Professor Al Bartlett begins this one-hour presentation with the statement, “The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function.” And this is true. By providing a simple introduction to the concept of exponential growth and doubling over time, Bartlett explains the impacts and consequences of exponential growth on a finite planet. Observations of this growth are applied to fossil fuel consumption, peak oil, population and economic growth — the bizarre unsustainable figures of which are most often quoted by “experts”, politicians and the mainstream media …
“The God Particle”
CERN may have found exotic Higgs ‘impostor’ particle
CERN announced the discovery of a new particle last week, it was very, very careful to not explicitly call that particle the Higgs boson, instead citing “strong evidence”.
The God Particle is only a marketing term may have contributed to increased media interest, many scientists dislike it, since it overstates the particle’s importance, not least since its discovery would still leave unanswered questions about the unification of Quantum chromodynamics, the electroweak interaction and gravity, as well as the ultimate origin of the universe.
The HIGGS BOSON is a massive scalar elementary particle predicted to exist by the Standard Model in particle physics. At present there are no other known fundamental scalar particles in nature.
The Higgs boson is the only Standard Model particle that has not been observed. Experimental detection of the Higgs boson would help explain the origin of mass in the universe.
The Higgs boson would explain the difference between the massless photon, which mediates electromagnetism, and the massive W and Z bosons, which mediate the weak force. If the Higgs boson exists, it is an integral and pervasive component of the material world.
The Standard Model of particle physics is a theory of three of the four known fundamental interactions and the elementary particles that take part in these interactions. These particles make up all visible matter in the universe.
Every high energy physics experiment carried out since the mid-20th century has eventually yielded findings consistent with the Standard Model.
Still, the Standard Model falls short of being a complete theory of fundamental interactions because it does not include gravitation, dark matter, or dark energy. It is not quite a complete description of leptons either, because it does not describe nonzero neutrino masses, although simple natural extensions do.
The HIGGS BOSON is a massive scalar elementary particle predicted to exist by the Standard Model in particle physics. At present there are no other known fundamental scalar particles in nature. View full article »
“The nexus – or crossroads – between water and energy has been with the industry since its founding a hundred years ago whether due to the use of hydro or the need for water to cool fossil generation. It continues today with the additional water needs for utility scale solar, solar water heating and tidal power advances.” Source: Mark Gabriel
The 2012 Black & Veatch Strategic Directions in the U.S. Electric Utility Industry Report shows significant changes are underway within the industry. The icons below link to key findings from this year’s report. Please download the report to view the full Black & Veatch analysis.
MARK GABRIEL | Senior Vice President Strategy and Business Process
B&V Management Consulting Division
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What are the major disruptive challenges facing utilities?
“The single greatest threat is the unrealistic government expectations concerning coal generation in terms of timing and cost. The EPA assumes that only 15 megawatts of coal will close; the industry 65-80. This may have the perverse incentive for companies to close coal plants which will cause energy prices to rise, forcing out other critical investments.
What is the most important strategy for utilities preparing for the future?
The single most important strategy is for utilities to actually have a strategy. Hope is not a strategy, nor is waiting for regulations to be sorted out or policy to be clarified. To me the strategy for all parties should be aligned: Have great regulatory relations, operate best in class and invest in technology with no regrets.”
There’s some amazing things coming down the healthcare pipeline and Daniel Kraft (@daniel_kraft) knows a “little” about all of them. We asked him to take us on a rollercoaster-journey through them.
Take for example regenerative medicine, which is starting to experience tremendous growth with the blossoming use of stem cells to help the body heal and replace damaged tissue. Or personalized medicine that allow for far more precise dosage and effectiveness for individuals, not masses. Kraft will touch upon some impressive developments that hint us to the future of medicine. Kraft teaches at Stanford University, is an expert on regenerative medicine, and a member of the faculty at Singularity University and is directing their upcoming FutureMed program
THE BIOTECH REVOLUTION – Visions Of The Future – BBC
Genetics and biotechnology promise a future of unprecedented health and longevity: DNA screening could prevent many diseases, gene therapy could cure them and, thanks to lab-grown organs, the human body could be repaired as easily as a car, with spare parts readily available. Ultimately, the ageing process itself could be slowed down or even halted.
In a remarkable feat of micro-engineering, UNSW physicists have created a working transistor consisting of a single atom placed precisely in a silicon crystal.
Machines are evolving 10 million times faster than man. In 100 years time, robots will run our houses, drive our vehicles, patrol our streets, operate on our bodies, and fight…
With the BionicOpter, Festo has technically mastered the highly complex flight characteristics of the dragonfly. Just like its model in nature, this ultralight flying object can fly in all directions,…
Published on Jan 31, 2013
The New Digital Age is a book written by Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen. Eric Schmidt is the Executive Chairman of Google and Jared Cohen is…
In one fell swoop, Microsoft was praying that it could stitch up the mobile and desktop platforms into one neat little package; instead, I fear that Microsoft may have blown…
This house takes part of a program of the congregation Rotterdam who wanted to revitalize disadvantaged neighbourhoods by selling metier houses to private persons. These homes have in common that they are neglected the last few years and have to be refreshed. The buildings usually consist of several small apartments, one per layer. The purpose of the municip […]
Saturized had developed a complete product for ShippingEasy, from brand identity, the website, integrations with carriers, payment processing, applications and extensions for most prominent eCommerce platforms such as: eBay, Shopify, Magento, Drupal, Wordpress... to the powerful custom CMS which helps the ShippingEasy team to manage the system and provide gr […]
THE CONCEPT OF BUTTERFLY HOUSE When I was just a kid, I?ve been painting some things in a nice way, the method consist in draw with paint just in one side of the paper then close the both sides to have a mirrored image. The most common image was a butterfly. This thing keep in my mind until these days. I ever think about create some new architecture using th […]
I worked with Digital Agency of the Year, Work Club, to produce an illustrated animation and typeface celebrating the flavour characteristics of ?Ballantines 12 Year Old?, a premium blended Scotch whisky. My involvement was split into two parts. Firstly, I illustrated the seven main tasting notes as illuminated letters, with each letter telling the story of […]
The idea of the campaign was "Think Again". Try to change the point of view of the viewer when they see something, so the aim was to create metaphors out of usual objects as a gummy, a screw, a sponge or a dandelion. […]
PLAYGROUND DECONSTRUCTED is a site-specific installation that brings minimalist art to life as an immersive audio-visual world. Commissioned by Sonos Studio for Museum of Moving Image, NY […]
Brand identity for Ibsesn Fabrikker. A small eyecatching company that delivers all kinds of inflatabel, fiberglass and mascots. www.ibsensfabrikker.dk www.bamsefabrikken.dk www.figurfabrikken.dk www.luftfabrikken.dk Project between Form Agenda and Dead Voltage. […]
People probably don't associate my work with sci-fi genre so much. What they don't know is that I was a HUGE sci-fi geek growing up. (yes!) Though I don't get a lot of sci-fi related jobs, there are some in my recent works. I picked some recent book cover jobs that are in theme of science fiction. […]
TiVo has become the Kleenex of the TV world -- a once dominant brand that's become a generic commodity. Yes, we still call recording a TV show "TiVoing." But as cable and satellite companies started offering their own DVRs and cheap streaming boxes from Roku, Apple and others flooded the market, TiVO has been increasingly ... […]
The Swiss love adding functionality to existing products. But you can only tack on so many corkscrews and tweezers to a knife, so one company decided to make a twin-engine jet that can take off and land without the luxury of a runway. […]
The grudge match between Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and his former protege Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce.com, has reached legendary proportions in recent years. Salesforce has now added more fuel to the fire, hiring Tom Lane, a core contributor to PostgreSQL, an open source database that provides an alternative to Oracle software. […]
Drone strikes will remain a fixture of U.S. counterterrorism. But President Obama, in a major speech, signaled that he's going to rein in their use. […]
As WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange approaches the one-year anniversary of his confinement in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, a report released Wednesday reveals that donations to the secret-spilling site have slowed to a trickle. […]
A small percentage of the dark matter in our universe might be able to interact with itself through an as yet unknown dark force, forming dark atoms and possibly even emitting dark light. […]
Now they're just messing with us. Physicists have long known that quantum mechanics allows for a subtle connection between quantum particles called entanglement, in which measuring one particle can instantly set the otherwise uncertain condition, or "state," of another particle?even if it's light years away. Now, experimenters in Israel h […]
Everyone's talking about flat. Flat Windows 8, flat Apple iOS 7, flat Google+ and Google Now?flat is the design trend du jour, yet we're still waiting for its arrival. So what the heck is it? […]
I propose a new category of thinker in addition to the traditional visual and verbal: pattern thinkers. In society, three kinds of minds ? visual, verbal, pattern ? naturally complement one another. Yet society puts them together without anybody thinking about it. The notorious antenna problem on the iPhone 4? Too much art, not enough engineering. Contrast t […]
In case you doubted that the 21st century as envisioned by past generations' pulp futurists had arrived, check out the biospheres Amazon has proposed to anchor its new downtown Seattle headquarters. […]
If you're one of the dozen or so people who still haven't seen the show, never fear: Wired has prepared a handy guide to communicating with your friends and neighbors via Arrested Development catchphrases. Soon, you'll be yelling "No touching!" with the best of them. […]
The U.S. strategy in Afghanistan depends on the loyalty of the Afghan Local Police. But that loyalty is being tested by an apparent Taliban campaign of infiltration. […]
Get up close and personal with the gibbous moon in a search for the impact crater left behind by the biggest explosion from a meteorite impact seen on the lunar surface. This live show starts comes via the Slooh Space Camera and begins tonight at 6 p.m. PST/9 p.m. EST. […]
Tesla haters just lost another quiver in their dwindling arsenal. The upstart electric automaker has paid off the entirety of its Department of Energy loan -- a whopping $451.8M -- and did it nine years ahead of schedule. […]
The Syrian disaster is like a superstorm. It’s what happens when drought, a fast-growing population, a repressive and corrupt government, and sectarian and religious passions combine. […]
With the resignation of Salam Fayyad, the Palestinian prime minister, goes the progress made toward transparent governance and a two-state solution. […]
