Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Aral sea - a massive environmental disaster
A lsake reduced in size by the area of Ireland...and the government's respone - spend $5Billion promoting their conversion to renewable energy, with only lip service to the Aral sea disaster nearby, with desperate communities lacking running water.
China orders inquiry into 'world's first gene-edited babies' | The Guardian
Remember Monday's date, November 25 2018 - it will go down in history. Mankind is forever changed.
To quote Stephen Hawking: "Once such super humans appear, there will be significant political problems with unimproved humans, who won't be able to compete … Presumably, they will die out, or become unimportant. Instead, there will be a race of self-designing beings who are improving at an ever-increasing rate."
Monday, November 26, 2018
Flex 9 Flight
Intriguing to watch what happens when you join 9 radio-controlled planes together abreast of each other.
Electric vehicles could save billions on energy storage
Save thousands on mandated energy storage for peak demand by setting up two-way transfer of energy between the entire vehicles and the grid.
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Bamboo Bikes Are Helping This Community
4000 bicycles later, he has quite a business going.
http://ghanabamboobikes.org/http://ghanabamboobikes.org/shop/
Also, there's competition form Mexico at twice the price:
https://bamboocycles.com/
This video shows the manufacturing process with reinforcement of the joints.
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Monday, November 19, 2018
Huge solar farms in India
I think the last one has been sharply criticized for ruining large tracts of arable land with the solar farm.
Friday, November 16, 2018
Imagined celebrity faces
Predatory tow truck tricks: Don't get scammed after an accident!
Wow, what terrible, low-life scammers. Talk about kicking people when they're down. You're in shock after an accident, and this guy tows you to his kickback-scam-ridden repair shop not approved by your insurance company. Then they charge you exorbitant storage and repair fees.
Rape charge dropped after video surfaces
The woman was the aggressor! I've never heard of security footage being used to acquit a rapist. Wow.
Why ramen is so valuable in prisons
Ramen noodles are used as currency in prison. They've actually studied it.
"Where cigarettes once reigned as the de facto token of exchange in the underground economy, the contemporary American prison is now home to a new form of informal money: cheap, reliable food items like ramen noodles."
"Ramen Politics: Informal Money and Logics of Resistance in the Contemporary American Prison"
"Where cigarettes once reigned as the de facto token of exchange in the underground economy, the contemporary American prison is now home to a new form of informal money: cheap, reliable food items like ramen noodles."
"Ramen Politics: Informal Money and Logics of Resistance in the Contemporary American Prison"
Why The East Sides of Cities Are Poorer Than The West
I've often wondered why affluent neighborhoods are on the west side of cities. I used to think it was something about commuting into the sunset after work having a sentimental appeal. The roots of it appear to be a little darker - sootier. For industrial cities in the mid-latitudes, here's why.
https://youtu.be/my9fsBix630
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Eco fan - fan powered by heat
This fan sits atop your wood stove, draws heat and makes electricity using the thermoelectric effect.
Here's the fan in operation:
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