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• Technologies, as in Australia’s EnviroMission Solar Tower, Finances as in Islamic Finances and the exchanges in Qatar, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai, and people of goodwill as in Friendship Ambassadors – all in half a day’s work – there is indeed unconventional ho

  
  Sustainabilitank — Authority: 509
  The title may look strange, and indeed nobody put the three meetings I attended Friday, November 20, 2009, in direct contact with each other – but then my imagination was busy telling me – what if those people would indeed sit in the same room and plan together for a better functioning world? First – the Solar ...
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• IBM’s Blue Gene Supercomputer Models a Cat’s Entire Brain

  
  Blogging the Singularity — Authority: 133
  Using 144 terabytes of RAM, scientists simulate a cat’s cerebral cortex based on 1 billion neurons and 10 trillion synapses Cats may retain an aura of mystery about their smug selves, but that could change with scientists using a supercomputer to simulate the the feline brain. That translates into 144 terabytes of ...
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• Can We Really Control the Weather?

  
  Disinformation — Authority: 140
  From The Independent : Recently both Russia and China have claimed to be able to use cloud seeding to increase rainfall and snowfall, or change the location of where it falls. In the past, snow-making experiments have been carried out in North American ski resorts in the past with little evidence of ...
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• The EU Chooses not to enter the big league on the side of China and the US: on Foreign Policy it wants rather to see Brussels be led by the European Commission in a way similar to how the US is led by the Senate – and as such also elected a President that

  
  Sustainabilitank — Authority: 509
  The European dis-Union did not chose an Obama, but someone whose only managerial success was the creation of a Belgian government after a long time they had none. His departure from the job – will throw perhaps into a relapse his country divided into Flanders and Wallonia. The Foreign Policy at the EU will be headed ...
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• Indonesia has learned a chapter from the UN book – it expelled 15 journalists that scratched environment cover-ups. The Italian Government made official protests to Indonesia and AP made the information public.

  
  Sustainabilitank — Authority: 509
  Indonesia deports journalists covering Greenpeace.   http://us.asiancorrespondent.com/breakin… Nov. 19 2009 – AP Indonesia has deported two foreign journalists covering a Greenpeace demonstration against forest destruction on the western island of Sumatra  bringing to 15 the number of people kicked out of ...
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• FN46 / Cap and Raid

  
  Futurism Now Radio — Authority: 120
  The cap and trade legislation has been “put off” until well after the Copenhagen summit in December. It’s pushed into spring, 2010, if then.  If you want to read some better bills than cap and trade, which should be called Cap and RAID, you can check out all the other bills that intend to mitigate [...]
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• Brave New World

  
  CosmicConservative — Authority: 482
  One of the goals of the Obama administration and the environmentalist lobby is what is called the “smart grid.” This is a shorthand description for an electrical delivery system that includes individual usage monitoring devices installed at each home which feed information back to power monitoring and control ...
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• Star Trek-like Phaser Developed

  
  Disinformation — Authority: 587
  From the Telegraph : However, anyone hoping that the machine will become a powerful new weapon could be disappointed, scientists have only proven the effect on worms. A phaser traditionally emits a beam capable of stunning or killing an enemy. Researchers have now found a way to paralyse tiny worms when ...
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• Trying To Predict The Future May Help Your Blog

  
  SlyVisions dot Com — Authority: 127
  I know what you’re thinking–you’re a little bit skeptical on that score, aren’t you?  If you had that kind of capability you probably wouldn’t be trying to improve your blog.  You’d be making money at the race track. But there’s a practice that might give your blog a little extra punch, and it’s ...
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• MTVs Buzz: fantastically forward-thinking TV from 1990

  
  Twice Filtered — Authority: 422
  David Pescovitz: In 1990, MTV aired a groundbreaking TV documentary series called Buzz, a fantastic experiment in non-linearity and cut-up that drew heavily from -- and presented -- avant-garde art, underground cinema, early cyberpunk, industrial culture, appropriation/sampling, and postmodern literature. Jonathan ...
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• Instead of having a signed “deal” at Copenhagen, now it seems that the leaders will be happy with a compilation of National promises. By coincidence, the UN Think Tank of UNU hosted today a panel – “PUBLIC POLICY: FROM NATIONAL TO GLOBAL” – it could not h

  
  Sustainabilitank — Authority: 509
  Instead of having a signed “deal” at Copenhagen, now it seems that the leaders will be happy with a compilation of National promises. By coincidence, the UN Think Tank of UNU hosted today a panel – “PUBLIC POLICY: FROM NATIONAL TO GLOBAL” – it could not have been at a better time – and trust me – it ...
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• Dreamboat Concept For A Zero-Emission Ride

  
  Future Transportation — Authority: 139
  Eco-friendly is not just a tag nowadays, it is a way of life. Be it land, air or sea, we always wish the green theme to rule all the time. Working seriously upon the third field of operation, Matthieu Tarrit, Alesandre Lecointre and Julien Marie, students at the ISD School of Valenciennes, France, offer their 12-meter ...
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• The Surprising Range of Robots

  
  Futurismic — Authority: 595
  I’ve been invited to join a panel on robotics at the upcoming Orycon Science Fiction Convention, so I decided to write about them here, too.  I also have a story coming out soon in Analog , called “The Robots’ Girl,” which started when I read an article complaining about robots being developed to help with ...
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• SPHINX: Mid-engine super car for smooth and swift ride

  
  Future Transportation — Authority: 139
  Ancient creatures or species have been a great source of inspiration for modern designers. Motivated by the stone creatures of Perspolis, an ancient palace in Shiraz, Iranian industrial designer Behzad Hormoz has come up with a car concept dubbed “SPHINX,” a mix of several animals, which generates power from the ...
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• SeaGen produces now enough tidal-wave turbine electricity of Marine Current Turbines (MCT) – to supply 1500 homes in Northern Ireland.

  
  Sustainabilitank — Authority: 509
  Tidal Power Turbines Producing More Energy Than Expected Date: 18-Nov-09 Country: UK Author: Timothy Hurst – Matter Network Speaking recently at the Lisbon International Ocean Power Conference, Peter Fraenkel, Technical Director and co-founder of Marine Current Turbines (MCT), the UK-based company that designed ...
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• Bolivia is the Saudi Arabia of Lithium. Lithium is a main ingredient in fully electric vehicles.

  
  Sustainabilitank — Authority: 509
  A Grey Goldmine: Recent Developments in Lithium Extraction in Bolivia and Alternative Energy Projects. by COHA (Council on Hemispheric Affairs) Research Associate Megan McAdams. According to Bolivian President Evo Morales, lithium is not only important to his country’s economic future but is “the hope of ...
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• 70% vs 20%

  
  Tomorrow Museum — Authority: 422
  The royalty on an e-book sold through a publisher is currently around 20-percent, while developers get 70-percent from downloads sold through app stores.
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• The Future Sounds Like This: 10 Magnificently Modern Musical Instruments

  
  WebUrbanist — Authority: 670
  The study of musical instruments (’organology’ – no, really ) is the study of the human condition. Every culture is defined by its own distinctive set of trills, whistles, parps, honks and beats, and every corner of the world has evolved its own location-specific indigenous instrument to renew a sense of ...
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• Chasing the Future: spoil sports of the prediction game #4— The Butterfly Effect

  
  Lifeboat News: The Blog — Authority: 104
  Ever have a day when everything went wrong? You predicted you would have a normal day, but your alarm clock didn’t ring. Already running late, you couldn’t find your briefcase or backpack. Staggering out the door, your car won’t start. Later, you find out you missed a surprise meeting or maybe a quiz. ...
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• GM Car Hero To Attract Gen-Z For A Digital Joyride

  
  Future Transportation — Authority: 139
  Combining gaming and social networking with real-life driving, General Motors has come up with a car concept dubbed “Car Hero” to attract generation Z brought up with gaming consoles, cellphones and other mobile gadgetry by their side. Designed for the 2009 Design Challenge held by the LA Auto Show, the futuristic ...
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