Yearly Archives: 2012

Headlines at 21st Century Tech for June 8, 2012

Agriculture Update: Genetically Modified Sheep Produce the Right Fat That is if you are convinced by the recent announcement from researchers in China who have...

Transportation Update: Engineers Working on a Prius for the Skies

An airplane design called the "Sugar Volt" may be in production from Boeing and flying the friendly skies between 2030 and 2050 using a...

Energy Update: Advances in Energy Storage Technology

For solar, wind and wave energy there is always a period of time when these technologies go down.  When the Sun sets a solar...

Space and Humanity in the 21st Century: Part 10 – What Compels Business to go into Space?

Outer space is hard.  Outer space is expensive. Outer space is risky. So why are companies lining up to go there? The "Space Race" of...

Biomedicine Update: Nanomedicine Targets Genes in Cancer Cells

When we think of nanoparticles we often think of carbon nanotubes. But the truth is the world of nanomaterials encompasses everything from metals to...

Energy Update: Inventor to Demonstrate He Can Generate Electricity from Air in Defiance of the Laws of Thermodynamics

In August of 2009, Gabriel Ohiochoya Obadan of Pasadena, California filed a U.S. patent for a device he calls the Hydro-Electric Reactor. The patent...

Energy Update: Germany has reached a Milestone in Renewable Energy

After the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant meltdown the government of Germany pledged to eliminate nuclear from its energy mix by shutting down 8...

Space and Climate Update: Forecasting a Crisis We Can Do Something About

When I was a child predicting weather was an art not a science. I loved doing it. I studied all the different types of...

Headlines at 21st Century Tech for June 1, 2012

Agriculture Update: Robots on the Farm Blue River Technology, a Stanford University start up, has developed a robotic system that can differentiate a weed from...

Climate Change Update: CO2 Levels in the Arctic Have Reached 400 PPM

Considered by many scientists to be the highest safe level for the concentration of the gas in the atmosphere - 350 parts per million...

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