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What Did Thomas Edison Predict? | MoveOn.Org

Seeded on Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:50 AM EDT ()

Wise words from an inventor, businessman, and patriot.

edison, alternative-energy, not-news, true-conservativism, true-conservatism, nothing-new-under-the-sun

Peter Gleick lied, but was it justified by the wider good? | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Seeded on Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:14 PM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

What Heartland is doing is harmful, because it gets in the way of public consensus and action.

science, climate-change, credibility, moral-dilema, shills, intent

Valeo i-StARS and ReStart Innovations Offer Affordable Hybrid Solutions for Internal Combustion Engines - PR Newswire - sacbee.com

Seeded on Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:53 AM EST (The Sacramento Bee)

Valeo's i-StARS, which stands for integrated Starter Alternator Reversible System, is a stop-start system based on a combined starter-alternator solution replacing the conventional alternator. Similar to an alternator, it is linked to the cranksha …

technology, hybrid, cars, DIY

Subjugating Capitalism: The Wage Slave Revolt

Tue Feb 21, 2012 5:02 PM EST

The things that keep me awake at night are problems for which I have not yet found solutions. The latest challenge that had me staring into the darkness until the wee hours is the ever increasing cost of fuel and the fact that its price is driven more by speculation …

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opinion, not-news, irony, satire-or-solution

Helen Keller Nailed It In This Quote

Seeded on Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:33 AM EST ()

"The country is governed for the richest, the corporations, the bankers, the land speculators, and for the exploiters of labor..."

quote, not-news, wisdom, helen-keller

Atom-Sized Transistor Foretells Quantum Computer, Scientists Say | PCWorld

Seeded on Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:10 PM EST (PC World)

Scientists say they have created the first transistor from a single phosphorous atom using near-atomic precision, which could keep development of processors on track with Moore's law until at least 2020 and offers the possibility of a general-purpose quantum computer th …

technology, nanotechnology, transistor, atoms

Robot Shakes Hand with Astronaut on International Space Station | Techland | TIME.com

Seeded on Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:33 PM EST (TIME)

This little bit of robo-human relations came after the crew finished a long series of initial tests that began when the robot arrived on the ISS around a year ago. According to NASA, the next step is to test the robot’s vision systems and let it fiddle with taskboard …

space, robot, science, iss

'Janitor satellite' made to clean up space junk

Seeded on Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:30 AM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Swiss scientists said Wednesday they plan to launch a "janitor satellite" specially designed to get rid of space junk, the orbiting debris that can do serious and costly damage to valuable satellites or even manned space ships.Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sc …

space, science, tidiness