Good news for the Little Japanese Solar Sail That Could, as the first images of the solar sail spread out in full deployment have been snapped. All is going according to plan, says the space agency, and "flying" looks possible. More »
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I was skeptic when I first saw this inflatable Mario kart for the Nintendo Wii last month. I thought it was silly. After seeing it in action in E3, I'm sold. [Twitpic via Angel Jimenez] More »
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People have come up with a lot of interesting ways to put a digital spin on analog media, but Analogue Tape Glove takes a uniquely hands-on approach: Its special gloves let you stroke a tape wall to make sweet music. More »
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The Chevy Volt is coming soon, but for the electric car to be a success its owners will need convenient power access. Which is why 4,400 lucky Volt owners will get free charging stations, installation (sometimes) included. More »
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It took Shanghai just 20 years to go from nice city to megalopolis. For the City of Angels, it took a bit longer to evolve from the 1908 flickery twinkle town (top) to the 2002 sea of lights (bottom) More »
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Not quite a headphone, which sits on top of your ear, and not quite an earbud which burrows into your canal, these Medis 'phones clip onto your ear in a way you would never guess: More »
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Between the Motorola Backflip and the HTC Aria, AT&T hasn't exactly been leading the charge on Android phones. But the Samsung Captivate, coming in the next few months, signals that the carrier is finally getting serious about Android. More »
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Sticking to their word about not giving up unlimited data plans, Clearwire's new 4G/3G dongle is compatible with Macs for the first time, and dances out alongside two more new modems offering up 4G unlimited data/Wi-Fi. More »
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It's not June 23 yet, but Verizon has lifted the veil off the "next generation of Droid." The Droid X—apparently boasting a 4.3", 720p screen(?) and HDMI out—has an official Verizon site and is "coming soon." [Verizon] More »
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On the left is a picture of a region globular cluster M92 taken by Hubble. On the right, that same cluster as captured by Arizona's Large Binocular Telescope. That's three times sharper. And we're not even at full capacity yet. More »
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There are no pictures of the invisible mouse, because the mouse itself doesn't exist. It's just an infrared laser beam and an infrared camera tracking your hand from the side of a laptop. Could this be the next Apple mouse? More »
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Can't vinyl and CDs get along? That's the reasonable question posed by electronic/techno musician Jeff Mills, who has released his latest album on a two-for-one hybrid format. Thoughtful mediation, or sixth sign of the apocalypse? Check out the flip side: More »
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From The Oil Drum, where they found something good to say about BP:
With the tragic Gulf of Mexico oil spill now focusing President Obama’s and the American people’s minds on where their energy comes from, and what some of the collateral costs might be, its an opportune moment to look at how renewable energy may help supply our future energy needs.   Somewhat ironically, it is BP that provides the energy world with a priceless service through their annual review of world energy that was published last week (with little fanfare) which this year, for the first time, includes data on renewable energy.
Exponential growth in wind energy over the past 15 years has boosted energy from renewables to near 50 million tonnes oil equivalent per annum.
At least BP is good for something.  If they know so much about renewables, why aren’t they investing more in them? Oh well, it’s all academic for them at this point, because they might not be around much longer. It’s nice they can put out a report like this as they are destroying the ocean south of the United States, east of Mexico and north of South America. Unfortunately this Gulf of Mexico water is connected to other oceans and the currents will carry the oil into the Atlantic. Maybe even up to England.
Every American needs to know how serious the leak in the Gulf might be, (and probably is). It’s doubtful that BP as a corporation will survive this disaster and the U.S. economy might not, either. The damage done to the seafloor at the site of the BP oil leak might be irreversible and unstoppable by conventional means.
About a week ago, a post appeared, by Doug R at The Oil Drum. You can read it here. Essentially what his very long, detailed article there says is that this is a massive oil field, and there may be no stopping this oil leak at all because of the damage that has occurred to the well, and that damage is getting worse as time goes on.  I don’t know if his article is correct or accurate, but it seems to be plausible, and it’s vouched for by many people in the comment section there, and it’s been widely re-published by a lot of publications with good reputations, including Mother Jones.
We also know that BP will lie about this oil leak and how the “cleanup” is going until they turn purple. It could very well be the case that there is no way to stop this leak, which is now many leaks, but BP would never admit that. See the video a couple of posts down from this one; the video from one of the BP cameras showing that the sea floor itself is leaking oil at a large rate. Oil is not just seeping from the sea floor as happens naturally, but puffing out bursts of oil that obscure the [...]
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