Well, not figuratively, anyway. Everyone knows* that wind is stronger the higher up you go, so why not get higher to make use of those high speeds? Well, constructing a 600-ft. base isn’t all that easy to do for one. Enter the Magenn Air Rotos System (MARS), a giant sausage-shaped balloon fitted with rotors to generate power. …
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Wind power balloons upward
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Rock Port - wind town
http://futurismic.com/2008/05/07/rock-port-wind-town/Congratulations are in order for Rock Port, Missouri - it just became the first town to have its complete energy supply needs met by wind power. [via Slashdot] Granted, Missouri is a windy region, and wind power wouldn’t suit every town. …
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On the internet, no one knows you’re a p2p packet
http://futurismic.com/2008/05/06/on-the-internet-no-one-knows-youre-a-p2p-packet/The net neutrality debate rolls on, with little easy access to untainted fact for us, the end-users. While the record industry understandably wants peer-to-peer file-sharing brought to an end because it’s chewing the hell out of their previously lucrative business-model, ISPs have a different argument - they say it’s choking the net to beyond capacity. …
