Japan: #minimalists
In 1899, Edwin Way Teale wrote, . . . “Reduce the complexity of life, . . . by eliminating the needless wants of life, and . . . the labors of life, . . . reduce themselves.” This philosophy has taken...
View ArticleWe Let Kids #design Our City
Kids make up 25% of the population, . . . shouldn't we include them in some important conversations? In this inspiring talk, . . . urban planner Mara Mintzer, . . . wonders what would happen, . . . if...
View ArticleGlobal Gigabit #broadband
Elon Musk tweets that the . . . Starlink constellation of thousands of gigabit per second internet satellites, . . . will help get internet to the last billion, and . . . areas in the developed world...
View Article#arctic: Record-Breaking Warmth
Though the sun hasn’t shone on the central Arctic for more than . . . 4 months, parts of the Arctic were more than . . . 50 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than normal. The Arctic Ocean is on track to set a...
View Article360° Experience: #self-Driving
Waymo Shows How Its Cool 360° View For Self-Driving Cars Really Works. https://www.youtube....4&v=B8R148hFxPw 3-2-2018 Source: 360° Experience: #Self-Driving
View Article#google's New Quantum Processor
Google's new quantum processor, Bristlecone, . . . a new quantum computer chip with the record-setting power of . . . 72 quantum bits (qubits), could soon outperform, . . . classic supercomputers....
View ArticleTesla #electric Trucks: Operational Synergies?
Tesla is doing , battery transport between, . . . the Gigafactory in Sparks, Nevada, and . . . the Fremont, California, production plant, . . . now being partly handled by the firm’s own electricity...
View ArticleEz-Go: Self-Driving #ev
EZ-GO: . . . . . . 4-wheel, . . . . . . all-electric autonomous transportation pod, . . . . . . with a portcullis-like device grafted onto the front, and . . . . . . U-shaped couch inside. “When you...
View Article#climate: Alaska Bering Sea Ice Melt
Unprecedented, record-breaking high temperatures in the Arctic, and . . . rapidly disappearing sea ice, . . . have the climate science community concerned. In a shocking melting event, . . . 1/2 of the...
View ArticleUk: $37 Million #3D Printing Facility
Siemens UK, says . . . 3D printing technology needs to be embraced, . . . in order to drive manufacturing in the UK forward. “This significant investment, underlines our belief that, . . . there is...
View Article#3D Printed: Rocket Nozzle
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center is developing, a . . . 3D-printed rocket nozzle, . . . that is cheaper, and simpler in design than comparable ones, . . . yet is able to withstand extreme...
View Article#car Of The Year?
Yup, that’s right — the Tesla Model 3 won! https://www.youtube....h?v=V-GOdnV5N_k 3-28-2018 Source: #Car of the year?
View ArticleNew #apple Watch Coming This Fall
With new health sensors beyond the heart rate sensor on earlier Watches, . . . 15% larger display, . . . more health monitoring features, and . . . longer battery life. 3-28-2018 Source: New #Apple...
View ArticleFollow The Money: #fukushima
Work to scrap the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, and . . . deal with radioactive water buildup at the site, is expected to cost around . . . 660 billion yen over the next . . . 3 years....
View ArticleChevy Bolt Vs #tesla Model 3
The Chevy Bolt cost . . . $10,000 more to make than, . . . the base model of the Tesla Model 3. Normally, the Chevy Bolt compact car, is cheaper to produce, because of: . . . . . . higher volumes,...
View Article#energy Flow Chart
How to read an energy flow chart from . . . Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) https://www.youtube....h?v=G6dlvECRfcI What is "Rejected Energy"? and . . . Why can't we use it?
View Article#energy Secretary: $1.8 Billion Supercompu...
The new supercomputers, . . . will be follow-on systems to the first U.S. exascale system, authorized by . . . Secretary Perry this past June, named Aurora, . . . which is currently under development...
View Article#robot-Assisted Vaulted Classrooms For China
“To minimize construction time, and also . . . reduce the number of separate building elements required, . . . to be transported to the school’s remote location, . . . ZHA proposes to combine the local...
View ArticleFollow The #money: Computer Hardware Cost
Computer hardware "FLOPS," . . . is defined as one floating-point operation per second. Historically, the Cost of computer hardware, . . . designed for high-speed mathematics in dollars, . . ....
View ArticleCosta Rica: Free From Fossil #fuels?
Costa Rica, in 2017 had, . . . 300 days, in which, . . . renewables met its entire demand for electricity. But, they have too manny cars, and trucks, . . . using gasoline, and diesel for...
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