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My Quest To Analyze Every Man-Made Chemical In My Body

By Posted on 11.2.2009 20 Comments
Let’s start with the bad news: You are saturated with man-made chemicals, some of them toxic. Today’s exposure began when compounds in your shampoo and shaving cream seeped into your skin cells, and during your morning coffee, when you drank chemicals that were released into your brew as hot water ran against the plastic walls of your coffeemaker. It continued all day as you touched industrial chemicals in packaging, or walked through pesticide-sprayed lawns, or cooked dinner on nonstick pans.

11.7.2009 at 06:38pm - Comment by mwa3c

Don't worry folks!! I just went out and bought my very own FULL BODY CONDOM! Even has a HEPPA filter Respirator attached!! No more worries!! I am only going to die from latex exposure now!!! YEAY!!! :0) Good article! it is exactly what i would do if i had to "find something interesting to do an article on" on a late sunday afternoon while sitting, trapped in a 4 walled cubicle! but seriously, FUN read!!
The Environment

Gallery: MAD Architecture Goes Green

By Jeremy Hsu Posted on 9.25.2009 4 Comments

10.23.2009 at 06:42pm - Comment by mwa3c

kinda reminds me of the inside of a cruiz ship :-) but i realllllllllllly like this design!
The Environment

Gallery: MAD Architecture Goes Green

By Jeremy Hsu Posted on 9.25.2009 4 Comments

10.23.2009 at 06:39pm - Comment by mwa3c

I am American, living in a city. I would TOTALLY dig living in a place like this!!! Why the heck can't we build this instead of the ugly brick faced, concreted in walls we build here?!?!?!?!
Technology

Geoengineering Moscow Mayor Promises No Snow This Winter

By Jeremy Hsu Posted on 10.19.2009 9 Comments
Controlling the weather with cloud seeding has previously proved popular with Chinese and Russian officials, but Moscow's mayor does not seem content with just keeping the rain off his roofs. Now Mayor Yury Luzhkov has hired the cash-strapped Russian Air Force to chemically spray clouds so that no snow will fall within his city limits.

10.20.2009 at 01:38pm - Comment by mwa3c

And as an "alternate" means of attacking a country, the USA decides to "create" global warming which gives the east cost more rain but floods the rest of the world! It is all making so much sense to me now, just another way to taunt the Australian natives into throwing more parties!!
Technology

Is it Possible for a Spacecraft to Fly Straight Through Jupiter?

By Sally Younger Posted on 10.12.2009 32 Comments
Despite its gusty reputation as a “gas giant,” Jupiter’s blood-red clouds hide a dense, rocky core that’s perhaps 20 times as massive as Earth. That core blocks any spacecraft’s passage through the center of the planet, but even a detour through the clouds would be a disaster.

10.16.2009 at 04:17pm - Comment by mwa3c

I flew right through Jupiter AND it's rings the last space trip i took with Mork!
Gadgets

Here Comes the Google Street View Trike

By Jeremy Hsu Posted on 10.16.2009 3 Comments
Google Street View has typically depended upon camera-toting vans and cars to provide onsite visuals to Google Maps users. But a more recent addition to the wheeled fleet includes a trike pedaled by a Google employee who resembles a fit ice cream man.

10.16.2009 at 04:15pm - Comment by mwa3c

Must be a new company health program! Where do I sign up to cover the Richmond, VA area!
Science

This Month's Innovations For a Greener Future: Megakites, Solar Flowers, and More

By Posted on 10.14.2009 13 Comments
A kite flown in a strong breeze will quickly unspool string as it climbs higher. KiteGen Research in Italy aims to turn that action into electricity. The company developed a prototype that flies 200-square-foot kites to altitudes of 2,600 feet, where wind streams are four times as strong as they are near ground-based wind turbines. As the kite’s tether unspools, it spins an alternator that generates up to 40 kilowatts. Once the kite reaches its peak altitude, it collapses, and motors quickly reel it back in to restart the cycle. This spring, KiteGen started building a machine to fly a 1,500-square-foot kite, which it plans to finish by 2011, that could generate up to three megawatts—enough to power 9,000 homes.

10.16.2009 at 08:15am - Comment by mwa3c

what if, lets just say, we take the kite and make it into a balloon, like a mylar balloon. instead of having to wait for wind, you just release a balloon. it would be a matter of gearing the mechanics down enough so that the balloon would be able to pull the rope with enough force to generate the mechanical motion. have a release mechanism that pops out a valve on the top of the balloon when it reaches the end of the cable and it is reeled back in then re inflated and released. ever watched a weather balloon fly away! they move pretty quickly!
Science

General Electric Chooses Hawaiian Resort as Test Site for Smart Grid

By Posted on 10.13.2009 5 Comments
A Maui resort community is slated for a new smart grid, courtesy of General Electric. The power grid will cut back energy costs by automatically turning off household appliances when electricity prices soar, and aims for the 2012 goal of reducing peak electricity consumption by 15 percent. The community of Wailea will see new power meters in homes that help monitor electricity usage among different appliances, according to AP. Part of the project also involves upgrading utility computers so that they can better integrate renewable energy from more unpredictable sources such as solar and wind.

10.16.2009 at 08:02am - Comment by mwa3c

With all that water, don't you think that they could use brine batteries to supplement? OR ocean current / wave generators, heck, why not even use wind mills? seriously, an island, in the middle of the ocean, what more ideal condition do you need to use alternative sources?
Technology

Artificial Black Hole Created in Chinese Lab

By Stuart Fox Posted on 10.15.2009 42 Comments
Just because most black holes are solar-system-sized maelstroms with reality-warping gravitational pulls doesn't mean you can't have one in your pocket! That's right, just in time for the holidays comes the pocket black hole. Designed by scientists at the Southeast University in Nanjing, China, this eight-and-a-half-inch-wide disk absorbs all the electromagnetic radiation you throw at it, with none of the pesky time dilation and Hawking radiation associated with the larger, interstellar versions.

10.16.2009 at 07:30am - Comment by mwa3c

I am sure i have one of those in my garage already somewhere.. in fact, it resembles the inner workings of a speaker i took apart when i was 12! Next, i totally expect this thing to be integrated into a robot toy for kids! Here son, Play with this! It is the NEW "De-construction" set!! HA
Science

New Material Brings IBM's Super-High-Density Memory Closer to Market

By Stuart Fox Posted on 9.17.2009 12 Comments
Even though computer memory has become cheaper and cheaper, the materials chemistry behind storage has not changed significantly in a long time. Now, thanks to a breakthrough by Korean scientists, that's all about to change.

9.18.2009 at 07:01am - Comment by mwa3c

This just doesn't seem like a step forward at all. Why go BACK to a mechanical form of storage?!?!?! We all know the problems associated with this: Scratching, heat, speed (or lack there of).. This would me more practical for something that was going to be stored for ever, in a vault not for a portable media device. and talk about HEAVY. could you imagine, i am sure it could be compared to the standard PC hard drive in size and weight.