Filed in archive Energy
by Scott on August 20, 2006
a Dublin-based scientist, Sean McCarthy, is claiming to have stumbled upon a "free energy" source in his research, according to an article in the Observer today. But, instead of rushing to...
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Filed in archive Energy
by Scott on August 13, 2006
In 20 years will we be fighting not oil or water wars, but conflicts for control of canola? According to an analysis by Dutch Investment bank Rabobank, brought to us by the great people at Green Car...
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Filed in archive Security
by Scott on August 12, 2006
According to Wired, the US is due to finally start issuing passports with readable tags embedded in them this week. The passports, which have been talked about for some time, will contain a chip that...
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Filed in archive Location
by Scott on August 11, 2006
I wrote about this last week over at Smartspace, but it's worth posting here as well. This post from Mauro Cherubini made me start thinking again about a topic I have written extensively on,...
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Filed in archive Computing
by Scott on August 11, 2006
On August 12, 1981 the PC was born with the advent of the IBM 5150, not the first but the PC that set the standard for personal computing expectations at the time. For just over $1,500 a buyer got...
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