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So where are the links? They have now added the advertising links in the text of articles (stupid java popup boxes) but still nothing back to their sources.

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Boing Boing: Save this radio telescope for citizen science!

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By Dave, March 5, 2006 8:43 am

Boing Boing: Save this radio telescope for citizen science!

A good idea. But from what we are seeing the idiots in power DON”T WANT the “people” to have any scientific knowlege that they don’t control.

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Sensor instantly detects cocaine in blood | CNET News.com

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By Dave, March 1, 2006 7:47 pm

Sensor instantly detects cocaine in blood | CNET News.com

Interesting product with a high probability of being misused.

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Treehugger: LIME: Powering Seattle with Leftovers

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By Dave, March 1, 2006 1:15 pm

Treehugger: LIME: Powering Seattle with Leftovers

Biomass is Biomass is Biomass. Just got to figure the way to use it most effectively. They say they want to turn it into biofuel. Ok, how? Are we talking real biofuel or methane?

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UH develops charcoal-fired fuel cell – The Honolulu Advertiser

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By Dave, February 26, 2006 10:23 pm

UH develops charcoal-fired fuel cell – The Honolulu Advertiser
The carbon cell functions something like a car battery. It has an anode and cathode positive- and negative-charged terminals in a liquid solution, and if you put an electrical load â€” like a light bulb â€” between them, electrical current flows from one to the other. But that’s where the similarity ends.

In Antal’s cell, the electrolyte is alkaline potassium hydroxide, not sulphuric acid. It is kept under pressure to prevent it from boiling away at 400 degrees. The negative terminal, or cathode, which acts as a catalyst, is made of nickel and silver or platinum.

The positive terminal, or anode, is a porous ceramic column filled with charcoal powder. A piston keeps it pressurized, and serves at the attachment point for the electrical connection.

In operation, hydroxide ions in the electrolyte attack the carbon, creating carbon dioxide and water. The process releases energy.

The cell is fed air to provide the process with new oxygen, and it vents carbon dioxide.

The charcoal does not burn in the sense of a campfire burning. The reaction occurs entirely within the liquid of the fuel cell.

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what voltage per cell? What kind of current per gram of carbon consumed? details damnit! This sounds really promiseing!

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Hens’ teeth not so rare after all

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By Dave, February 22, 2006 4:51 pm

Hens’ teeth not so rare after all

Nuff said…

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Parallel Path Electromagnetic Motors — A revolution in motion? – ( OSEN ) Open Source Energy Network

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By Dave, February 22, 2006 3:52 pm

Parallel Path Electromagnetic Motors — A revolution in motion? – ( OSEN ) Open Source Energy Network

Not sure about this one. I’ve looked at the patent and can’t see the diagrams. Guess the patent office is winblows only or something. Tis an interesting idea and they seem to have a viable product but the over unity bit in the article is a bit misleading, me thinks.

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Oddly Enough News Article | Reuters.com

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By Dave, February 22, 2006 2:47 pm

Oddly Enough News Article | Reuters.com
Those goats are back, honey — get the tiger poop

So what happens if the tiger poop attracts large felines while repelling the goats?

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Bending Spacetime in the Basement

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By Dave, February 22, 2006 2:11 pm

Bending Spacetime in the Basement

“The time has come,” the Hacker said,
“To talk of many things:
Of plastic foam–and tuna cans —
Of chunks of lead–and string —
And how the force of gravity —
Will make the balance swing.”

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Cool! And interesting!

Gonna take a bit to get through the page but am going to have to try this.

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New Scientist News – Quantum computer works best switched off

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By Dave, February 22, 2006 1:48 pm

New Scientist News – Quantum computer works best switched off

I find my brain often works best that way too… 😉

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Jason Bradbury

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By Dave, February 22, 2006 1:15 pm

Jason Bradbury

This dude does some wild stuff. Love the leaf blower hoverboard!

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New Scientist Breaking News – Quantum teleporter creates laser beam clones

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By Dave, February 21, 2006 10:08 pm

New Scientist Breaking News – Quantum teleporter creates laser beam clones

Uh, what they said… 😉

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Newly Forming Solar System Has Planets Running Backwards

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By Dave, February 15, 2006 2:10 pm

Newly Forming Solar System Has Planets Running Backwards

Strange stuff!

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Wired News: From Pest to Ethanol King

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By Dave, February 15, 2006 12:27 pm

Wired News: From Pest to Ethanol King
The key to kicking what President Bush calls the nation’s oil addiction could very well lie in termite guts, canvas-eating jungle bugs and other microbes genetically engineered to spew enzymes that turn waste into fuel.

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Gotta love any article that has the words “President Bush” and “termite guts” in the same sentence. 😉

And it’s a rather good article too…

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