Yearly Archives: 2013

Gizmos & Gadgets: Meet RoWheels – a Wheelchair That You Pull to Move Forward

It may seem counter intuitive but RoWheels has reinvented the way you use a wheelchair by using a rowing motion to move forward. The...

Headlines at 21st Century Tech for April 12, 2013

Headlines that caught my eye in the last week:   Private Company Launch Gets Ready to go to ISS and It's Not SpaceX; Crowdfunding Raises $2.7 Billion...

Space Update: NASA’s Mission – “Catch a Falling Star and Put it in Your Pocket”

Most of you, my readers, are too young to remember the old Perry Como song "Catch a Falling Star" but I think the lyric...

Climate Change Updates: Consequences of Atmospheric Warming

In the past couple of weeks there have been several research studies projecting environmental consequences to rising global temperatures. It is an interesting mix...

Society and Politics in 2100 – Part 3: Democracy, Nations, and Technology

I have been reading Al Gore's The Future over the last few days. He talks about the emergence of a global paradigm that puts...

Energy Update: More Hydrogen Breakthroughs in the News

Hydrogen is a $100 billion industry. What do we use it for commercially today? It is certainly not a commonly used fuel except in...

Our Prehistory – Did 10 Amino Acids Give Birth to Us?

How life first originated on Earth is always an interesting subject. A structural biologist and his team of researchers at Florida State University College...

Gizmos & Gadgets: New Solar-Powered 3D Printer Converts Desert Sand to Glass

I recently came across a machine called the Solar Sinter. First tested as a prototype in 2011 in Morocco, Solar Sinter is a 3D...

Headlines at 21st Century Tech for April 5, 2013

Headlines that caught my eye in the last week:   Astronomers Predict 100 Billion Earth-Like Planets Inhabit the Milky Way; Bladeless Wind Energy Technology Debuts in Delft; Micro...

Energy Update: New Organic Solar Cell Mimics What Plants Do But Conversion Efficiency Needs to Improve

One of the ultimate goals of those researching solar power is the creation of the artificial leaf. Plants take the energy from light and...

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