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Submission + - NASA funds space elevator research 3

Submitted by ZuchinniOne on Sunday August 16, 2009 @01:08AM

ZuchinniOne writes: It looks like NASA is finally taking the idea of a space elevator seriously. They have allocated $4 million to fund research that will hopefully result in the technological breakthroughs necessary to finally make it a reality.

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Submission + - Solving the Energy Crisis by Tripling Electricity (withouthotair.com) 2

Submitted by __aajbyc7391 on Wednesday July 01, 2009 @01:34PM

__aajbyc7391 writes: Sounds crazy, but as with all of University of Cambridge Prof. David J. C. MacKay's thinking, there's logic to back it up, along with a welcome dollop of British wit. His new book, "Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air" (available free online and in hard copy and released under a Creative Commons license), is a roadmap for kicking our fossil fuel habit. Along the way, MacKay demolishes "codswallop" arguments on both sides of the debate, and explains why tripling electricity demand is the solution. In MacKay's holistic approach, transportation and space heating move from fossil fuels to renewable electricity. The beauty of consuming very large amounts of extra electricity for transport and heating is that these two forms of demand are "easily-switch-off-and-on-able," MacKay says. A smart grid that controls vehicle charging and pumping into heat-stores matches demand to renewables' fluctuating supply, overcoming one of their biggest drawbacks. A recent review in Science magazine (PDF download) calls the book "a must-read analysis" and "found MacKay's book by turns exhilarating and terrifying."

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Pixar's Next Three Films Will Be Sequels 379

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday June 09, 2009 @08:03PM from the low-hanging-fruit-is-the-first-to-rot dept.

brumgrunt writes "Should we be worried? As Pixar, with Up, once more proves itself to be home to some of the most original and daring blockbusters on the planet, the news that its next three films are likely to be sequels — with the confirmation of Monsters, Inc. 2 — gives cause for concern. Are commercial pressures catching up with one of our most inventive movie companies?"

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Comment previous recipients.... (Score 5, Funny) 151

by silver on Friday June 15, 2007 @04:02AM (#19516365) Attached to: Tim Berners-Lee awarded the British Order of Merit

"Previous recipients have included Florence Nightingale, Sir Winston Churchill, Bertrand Russell, Graham Greene, Sir Edward Elgar, Mother Teresa and Margaret Thatcher."

Damn, talk about the odd one out!

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Submission + - Marvin Minsky On The Future Of AI

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 01, 2007 @07:36PM

An anonymous reader writes: In a Dr. Dobbs podcast, AI pioneer and MIT professor Marvin Minsky examines the failures of AI research and lays out directions for future developments in the field. (Part 1 of 3)

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