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This Week in the Future, November 23-26, 2009: Thanksgiving Special

By Posted on 11.26.2009 34 Comments
There's a lot to be thankful for in the future. Gather 'round the table, all you Navy Sea Lions, Jazz Bots, Star Wars enthusiasts and ethical scientists. Today is a day for futuristic feasting. (Get the details, and win the t-shirt, after the jump).

11.27.2009 at 02:03pm - Comment by MrMyles

Finally, success in commenting. Knowledge is not information, it is transformation. ~ Osho ~
Science

This Week in the Future, November 23-26, 2009: Thanksgiving Special

By Posted on 11.26.2009 34 Comments
There's a lot to be thankful for in the future. Gather 'round the table, all you Navy Sea Lions, Jazz Bots, Star Wars enthusiasts and ethical scientists. Today is a day for futuristic feasting. (Get the details, and win the t-shirt, after the jump).

11.27.2009 at 02:03pm - Comment by MrMyles

Okay, try number three to comment. I commented twice before, and they are in my profile page, but not posted here. So trying one last time before giving up. Maybe I am not turkey shirt worthy.
Science

This Week in the Future, November 23-26, 2009: Thanksgiving Special

By Posted on 11.26.2009 34 Comments
There's a lot to be thankful for in the future. Gather 'round the table, all you Navy Sea Lions, Jazz Bots, Star Wars enthusiasts and ethical scientists. Today is a day for futuristic feasting. (Get the details, and win the t-shirt, after the jump).

11.27.2009 at 11:11am - Comment by MrMyles

Well my last comment is missing, so I will comment again. Nice graphic. http://www.creativecompulsions.com Knowledge is not information, it is transformation. ~ Osho ~
Science

This Week in the Future, November 23-26, 2009: Thanksgiving Special

By Posted on 11.26.2009 34 Comments
There's a lot to be thankful for in the future. Gather 'round the table, all you Navy Sea Lions, Jazz Bots, Star Wars enthusiasts and ethical scientists. Today is a day for futuristic feasting. (Get the details, and win the t-shirt, after the jump).

11.26.2009 at 02:38pm - Comment by MrMyles

Gotta admit, that is actually a pretty neat design. Does the shirt come in black? http://www.creativecompulsions.com Knowledge is not information, it is transformation. ~ Osho ~
Science

The Worst Jobs in Science

By Jason Daley Posted on 1.23.2009 1 Comments

It might seem sad, after years of study, to wind up gathering sewer rats or burning great, stinking heaps of urine samples and bloody gauze. But that’s the path some professionals choose—and you’re lucky they did.

1.23.2009 at 11:32am - Comment by MrMyles

Hmmm, I get an error: Access denied You are not authorized to access this page. Knowledge is not information, it is transformation. ~ Osho ~
The Environment

Message In A Bottle

By Posted on 1.23.2009 11 Comments
Given the choice, you probably wouldn't risk sailing 11,500 miles from San Francisco to Sydney in a boat handmade of 20,000 plastic water bottles. But David de Rothschild, the founder of the nonprofit educational organization Adventure Ecology, sees such a vessel as the perfect way to "beat waste" by promoting new uses for recycled plastic while dramatizing the problem of ocean debris. Next month, de Rothschild and a crew of scientists will sail the Plastiki, a 60-foot catamaran, to environmental hotspots including Bikini Atoll, the former atomic-bomb testing site, and Tuvalu, an island rapidly disappearing under rising seas.

1.23.2009 at 11:29am - Comment by MrMyles

EDIT: Seems theplastiki.com is not running yet, but it will redirect to http://www.adventureecology.com/ with more info. http://www.creativecompulsions.com Knowledge is not information, it is transformation. ~ Osho ~
The Environment

Message In A Bottle

By Posted on 1.23.2009 11 Comments
Given the choice, you probably wouldn't risk sailing 11,500 miles from San Francisco to Sydney in a boat handmade of 20,000 plastic water bottles. But David de Rothschild, the founder of the nonprofit educational organization Adventure Ecology, sees such a vessel as the perfect way to "beat waste" by promoting new uses for recycled plastic while dramatizing the problem of ocean debris. Next month, de Rothschild and a crew of scientists will sail the Plastiki, a 60-foot catamaran, to environmental hotspots including Bikini Atoll, the former atomic-bomb testing site, and Tuvalu, an island rapidly disappearing under rising seas.

1.23.2009 at 11:26am - Comment by MrMyles

Great idea! Love to see pics of the actual boat when ready. Bookmarked the site and will check in on it from time to time when the site is ready. http://www.creativecompulsions.com Knowledge is not information, it is transformation. ~ Osho ~
Science

A Conversation with Len Fisher

By Laura Silver Posted on 1.15.2009 69 Comments
Chances are you've played Rock, Paper, Scissors, but how do you calculate your strategy, if you have one at all? In Rock, Paper, Scissors: Game Theory in Everyday Life, physicist Len Fisher points out that putting yourself in your opponent's mindset is a key to success in the game.

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1.9.2009 at 09:44am - Comment by MrMyles

"The best thing you can do in Rock, Paper, Scissors is to randomize the throws." No kidding? Best way to play a random game is to be random? Good thing I don't always pick paper. Knowledge is not information, it is transformation. ~ Osho ~
Entertainment & Gaming

Do a Little Dance, Make a Little Dash...

By Brett Zarda Posted on 10.17.2008 9 Comments
Usain Bolt is freaking fast. Usain Bolt is so freaking fast, so much more so than all those other freaking fast, that he had room to taunt his competitors in a 100 meter dash. We’ll repeat that for emphasis: in a 100 meter dash. Despite a victory dance mid-race, Bolt still broke his own world record lowering it from 9.72 sec to 9.69 sec. But what if he had sprinted through the tape? According to an astrophysicist, Bolt would’ve done something never done before in sport.

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10.17.2008 at 12:51pm - Comment by MrMyles

I agree, really freaking fast. Give post a once over before posting though. "those other freaking fast, that" "that if Bolt if he hadn’t" Knowledge is not information, it is transformation. ~ Osho ~
Science

The Latest Man-Made Organs

By Elizabeth Svoboda Posted on 9.18.2008 6 Comments
Almost 100,000 people languish on organ-transplant waiting lists. But new tissue-fabrication techniques should make swapping in a man-made liver as easy as snapping Lego bricks into place. Blood vessels Method: 3-D printer When: 5 years Gabor Forgacs, a tissue engineer at the University of Missouri, is making blood-vessel networks by culturing three types of vessel cells and loading them into a fridge-size bioprinter. This machine prints out the cells to build capillaries in preprogrammed patterns.

9.19.2008 at 04:30pm - Comment by MrMyles

If in 5 years the blood vessels are perfected, would #2 & 3 still be 10 - 15 years away or could the first success make the next ones reality sooner. Knowledge is not information, it is transformation. ~ Osho ~