Building the right antenna helps a lot for OTA TV:

http://makezine.com/2009/01/12...

I had to build one when the local PBS affiliate reduced their power output when the other stations went digital --- also location, had to run a cable upstairs and put the antenna behind the sofa (have to move it to the window when the weather is bad --- my wife won't let me hang it on the wall).

The problem is that there isn't that much energy to harvest --- look at some of the electric conversions --- every one which I've seen which has considered regenerative energy has rejected it 'cause it doesn't make up for the added weight.

The bad thing is the per-axle nature of the vehicle taxes actually encourages the design of tractor-trailor designs which do even more damage --- change it to a tax based on GVW divided by the contact area of the tires (and do a tire tax based on the mass of the tire) and you'd encourage the design of vehicles which aren't so hard on the roads.

Agree, it's an interesting solution.

If the price point were more like to that of Elio Motors, $6,800: http://www.eliomotors.com/

it'd be a lot more interesting, and I'm certainly looking forward to seeing someone make an electric version of the Elio or something like it.

William
(who rode his daughter's bicycle in to work today)

And looking forward to Elio Motors as well:

http://www.eliomotors.com/

Agreed.

I think it'd be a reasonable start to limit political contributions to:

  - no amount larger than $100 (make this a multiple of the current minimum wage so that the law doesn't need to be up-dated)
  - must be done as a check or money order written out by hand
  - must arrive in an envelope w/ no other funds (though as many pages of letter as the sender deems fit).

And/or, let's repeal the 17th amendment and go back to having state legislatures electing Senators --- but put in some checks and balances that the voters' will needs to be followed.

Good argument for living where the local police is a Sheriff's Department overseen by an elected official.

Imagine if there was a bloodless, non-violent revolution and the media chose not to broadcast it:

http://guardianlv.com/2013/12/...

Except they also ban weapons and weapons accessories, to include, but not limited to axes, and knives, and archery gear.

Yes, but GNUstep is still waiting in the wings --- curious to see how this plays out long-term and if it becomes necessary for the GNUstep folks to implement a version of this, and if it does, if this results in the jump start that project needs.

That would be Vernor Vinge's science fiction short story ``Long Shot'':

http://books.google.com/books?...

Then, tell me you don't want your kids vaccinated.

Jet engine on motorcycle --- MarineTurbine 2000: http://www.marineturbine.com/d...

Agree, the OP would be better served by a Surface or similar device --- my problem w/ the most recent crop of them (I need to replace my Fujitsu Stylistic ST-4121):

  - display not daylight viewable --- no one seems to use a transflective LCD aside from some ruggedized units intended for military/police use
  - moving away from Wacom stylus technology --- the Surface 3 uses an N-Trig digitizer, and I've had my fill of AAAA batteries and weird driver support issues

You forgot to insert ``3-axis'' before CNC mills at the beginning of your comment.

A 5-axis machine can make pretty much anything which the tooling is appropriate for, and they're getting much more affordable: http://www.pocketnc.com/produc...

Ted Nelson wanted to do that (bill content reader and pay content creator) w/ Xanadu --- well worth reading up on.