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• Innovation, Sports

  RIP Evel

  11.30.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Today, Evel Knievel died at age 69. He was the inspiration for many acts of derring do growing up in Ohio. I remember riding my Huffy Thunder Road bike off ramps, over gullies, and through hay bales resulting in many bumps and bruises as my friends and I attempted to recreate his stunts in the […]

• Energy, Innovation

  Nuclear Battery

  11.26.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Nuclear Battery

  From the Santa Fe Reporter via StephenYears.com: The portable nuclear reactor is the size of a hot tub. It’s shaped like a sake cup, filled with a uranium hydride core and surrounded by a hydrogen atmosphere. Encase it in concrete, truck it to a site, bury it underground, hook it up to a steam turbine […]

• Energy, Innovation

  ITAIPU: 63.3 GWh and zero emissions

  11.20.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on ITAIPU: 63.3 GWh and zero emissions

  A few days ago the link for Carbon Monitoring for Action (CARMA) was forwarded along to us. This is a mashup of the global electric power plant database on a map with visual representation of the size of the plant, intensity, and carbon contribution plotted on the map, globally, by continent, by country, by region/state, […]

• Innovation, Media

  Moment in time

  11.19.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Moment in time

  I love photos like these. This particular image is from the High Speed projects by Andrew Davidhazy. There are some other great photos on their site. One of the most interesting of these sorts of collections I’ve seen is at the Exploratorium in San Francisco.

• Humor, Innovation

  DIY Lightsabers

  11.10.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on DIY Lightsabers

  Finkbuilt has a great instructional article on how to build more durable lightsabers, you know, “elegant weapons from a more civilized age.” Wish I’d seen this before Halloween, it would have influenced my costume choice. These not only look great, they’re likely to be more durable than other choices available as you engage your foe…If […]

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