Yearly Archives: 2013

Headlines: One Step Closer to Artificial Photosynthesis

September 1, 2013 - "We've developed a method by which molecular hydrogen-producing catalysts can be interfaced with a semiconductor that absorbs visible light.” So...

Gizmos & Gadgets: IBM Collaboration on Camera that Works Like Human Retina

IBM has developed a new camera which they have named the DVS128, with the acronym standing for Dynamic Vision Sensor. Priced individually at around...

Inspiring Innovation – The Buckminster Fuller Challenge

My first exposure to design inspired by Buckminster Fuller came in 1967 at EXPO in Montreal. The American Pavilion occupied a geodesic dome crisscrossed...

Biomedicine Updates: News About Brains and Neurons

Several stories broke this week about medical research into the human brain and the origin of neurons. I share with you three.   Humans Make Brain-to-Brain...

Space Update: Autonomous Vehicles Legal on Mars but Not Yet in Too Many Places Here on Earth

In a Navigant Research report published in the last week it forecasts sales of fully autonomous vehicles will grow from 8,000 per year in...

Religion, Technology and Science in the 21st Century – Part 4: How the Hindu and Buddhist Faiths Deal with Science and Technology

Of the world's major religions one, Hinduism, stands out as not following the Western monotheistic view of God. Close to a billion of us...

Innovators for the 21st Century Come in All Ages

The MIT Technology Review has announced for the 13th time its list of the top innovators under the age of 35 in 2013.  At...

Headlines: Oil Spills, Oil Spills, Oil Spills – They’re Everywhere it Seems

We humans are addicted to oil and we keep messing up the environment when we move it around to satisfy our energy cravings. Let's...

Headlines: NASA Refines Planned Asteroid Mission

August 23, 2013, A new video animation depicting a mission to study a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) has been posted online by NASA. It shows...

Headlines: 50% of Added Energy Capacity in the U.S. Coming from Renewables Says Report

August 23, 2013, Ernst & Young has published a study that shows that the growth in energy capacity in the U.S. is increasingly coming...

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