Posted by Mike on March 25th, 2008 in power generation, power storage, vehicle
http://www.physorg.com/news125666441.html
Well, if we are going to have a hydrogen future, it’s either going to be based on fossil fuel in the form of a fuel cell reformer - the part of fuel cell that takes what ever you feed it and strips out the hydrogen- or it going to be based on some other […]
Posted by Mike on March 20th, 2008 in New Product Development
As a trained brain innovator for now over 50 product innovation brainstorming sessions in the past 15 years, I am amazed at the fumbling that goes on AFTER the session is over. Most innovation sessions end up with hundreds of potentially great product ideas, which are then filtered down to maybe a dozen really […]
Posted by Mike on March 17th, 2008 in earth science, mechanics
Settle down in your bunker and get ready for yet another way for civilization as we know it to be wiped out! Tsunamis are most often the result of tectonic activities which produce earthquakes. But when you start looking around for the really bad actors, Wiki the term “Sturzstrom” which are long run out […]
Posted by Mike on March 14th, 2008 in Uncategorized
Last time in this forum I was wondering about the relationship between inflammation, O (singlet oxygen), aging and death and promised to “’splain it to you” as best I can. Here goes.
Singlet oxygen has an unpaired electron. It’s like N instead of N2. O instead of O2. These atoms don’t like living alone. The want […]
Posted by Mike on March 12th, 2008 in biology
Anti-aging substance found in bullfrogs: researchers from PhysOrg.com
While it only turns into a handsome prince in fairy tales, the homely bullfrog may harbour a valuable anti-aging substance for humans, South Korean researchers say.
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Well, we knew that frogs had to be good for something besides making big racket on a summer evening and their “tastes […]
Posted by Mike on March 10th, 2008 in biology
Some Experts Doubt Obesity Epidemic from PhysOrg.com
(AP) — Go on, have another doughnut. According to some experts whose views are public health heresy, the jury is still out on how dangerous it is to be fat. “The obesity epidemic has absolutely been exaggerated,” said Dr. Vincent Marks, emeritus professor of clinical biochemistry at […]
Posted by Mike on March 6th, 2008 in Uncategorized, sensor, user interface
http://www.eurekalert.org/bysubject/technology.php
Magnetic levitation gives computer users sense of touch
Those wily computer geeks at Carnegie Mellon (who for my money, have it all over the MIT ubergeeks) have moved us all closer to a “perfect” machine interface with the development of a maglev feedback mouse. Dr. Ralph Hollis’s affordable mouse uses 6 coils of wire and […]