Yearly Archives: 2013

Gizmos & Gadgets: A Fuel Cell That is Powered by Cook Stove Fires

Here's an interesting fact. Greater than half of the population of this planet prepares meals each day using indoor open fires or cook stoves....

Science Journalism: Victims of Digital Publishing?

It isn't just newspapers and mass circulation magazines that are being impacted by the rise of e-publishing and the Internet. Science journalism is also...

Al Gore’s “The Future” More About the Present and the Past

Last week I finished reading Al Gore's latest tome, a follow up to his well publicized "An Inconvenient Truth," probably his most significant contribution...

Energy Update: Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion – Ever Heard of It?

A resort hotel to be built in China plans to use surface heat from the ocean to provide its energy requirements. Called Ocean Thermal...

Headlines at 21st Century Tech for April 26, 2013

What technology and science stories caught my eye this week? Several in biomedicine. And two involving 3D printing, one for making liver, the other...

The 10 Breakthrough Technologies of 2013 According to MIT Technology Review

Every year the MIT Technology Review picks the ten technologies that represent significant breakthroughs.  Past years have included crowdfunding in 2012, gestural interfaces to...

Agriculture Update: Ammonium Nitrate May Be Good for Crops But It Also is Good for Bombs

We are all too familiar with the destructive power of ammonium nitrate when mixed with gasoline or diesel fuel. At the same time we...

Energy Update: Canadians in the Nuclear Business Are Borrowing and Building New Technology

It's always nice to write about technological innovation coming from your own country. So today I'm happy to introduce you to Canada's current and...

Gizmos & Gadgets: An Electric Superbike That Goes 300 Kilometers on a Single Charge

Quebec-based Lito Green Motion has developed an all-electric motor bike that comes with a 12 Kilowatt lithium-polymer battery. Called the Sora which means "sky"...

Space Update: Planetary Resources Invites You to Hang Out with the Asteroid Miners

For those of you so inclined on Wednesday, April 24th at 11 a.m., Pacific Daylight Time (2 p.m. Eastern), Planetary Resources is celebrating its...

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