build Advanced Nuclear-Power Plant
By JING YANG - Wall St. Journal - Oct 30, 2009
"SHANGHAI -- China will start building its first large nuclear-power reactor with home-developed "fourth generation" technology in 2012-13, a senior engineer involved in developing the system said.
.....One problem China will face, even if it develops and employs more-advanced reactors, is the lack of enough uranium at home to supply them. That means that China will become increasingly reliant on imports to fuel its economy, which in turn means it is likely to intensify its buying of foreign assets -- a scenario already playing out with its other energy sources: oil, gas and coal.
China, which gets less than 2% of its power-generating capacity from its 11 nuclear reactors, plans to build dozens more reactors by 2020, bringing the sector's share to 5% of its generating capacity, or about 70,000 megawatts......"
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB125683823531916471-lMyQjAxMDI5NTA2MTgwMzE4Wj.htmlThe wireless industry's lobbying arm has stepped up its attack on a recent San Francisco ordinance requiring cell phone retailers to display a handset's specific absorption rate, or SAR.
Just three weeks after it said it would no longer hold its autumn trade show in the city, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) on Friday filed a lawsuit to block enforcement of the legislation. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-07/uota-urd072010.php
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