“How bad do you want to take a vacation up in a space hotel for majestic views of planet Earth? You better be uber rich or you’re going to stay grounded by the time Orbital Technologies puts the finishing touches on its space hotel in 2016.” via Dvice
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“Ferrari president Luca di Montezemelo just announced, quite plainly, to Engadget that he doesn’t believe in electric vehicles and therefore the world shouldn’t hold its breath for a Ferrari EV. The Italian businessman and smooth talker stated that he didn’t believe that electric vehicles were the key to future CO2 reductions and pollution control, and so he and the company just aren’t going to bother dabbling. We think they better start cracking on some sort of green technology because with their fleet average of 15 miles … Read More → "Ferrari president Luca di Montezemelo says Ferrari will never make an electric vehicle"
The Research Vessel Thompson is engaged in the Visions’11 expedition working on the infrastructure for a cabled ocean observatory and is streaming live HD video from the sea floor using the ROV ROPOS from the Canadian Scientific Submersible Facility. Giant robots, 900+km of fibre optic cable deploying a sensor network at an active submarine volcano. via Boing Boing
Video stream here at Vision ’11
… Read More → "Live video from an underwater robot"As part of the Linux Foundation’s 20th anniversary celebrations, they conducted a survey among attendees of LinuxCon in July 2011. The findings of that survey are shown here in this infographic, illustrateing the changes in Linux over the years. via GigaOM
… Read More → "Linux, then and now"“The United Kingdom’s Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) has revealed that it may fund 1000 fewer new Ph.D.s in the upcoming academic year than in 2010-11.” via It’s Okay To Be Smart
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… Read More → "U.K. slashes science and engineering Ph.D.s"“Produced by large-scale art & design practice ENESS and commissioned by Federation Square, a mixed-use public space in Melbourne, Australia, the public interactive art sculpture, MÖBIUS was filmed and photographed in stop-motion. For these two weeks in May 2011, these undulating green geometric pieces were carefully positioned by filmmakers and public volunteers. via Laughing Squid
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“The UCLA engineers have created a novel concept for harvesting and recycling energy for electronic devices — one that involves equipping these devices’ LCD screens with built-in photovoltaic polarizers, allowing them to convert ambient light, sunlight and their own backlight into electricity.” via PhysOrg
… Read More → "Novel technology allows LCDs to recycle energy"“The Golden State is about to get one hell of a solar boost, as Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar just gave the green light for the construction of the Desert Sunlight Solar Farm – a 550 megawatt solar power project that will be built in the California desert east of Palm Springs. The photovoltaic solar facility will generate enough energy to power 165,000 homes while bolstering the local economy by creating more than 630 jobs during its construction.” via Inhabitat
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“Although the human brain is a very complex structure, it’s still not big or efficient enough to process every single thing we see, hear and do. Sometimes this limitation is a good thing, since it forces our brains to filter out minor details that we don’t need to dwell on. Other times it’s more of a hassle, since it interferes with how we process information.” – via ars technica
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