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IEA Whistleblower Claims Agency Has Downplayed Looming Oil Shortage

By Jeremy Hsu Posted on 11.11.2009 12 Comments
A senior official at the International Energy Agency turned whistleblower just prior to the release of a major IEA report, and claimed that the international organization has downplayed a looming oil shortage to appease the U.S. and prevent panic buying. The anonymous whistleblower apparently told his story to The Guardian on the eve of the new World Energy Outlook report that went public Tuesday. He alleged that the international watchdog has bowed to U.S. pressure to underplay the decline of existing oil fields and overplay the possibility of tapping new fields.

11.12.2009 at 06:24pm - Comment by Dustin2127

Here's my idea: Nuclear fission plants, build plenty of Gen III/IV/V as they roll out, we can supply or energy needs for centuries, maybe millennia this way. Which will lead the way to... Nuclear fusion. With deuterium-deuterium reactors, we actually have enough deuterium in the oceans to meet our current energy needs for several billion years AFTER the sun stops producing energy. That should have us set, but to pacify EPA and what not, we'll build a solar plant. somewhere.
Science

Megapixels: Thinking Cap

By Posted on 11.4.2009 2 Comments
Bundles of microelectrode wires fan out over a small area of a human brain. These electrodes were placed by neurosurgeons at the University of Utah to see if they could detect precise brain activity associated with motor movements. To their surprise, the hair’s-width microelectrodes, originally designed to study epilepsy, picked up the firings of small groups of neurons despite being merely set on the surface of the brain.

11.4.2009 at 07:44pm - Comment by Dustin2127

hm... interesting. You might put a quadraplegic (paralyzed from neck down?) person's brain into some sort of robotic suit that would enable them to... um... control next-gen mechas.... ya lost my train of thought
Technology

Cheap, Printed Solar LEDs To Light Up Off-Grid African Villages

By Stuart Fox Posted on 11.9.2009 11 Comments
Even as some of the world moves into a future of unimaginably complex technology, many communities still lack the basic electrical infrastructure needed to power even simply electric devices like light bulbs. Unwilling to wait for the wiring to catch up to the demand, Danish researcher Frederik Krebs has created an LED lamp embedded within a flexible, printable solar panel that could replace the kerosene lamps still used around the developing world.

11.4.2009 at 06:42pm - Comment by Dustin2127

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Technology

Cheap, Printed Solar LEDs To Light Up Off-Grid African Villages

By Stuart Fox Posted on 11.9.2009 11 Comments
Even as some of the world moves into a future of unimaginably complex technology, many communities still lack the basic electrical infrastructure needed to power even simply electric devices like light bulbs. Unwilling to wait for the wiring to catch up to the demand, Danish researcher Frederik Krebs has created an LED lamp embedded within a flexible, printable solar panel that could replace the kerosene lamps still used around the developing world.

11.4.2009 at 06:41pm - Comment by Dustin2127

printable? can I have the tablet? :)
Technology

Liftoff For NASA's Ares I-X Rocket (Video and Photos)

By Jeremy Hsu Posted on 10.30.2009 21 Comments
Ares I-X roared off its launch pad at 11:30 EST at Cape Canaveral. This marks success for NASA's second launch attempt to get the Ares I-X rocket off the ground after weather delayed the launch on Tuesday.

11.2.2009 at 10:55pm - Comment by Dustin2127

The majority of the reasons why I am disgusted are stated above, no need to reiterate. If only we had gone the path of the space odyssey series (2001/2010/2063/3001)Why did they scrap the mission to Venus? why did they stop going to the moon before any progress was made? why didn't they go ahead with Saturn/shuttle hybrid? Public interest. Oh how those idiots in the middle of the bell have screwed this world over. If we had continued the Apollo missions, forget bases. We would be colonizing the moon. Imagine, if Apophis (2029/36 asteroid) hit us, with NASA's timescale we would have a tent on the moon with 3 people in it, and they would have de-orbited the "international" space station years ago. Oh, and by civilian I believe the posters above were meaning non gov't, with which I agree wholeheartedly. But instead, we're going to return to the body which we so unceremoniously deserted 50 years before we are scheduled to return. or centuries knowing NASA's time lines.... point being we're continuing where we left of 40 YEARS ago!!! Osama's gonna kill the space program, but in reality: it's been dead since 1974.
DIY

Cardboard + Smartphone = Sweet DIY Augmented Reality Goggles

By Clay Dillow Posted on 10.27.2009 5 Comments
Looking to get away to Paris this winter, but concerned about the cost? Worry not; for the price of a pair of lab safety goggles, a cardboard box and an HTC Magic (even better if the HTC magic comes in a large cardboard box), this DIY augmented reality headset can transport you anywhere in the world, just as long as the Google Street View team has been there first.

11.2.2009 at 10:42pm - Comment by Dustin2127

But I really don't want normal people getting thier hands on AR, they'll de-geek it, like they did with text messaging, e-mail, cell phones, ect.
DIY

Cardboard + Smartphone = Sweet DIY Augmented Reality Goggles

By Clay Dillow Posted on 10.27.2009 5 Comments
Looking to get away to Paris this winter, but concerned about the cost? Worry not; for the price of a pair of lab safety goggles, a cardboard box and an HTC Magic (even better if the HTC magic comes in a large cardboard box), this DIY augmented reality headset can transport you anywhere in the world, just as long as the Google Street View team has been there first.

11.2.2009 at 10:40pm - Comment by Dustin2127

HAHA, anyone notice the headlines? Pause at 1:25: nokia center redefines nanotechnology, Co2 levels drop to preindustrial levels, Economy in EU stabilizes, wind power surpasses wave power, and last/least Britney beamed to mars in farewell gig (without a suit) hm, not sure if this is a good future or not... I guess I could roll with it.
Technology

Xerox's Fabric-Printable Circuitry Coming to Production, Heralds Electronic Clothing

By Stuart Fox Posted on 10.27.2009 8 Comments
If you're like me, the lack of computing power in your T-shirt causes constant problems. Well, thanks to the guys over at Xerox, you'll never have to worry about a jacket that can't run Windows 7 ever again. The company has just announced a new process for creating an ink that doubles as a circuit, paving the way for ubiquitous computing through printable electronics.

11.2.2009 at 10:23pm - Comment by Dustin2127

Aside from the hilarious full circle deal (punch cards-paper processors) whoo! another way the gov't can track us! chalk one up for big brother!
Technology

Analysts: Obama's Much-Touted New Cybersecurity Plan Is Full of Holes

By Stuart Fox Posted on 6.1.2009 7 Comments
After a year of alarm and hype, cybersecurity has finally made it to the top of the Obama administration's to-do list. President Obama, introducing a new report on U.S. cybersecurity in a speech on Friday, said cybersecurity represents "one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation."

6.12.2009 at 09:31pm - Comment by Dustin2127

Mabye if they didn't use such a widespread vulnerable OS, they wouldn't have these problems..... also, hardware firewalls and quantum encryption. how hard is it? Linux-Don't fear the penguin Dustin H
Gadgets

Bing Is Pretty, But Is it Any Good?

By Tom Conlon Posted on 6.5.2009 20 Comments
Heard of Bing yet? If not, you soon will. Backed by a reported $100-million-dollar promotional campaign, Bing is Microsoft's latest grasp at double digits in the war for search engine market share, of which Redmond now owns between 5 and 6 percent (according to Net Applications' Market Share report). After months of beta testing followed by a public preview, Bing officially took over this week as THE search engine powering all of MSN. So, if you use any Microsoft services with even limited frequency, you'll be getting friendly with Bing whether you know it or not, and whether you like it or not. But Microsoft isn't going to carve out a fatter slice of market share unless it can convince a new, non-MSN audience to abandon Google and to make Bing its second brain instead. Of course, there has to be good reason to do that. Very good reason. So this week I installed the official Bing add-on to Firefox and put the new kid on the block to the test.

6.12.2009 at 08:58pm - Comment by Dustin2127

^guy above me, microsoft grunt Linux-Don't fear the penguin Dustin H