Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Roundup for 9-5-07

Really cool slideshow for the first commercial space port: Spaceport America to be built next year in New Mexico.
http://news.com.com/2300-11397_3-6206209-1.html?tag=ne.gall.pg

And now for the completely ridiculous: pee powered batteries being made in Japan.
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/09/04/nopopo/

Another top 10 Sci-Fi TV shows list. I think these are designed to start arguments. The order of the shows they include is wrong (backwards would be better) and they leave off some great ones (Max Headroom or Buffy anyone?). I also think the ranking is a little too dependent on what influenced current shows.
http://www.tvjab.com/top-ten-the-greatest-sci-fi-shows-of-all-time/

3 comments:

Allen said...

Here are some more very very cool sites!!!

Teleportation:
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22048954-2,00.html
http://www.physorg.com/news101640721.html

Levitation:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070806/sc_afp/britainsciencelevitation_070806132733

Organic LED's
http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/sonys-1-000-000-1-contrast-ratio-27-inch-oled-hdtv/

Solar Power using CIGS (Copper Indium Gallium Selenide) :
http://news.com.com/Shining+a+light+on+solar-power+costs/2100-1008_3-6154926.html
http://news.com.com/Solar+start-up+snags+35+million+as+CIGS+ignites/2100-11398_3-6130312.html
Here are three companies using the CIGS method.
http://www.miasole.com/
http://www.nanosolar.com/
http://www.daystartech.com/

Allen said...

And another about fighting disease...
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Science/2007/08/28/discovery_might_render_viruses_harmless/1552/

Kat said...

These are great articles, and I think I've actually linked to several of them before. Clearly I should have been including you on my mailings. Sorry.