I remember that the original Insight was before its time (like Apple’s Newton), so it didn’t do very well and it’s life was short-lived. It was rated at 70MPG, and it still seems like it’s the best fuel/electric hybrid, even today. Honda unveiled its new Insight at the LA motor show last week, and it [...]
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Pay Attention!
We seem to be in trouble. On the way into work this morning, NPR had a small snippet about what the world will probably be like in 2025. When they say “the world,” they mean human affairs, of course. Well, the US has fallen from its mighty perch, being replaced primarily by southeast Asian countries. [...]
Oil Drilling Bill Passes
I kind of knew it would happen, but I’m pretty disappointed with the politicians, including Obama, who called for, condoned, or didn’t oppose any kind of drilling off shore. With mindless Hummer-driving drones now having to pay $4.50 a gallon for gasoline, they’re panicking and reaching for the only solution that their myopic minds can [...]
Science Questions
Scienctific American posted some questions about science for the presidential candidates that need to be answered. While both candidates have expressed some opinions on the pressing scientific issues of the day, more details need to be forthcoming. Yeah, this is true not only in science, but other policy concerns as well. I suspect we’ll hear [...]
Earthlings
If you ever thought about being a vegan or vegetarian, you might succeed if you watch Earthlings.
Terraforming & Time Travel
Men are weak now, and yet they transform the Earth’s surface. In millions of years their might will increase to the extent that they will change the surface of the Earth, its oceans, the atmosphere, and themselves. They will control the climate and the Solar System just as they control the Earth. They will travel [...]
New Media Architecture
Bruce Sterling, with his typical enthusiasm for green and quirky construction, reports on the french architect François Roche and his firm R&Sie, pronounced “heresy.” Sterling writes: Roche imagines a programmable assembly device dubbed the “viab,” a construction robot capable of improvising as it assembles walls, ducts, cables, and pipes. A viab would produce structures that [...]