It is a density issue. Hydrogen is difficult to transport and store. One solution would be to truck ammonia to the service station, where you can dump it into below ground storage and generate/compress H2 on demand. The other option would be to perform the H2 generation onboard of the car, but the issues of the toxicity of ammonia would still require fancy fuel tanks so I think the local generation model would be superior.

No, but I don't know of any Chinese companies producing steppers or any other of the multi-million dollar tools required to fab a processor. You may be able to get away with used equipment but then you are giving yourself a handicap and won't get any support from the parent companies.

I doubt that a fab could even be built as Russia is on a couple technology transfer lists. When they state Russian made I imagine it will actually be sent to TSMC or other foundry with design in Russia

You still control it, yet it is remote and will be properly searched when you die. You can put a usb key in or some paper documents with the relevant information.

If KSP has taught me anything, it is that computer controlled rockets (MechJeb) can land vertically very reliably.

I'm still waiting for this to be mainstream

http://www.bose.com/controller...

Thank you for posting this, it is almost exactly what I've been looking for. I wish there was a discount version without the radio/solar for urban backpacking, and a colour eink would really help with maps, but I'm thrilled to see demand for a traveler's eink device.

It isn't that far off. An eink reader designed for travel, with lonely planet or wikisherpa included. It is also one of the few proper applications of a colour eink screen, as maps do not need to be vibrant but colours are vital to a map.

I could go on, but I know this is a fantasy. I hope one day a colour eink android or linux tablet arrives so I can install applications similar to this use case, but I am not holding my breath.

Just because Microsoft does not love XP anymore doesn't mean you should ignore it!

Or wait- I guess you mean Linux DEs. Which one looks the most like Windows95? I bet you that one will win.

Convergent evolution also depends on how you define two features similar. For example, the convergent evolution of oxygen carrying blood in Cephalopods could be a counter example to the prediction argument, as their blood has oxygen bind to copper.

So both bloods were evolved to perform the same task of moving oxygen, however they use two different mechanisms to perform the task.

Hydrogen vehicles these days are series hybrids with a PEM fuel cell and Li battery pack. Think of a Volt but fuel cell instead of ICE.

Just let these innovations arise in other countries if the USA has such a backwards infrastructure. Even credit cards are more secure in other countries (chip and pin may be flawed, but it is still better than the magnetic strip and signature of the USA).

It also means that the air is particulate free. During some of the meaner dust storms here in AZ I've headed into the clean room to check on my tools.

A nice shield prevents people from touching the thermostat in my old office. So a candle was placed directly below the thermostat in the summer to coax on the air conditioning.

It is easy to claim that Android can be used on these types of devices, however these devices will have little memory to keep price down. If you could load Android 4.x onto the original HTC Dream then by all means bring on the low end phones.

Still waiting to see how FirefoxOS compares, as they are going after the low end market but I know that Firefox on Android is not the best with limited memory (I believe that Opera Mobile takes that title, so naturally it is discontinued).