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The Future Is Not Accelerating I have some bad news and some good news for you about the future. First, the bad news. The future is not coming at us any faster than it ever has. We will not become immortal cyborgs with superintelligent computer friends in the next twenty years. The good news isContinue reading “The Slow Future!”

Four New Wind Farms In The Upper Midwest Could Power 750,000 Homes BY MARI HERNANDEZ, GUEST BLOGGER ON AUGUST 24, 2013 AT 10:00 AM CREDIT: Shutterstock Last week, Minneapolis-based utility Xcel Energy proposed its fourth wind farm in the Upper Midwest since mid-July. If approved, the 150-megawatt Border Winds Project would be developed in North Dakota near theContinue reading “Wind Farms in the Upper Midwest.”

http://io9.com/10-real-technologies-that-look-insanely-futuristic-1156180204. I quoted this directly from the post but I think it says what the futuristic technologies are all about very well: Why wait for the future when many of today’s technologies look as though they got here in a time machine? Here are 10 real-life technologies that come from the future. A couple ofContinue reading “10 Real futuristic Technologies!”

http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/news/nads-minsim-noted-new-york-times-article

http://iowapublicradio.org/post/next-disaster-scenario-power-companies-are-preparing

Natural gas is “a bridge to a world with high CO2 Levels,” climatologist Ken Caldeira told me last year. A major new study in Geophysical Research Letters by 19 researchers — primarily from NOAA and the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) — suggests natural gas may be more of gangplank than a bridge. Scientists used a researchContinue reading “Bridge Or Gangplank?”

Bastian Schaefer is the Cabin and Cargo Innovation Manager at Airbus Operations — and leads a group of far-thinking engineers who are building out a concept plane. Previously at Airbus, he worked on the development of A380 stairs and components for in-flight entertainment. Between 2006 and 2011 Bastian worked at Bertrand Ingenieurbüro GmbH working on projectsContinue reading “A 3D-printed Jumbo Jet?”

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/07/chromecast-is-googles-miracle-device/?mbid=social10108534

THINNEST LIGHT ABSORBER PUSHES SOLAR ENERGY LIMITS Researchers at Stanford have developed the thinnest, most efficient solar cell yet. The wafer is dotted with trillions of round particles of gold, nanodots about 14 nanometers thick. A nanometer is a billionth of a meter. More info >> http://tinyurl.com/mp7xe84“Achieving complete absorption of visible light with a minimal amountContinue reading “Thinnest Solar Cell Yet!”