KhanAcademy.org has a pair of courses that may be useful here
[to be found under Science / Technology]:

1. Reverse Engineering (showing where some parts come from)

2. Bit-Zee Bot (uses those parts & others, incl an Arduino board)

(A Win 8 app can download these & the other courses cost-free.)

Invest in any additional research that may be needed
to [further] prove the safety & efficacy of Thorium-based
reactors (a.k.a. "Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors"
or LFTRs), per Kirk Sorensen's 10-min TED-talk.

They seem to be safer than the high-pressure reactors
we use today... and they don't need or produce Plutonium.

We'll also need changes to nuclear reactor regulations,
to make it easier to build lots of small ones, closer to
where the energy (heat &/or electricity) is needed.

Get huge See-Me-in-Life-Size screens
at the office you'd otherwise need to suffer
freeway delays driving to... connect them
to your home[-office]... & never suffer again.

Hold BBQ's at your home for any contract-
signings that may require more than a digital
signature.

I'm surprised that you're not already doing this
now.

I begin to think that the "Past-is-Future" thought-
lessness that -surrounds- you there has seeped
into your psyche, making it hard to see obvious
technical solutions.. that others take for granted
(except, perhaps Yahoo's CEO.. who's recently
-forbade- her staff from enjoying the -privilege-
of telecommuting some days each week).

By all means enjoy the extra time you'll save, ie,
by telecommuting whenever you can.

Maybe even set some "new" examples:

1. telecommuting (for those who can)
2. staggered start-times (for the rest)
3. Thorium powered plant (a big job)
4. flat organisational chart
5. zero-emission company
etc.

What can you gain by -using- & -supporting-
ancient, mostly fossil-fueled, mostly self-drive
personal-transport via -clogged- freeways?!?

Swedes enjoyed train-commutes (through
forested areas) from Stockholm to ASEA,
sitting at desks, each with a phone, FAX &
laptop... as early as the mid-1980's.

To get-a-Life, you may need to re-think your
present designs... & add some telecommuting,
etc. to the mix.

Start Today! :-)

"Antares PhoneSat Cubesat Launch Now Planned for April 21"
can be selected from the list on Right side column of this page:

+ http://ww2.amsat.org/

No solar panels => Satellites get short lives (a week or two?)

So, use 'em while their batteries last... as soon as they begin
to work. AMSAT site should have the uplink & downlink freq's
(& you should have an Amateur Radio license to transmit...)

Heavens-Above.com can tell you when to listen for the little,
battery-powered Ham satellites. (Cf Amsat.org for names.)

Let us know what you hear... & let AMSAT know, too, if you're
heard (& repeated) by one of the satellites.

Enjoy!!

So, these (& similar) Android app give audio on the event:

1. "Scanner Radio" app offers a list
- sorted by number of listeners -
of available online scanners, ie,
around USA & the world.

When I chose Boston police, fire, etc.
from that list (of course, it held top-place),
there were over 50,000 others listening-in.
Normally, numbers of listeners - across
the list - are under 500.

(If your area lacks an online-connected
scanning receiver & your have such a
receiver & some bandwidth to share,
why not consider adding your area's
emergency services audio to the list?)

2a. "TuneIn [Pro]" app is (yet another)
Internet Radio app; [Boston Univ Radio's]
WBUR stayed on the story -continuously-
from shortly after the event became known.

2b. Using the same app, one can get cur-
rent weather and detailed forecasts, also
on a continuous basis, from USA Weather
broadcasters (commercial-free, these are
available 24x7 - to those near the area of the
event - on 10 VHF channels near 162 MHz);
Boston's gov't weather station was available
via TuneIn (Search "By location" for Boston
for a list of all broadcasters - AM / FM / Wx,
including some located in nearby states).

3. "EchoLink" app - for Radio Amateurs -
let licensed Hams listen to & (in normal times)
even transmit on repeaters - most on 2m VHF
(around 146 MHz) & 70cm UHF (near 440 MHz)
- that would become active, especially when an
event (flood, earthquake, etc.) takes out normal
POTS or cellular phone & 2-way radio comms.

(If you're a Radio Ham, you can add your own
station (eg, home, office or vehicle radio) or
your club's repeater to the list. Whenever you
sign-in, you're on one of the lists, so friends
can contact you, on the fly. Also, EchoLink is
like an old-time phone-echange switchboard,
ie, able to connect repeaters, etc. together, eg,
to support relief operations after a larger dis-
aster or - during peaceful times - just a yacht-
or bike-race, etc.)

These apps work on Android phones & tab's
2.2 thru 4.1.2, in my experience. Of course,
YMMV.

I don't know what app's may be available for
iPhone, etc.

To be useful in commerce, a currency must be stable,
so that the value of one's [company's] work, products,
or services aren't unduly lost, at the whim of investors.

Only a few minutes after visiting Shodan, via its Anniversary promo link (from a Google search),
Firefox 20.0 cashed

Coincidence or cause & effect...? You decide?

'looking like a "Lawnmower for Sale" but with message
encrypted into tel.# & eMail address

Better, encrypted into photos for an apartment / house
ad (on a free-ad web site)

Dump your eDevice(s)

QED

Whenever I see a new article on the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster,
I am reminded of the ADVANTAGES (better cost, safety, waste, political
implications, etc.) of Liquid Fluoride THORIUM Reactors (a.k.a. LFTR's,
already being developed around the world (in various phases of R&D, eg,
in China, India, Taiwan, & [privately] USA).

More people need to know about the opportunities of this -safer- green-
energy source, so they can decide for themselves whether it's time to
-push- for regulatory changes, that will -ease- the transition to Thorium,
in our time.

Introduction: Kirk Sorensen's recent TED-talk

More details: (search YouTube.com for
                                            "Thorium remix"
                                        and take your pick)

1. fill box with a newspaper, wrapped in security tape or whatever.
2. inure to max. value offered.
3. send (with "Atheist" label)
=======================
4. PROFIT for each one that gets "lost"

Of course, you'll likely need to do a few more courses & complete a student-teaching (practicum).

With increased safety levels, Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors (a.k.a. LFTRs) would have even better results.

Then, take another step: Consider the Cost-Effectiveness of LFTRs, from construction to safe storage of waste, per Mega-KWH of electricity produced.

Now, what's the best choice, out of these 3 alternatives...?

Open Source "RockBox" ought to give folks a clue on
how to access the capabilities of a wide range of MP3-
players - from Apple iPod's to Sandisk Sansa Clip Zip's,
& lots more.

(Some have video functions, too, but I don't know how
much of these would be accessed / used by RockBox.)

Numerous model-specific user manuals & a 1st-class
web site make this Open Source project worthy of
emulation, as well as useful to -both- end-users and
experimenter / developers of innovative replacement
firmware for many models & various applications.

Have a look: http://www.rockbox.org/

ibid.