While it might now be possible to buy a plug-in electric “car” for less than $20k (if you call three wheels and two seats a car), I honestly don’t see myself driving a plug-in vehicle anytime soon. Transportation for the foreseeable future will continue to rely on internal combustion for the vast majority of people. [...]
In a very interesting New York Times article, the fact that Japan is “running out of engineers” is explored in some detail. They note that engineering graduate numbers have been on the decline for two decades in Japan, and that they are also declining in the US. But in the US and other countries the [...]
The DOE wants to spend $1.3 billion on multiple clean coal power plants in in initiative called FutureGen, but Senator Durbin (D-Ill) says he won’t let it happen. You see the Senator is upset, because originally all of the money was supposed to be spent on a single plant in his state. The plug was [...]
I want to believe in this. I really do! Intel, TI, Panny and others have formed a group attempting to set standards for home networking, using the wiring that is already found in the majority of homes (power, telephone and coax). The promise of a “Smart Home” is as old as computing. Many companies have [...]
High oil prices got you thinking about an electric? I’ve got a better idea. Why don’t you cut out the middle man and just install your own coal boiler and steam turbine? You know coal, that filthy, nasty stuff that lets you turn on the lights at night. The New York Times reports that thanks [...]
Meagan was part of an Earth Day celebration at NCC on Tuesday. She was displaying and selling her designer bags made from recycled plastic bags. The college wrote a nice article on their website and included a mention of her. Congratulations!
Well, this is just wonderful news. Seems that your daily all purpose vitamin might just be shortening your life! Honestly I don’t think people should be surprised that vitamins don’t have the positive health impact that they are hyped to have. The “miracles” claimed for some supplements are just too good to be true. Still, [...]
Political correctness continues to run wild. A radio protest was lodged against a Milwaukee area school spirit week tradition of dressing like the opposite gender. Such a tradition encourages “transgenderism” according to a spokesman for the loonies that decided this was inappropriate. They could also choose to dress like elderly people, which I suppose would [...]
Humility before glory. That was the overarching message of Davis H. Taylor, author of “The imperfect leader“, in his talk at the Iacocca Institute Leadership Breakfast Series at Lehigh University. In his talk, Mr. Taylor outlined four of “the not so secret secrets of transformational leadership” that he details in his book, but he focused [...]
Another cool story on WebUrbanist.com about multi-functional “transforming” furniture. How about a stove that converts to a chair? These designs are much more interesting from a conceptual and artistic perspective than they are practical. I don’t know about everyone else but all of my furniture has stuff all over it, and the thought of relocating [...]
