Friday, July 30, 2010

Technology Review: Helping Joints Regrow Themselves

Technology Review: Helping Joints Regrow Themselves
for those of us with joint issues, this is good news!

Saturday, July 24, 2010

FOXNews.com - GM's Air Conditioners to Promote Global Cooling

FOXNews.com - GM's Air Conditioners to Promote Global Cooling

Headline is stupidly off, but it's a good article. Basically, Honeywell made a new refrigerant that breaks down in 11 days and is way more efficient. They say the current R-134a that replaced R-12 in the 90s back when we were worried about the ozone layer, takes about 13 years to break down. They also said something that doesn't entirely make sense to me. Something about reducing the amount of refrigerant by more than 99%. I think it means that this gas expands a lot more than the old R-134a, and that is what they mean.

Sundrop Fuels Looks To Combine Sun Wood Chips For Gas - Business News - Portfolio.com

Sundrop Fuels Looks To Combine Sun Wood Chips For Gas - Business News - Portfolio.com

this sounds promising!

Monday, July 19, 2010

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo completes first flight with crew on board -- Engadget

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo completes first flight with crew on board -- Engadget

I can not wait to see this start taking passengers up. While I am no where close to having the money for a ride myself, perhaps one day I will!

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Both parties mull raising retirement age - Washington Times

Both parties mull raising retirement age - Washington Times

its about time!

Technology Review: GE to Make Thin-Film Solar Panels

Technology Review: GE to Make Thin-Film Solar Panels

And let's not forget the Big Boys... (Same tech as my last post, although this article is from 4 months ago...

Technology Review: Solar Cell Maker Gets a $400-Million Boost

Technology Review: Solar Cell Maker Gets a $400-Million Boost

This is great... the #1 company, First Solar says they can do $0.81 per watt, and these guys say they can beat it. This is government money well spent.


Sunday, July 11, 2010

First rig sails away over deep-water drilling ban | Business | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

First rig sails away over deep-water drilling ban | Business | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

This truly sucks. Oil sucks; it's dirty, messy, and dangerous. The problem is we need it, and lots of it. The easiest places to get it seem to be in the waters around this country. As long as were waiting for great batteries and solar/wind to get good enough so that we can stop using oil. Until then, we need as much oil as we can get, as cheaply as we can get it.