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Music In Your Supermarket
Post Date: 2014-09-29 18:45:03 by X-15
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The instant you walk through the doors of a supermarket, you are surrounded by bright lights, products, offers, signs and the smell of the bakery department. We are all very aware of the supermarket trick of piping the smell of lovely fresh bread towards the entrance of the shop, but this is one of many ways of appealing to the customer and encouraging them to spend more on their visit. In this tough economic climate retailers are employing techniques to direct us toward making bigger purchasing decisions on our weekly shopping visits. One of the biggest challenges in the supermarket is to engage us a little more whilst we wander past aisles of fresh fruit or tins of beans. After all, ...
Introducing Big Brother’s Secret Weapon
Post Date: 2014-09-29 17:51:24 by BTP Holdings
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Introducing Big Brother’s Secret Weapon Published Mon, Sep 29, 2014 | Robert Williams, Founder Next Generation Identification Now Used by FBI The FBI just launched its new tracking system, which relies on facial recognition software. By next year, the database is expected to house 51 million photographs. It constitutes big news on two fronts… First, there’s a chance that your photograph is in the FBI’s database. Second, although Lockheed Martin (LMT) powers this soon-to-be ubiquitous technology, the real opportunity lies elsewhere… That is, in the company providing Lockheed with the secret algorithm. Next Generation Identification: The FBI’s Shiny New ...
No Global Warming in 18 Years
Post Date: 2014-09-29 17:44:40 by BTP Holdings
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No Global Warming in 18 Years On September 21, an estimated 300,000-plus demonstrators turned out for the People's Climate March in New York City to call for international action against climate change. Two days later, President Obama addressed the United Nations General Assembly and called on all countries to cut carbon emissions "right now." And eight days after that, October 1, will mark 18 consecutive years without global warming. There has been "no significant warming trend in surface average temperature" in those 18 years, said Patrick Michaels, director of the Cato Institute's Center for the Study of Science. Al Gore and other climate change alarmists ...
Cheap gasoline from natural gas
Post Date: 2014-09-29 10:08:47 by Tatarewicz
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Brodrick is teasing the South African giant Sasol (SSL). Which is indeed one of the global experts on using the Fischer-Tropf process and other innovations to refine solid (coal) or gaseous (natural gas) energy sources into liquids. That’s not because they took off as global innovators who pursued this fantastic new technology, it’s because they used to be the state-controlled oil company in South Africa, and no one wanted to sell them crude oil under apartheid… so they had to come up with a way to use their abundant coal as an industrial and transportation fuel. And the story is certainly a very compelling one, at least in the big picture: The US has abundant and ...
‘Organic Ready’ Corn to Replace Monsanto’s GMO Corn, Cross-Pollination
Post Date: 2014-09-29 06:39:48 by Tatarewicz
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“We need corn that organic farmers can grow without fear of GMO contamination” ‘Organic Ready’ Corn to Replace Monsanto’s GMO Corn, Cross-Pollination Here’s some of the best news all year for non-GMO supporters. Frank Kutka is working to save our heirloom corn from cross-breeding with genetically modified corn. He’s been diligently at work for over 15 years now developing what he calls “Organic Ready” corn varieties that have the ability to block cross-pollination, thus eliminating Monsanto’s prevalently grown GMO corn from infesting organic farmer’s crops. Kutka says: “We need corn that organic farmers can grow without fear of ...
Earth's plate movements clue to mineral deposits: New Zealand scientist
Post Date: 2014-09-26 23:20:08 by Tatarewicz
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WELLINGTON, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Analysis of rocks from the seafloor off New Zealand has given scientists an insight into how the Earth's tectonic plates have been moving for millions of years and the formation of submarine mineral deposits. Analysis of 40 rocks recovered along the Kermadec Arc enabled a team of scientists from New Zealand, Australia, Germany and the United Kingdom to build a better model of the way the Pacific plate was being dragged down and recycled into magma and other volcanic products, including some that end up as mineral deposits. The chemical makeup of seafloor volcanic chains was strongly influenced by the chemistry of the subducted tectonic plate, ...
Salmon, Climate, And Accountability
Post Date: 2014-09-26 12:35:49 by Ada
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Free speech is essential to freedom, but with it comes a level of personal responsibility. Supposedly, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes recognized this in his observations about shouting “fire” in a crowded theatre. People assume this meant you can’t do it, but his original comment included the critical word, “falsely”. In the US, your right to shout fire is part of free speech, but Holmes argued that you couldn’t shout fire, if it is false. The trouble is, who decides it is false and once it is said, the damage is done. The question then becomes accountability. Both the need for personal responsibility in confirming there is a fire, and being held accountable, ...
Solar energy-driven process could revolutionize oil sands tailings reclamation
Post Date: 2014-09-26 02:29:11 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily... Cleaning up oil sands tailings has just gotten a lot greener thanks to a novel technique developed by University of Alberta civil engineering professors that uses solar energy to accelerate tailings pond reclamation efforts by industry. Instead of using UV lamps as a light source to treat oil sands process affected water (OSPW) retained in tailings ponds, professors Mohamed Gamal El-Din and James Bolton have found that using the sunlight as a renewable energy source treats the wastewater just as efficiently but at a much lower cost. "We know it works, so now the challenge is to transfer it into the field," says Gamal El-Din, who also worked on the project with ...
Worse than Heartbleed: ‘Shellshock’ Bash bug threatens millions of computer systems worldwide
Post Date: 2014-09-26 02:02:42 by Tatarewicz
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RT... A vulnerability has been discovered within the widely used Bash software included on Linux and Mac operating systems, raising concerns about an exploit that some experts say stands to be more damaging than the Heartbleed bug identified earlier this year. Researchers revealed on Wednesday this week that a bug has been spotted in Bash — a command-line shell developed in the 1980s and common to Linux and Unix systems — the likes of which may allow attackers to target computers and, if successful, run malicious codes that could let them take control of entire servers pertaining to potentially millions of machines. But while the so-called Heartbleed bug found in April allowed ...
Warning: The Robots Are Coming!
Post Date: 2014-09-25 17:00:12 by BTP Holdings
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Slavery is coming back. In the future, we'll all have personal servants. They'll clean our homes, tend to our gardens, harvest our food, manufacture our goods and fight our battles. The slaves won't be human, fortunately, but they will be machines. Every new advance in machine intelligence and electronic sensing, along with other diverse and converging fields of technology, is hastening the adoption of these machine servants. Robots. Robots are a big, high-growth field investors need to pay attention to. Bill Gates has predicted that by 2025, robots will be as common as computers are today. If he's even half right, investors who get in on promising robotics techs today ...
Bastille Day
Post Date: 2014-09-24 23:47:20 by Dakmar
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Get Up And Kill! Poster Comment:by Geddy Lee;alex Lifeson;neil Elwood Peart. Play Video Share Correct Print Play Music There's no bread, let them eat cake There's no end to what they'll take Flaunt the fruits of noble birth Wash the salt into the earth But they're marching to Bastille day La guillotine will claim her bloody prize Free the dungeons of the innocent The king will kneel to let his kingdom rise Bloodstained velvet, dirty lace Naked fear on every face See them bow their heads to die As we would bow as they rode by And they're marching to Bastille day La guillotine will claim her bloody prize Sing, o choirs of the cacophony The king will kneel to let his ...
Survival Tip # 250: Simple Solar Water Heater
Post Date: 2014-09-24 17:08:17 by BTP Holdings
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Hot water is something most of us take for granted and don’t even think about on a day-to-day basis. But all it takes is one cold shower in the middle of winter to remind us just how important hot water is. Hot water isn’t just important for comfort or convenience. It’s essential for sanitation and fighting off germs and disease. So what do you do when SHTF and electric or gas water heaters become obsolete? Click here to find out. links.survivallife.com/cl...b29626a7c6fb126e9faf031d8 Inside this article: •Why use solar water heating- What makes solar water heating special, and why you should do it •Types of solar water heaters- What types of solar water ...
Israeli firm looks to keep solar power generators running at night
Post Date: 2014-09-23 06:45:40 by Tatarewicz
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NEGEV DESERT Israel (Reuters) - An Israeli solar power company, Brenmiller Energy, says it has developed a new, more efficient way to store heat from the sun that could give a boost to the thermal solar power industry by enabling plants to run at full capacity night and day. By next year company founder Avi Brenmiller said he will have a 1.5 megawatt (MW), 15-acre (6-hectare) site in the Negev desert connected to Israel's national grid, and a number of 10 to 20-MW pilots abroad are expected to follow, which will produce electricity at a price which competes with power from fossil-fuelled plants. "A couple of years from now, not later than that, we will be putting full-size ...
Former Obama Official: Climate Change Not 'Settled' Science
Post Date: 2014-09-22 16:46:46 by BTP Holdings
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Former Obama Official: Climate Change Not 'Settled' Science Sunday, 21 Sep 2014 06:11 PM By Sandy Fitzgerald A former high-ranking Obama administration official says climate science and the implications of global warming are not "settled," insisting such claims are "misguided" and stifle debate on the matter. Writing a Page One story in the Wall Street Journal Weekend Review section, Dr. Steven Koonin argues that group think among experts has been inhibiting "the scientific and policy discussions that we need to have about our climate future." Koonin, who served at the Energy Department as President Obama’s undersecretary for science in the ...
US opens 'drone zones' for a year of pioneer testing
Post Date: 2014-09-22 04:41:33 by Tatarewicz
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From the farm to firefighting, drones will soon fly into everyday life in the US – the Federal Aviation Administration has six proving grounds paving the way IN MAY, a drone flew out over one of the largest wildfires in US history. A big chunk of Alaska south of Anchorage was burning, but the state forestry department thought the situation was under control when they asked Marty Rogers to monitor the blaze from the air as it ebbed. It was supposed to be a simple test flight. "The next day all hell broke loose," says Rogers. While the team was en route, a storm whipped the blaze into a fury. "We had very high winds. Manned aviation was shut down. They cleared ...
Bio-reactive food expiry label could cut food waste
Post Date: 2014-09-20 06:16:51 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceAlert... A researcher has created a use-by-date label that decays as the same rate of food, in order to drastically reduce unnecessary food waste. Known as the Bump Mark label, this new bio-reactive expiry date is made from gelatine, a protein that reacts to environmental conditions such as temperature and light - and anything else that affects food. Developed by Sloveiga Pakstaite from Brunel University in London, the label has been named the UK winner of the James Dyson Award for innovatively tackling the global problem of food waste. Each year the UN estimates that seven MILLION tonnes of food is wasted in the UK alone, often because it’s passed it’s marked use by ...
A more efficient, lightweight and low-cost organic solar cell: Researchers broke the 'electrode barrier'
Post Date: 2014-09-20 06:03:08 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily For decades, polymer scientists and synthetic chemists working to improve the power conversion efficiency of organic solar cells were hampered by the inherent drawbacks of commonly used metal electrodes, including their instability and susceptibility to oxidation. Now for the first time, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a more efficient, easily processable and lightweight solar cell that can use virtually any metal for the electrode, effectively breaking the "electrode barrier." This barrier has been a big problem for a long time, says UMass Amherst's Thomas Russell, professor of polymer science and engineering. "The ...
UN climate change: 1000 scientists say no
Post Date: 2014-09-19 22:33:47 by Horse
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It’s a shocking 321-page report assembled by The Climate Depot: “More Than 1000 International Scientists Dissent Over Man-Made Global Warming Claims.” It names names. It lists reasons for the dissent. Reality is engineered consensus. But when that doesn’t work, “experts” just assert there is a consensus when there isn’t. “What the hell, let’s just say that ‘everybody agrees’ manmade warming is destroying Earth and we have ten minutes to solve it, and let’s get our friends in the press to shut out the naysayers. You know, media blackout.” Science is supposed to be about evidence and proof, not consensus. But that idea is ...
New explanation for origin of plate tectonics: What set Earth's plates in motion?
Post Date: 2014-09-18 01:58:41 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily... The mystery of what kick-started the motion of our earth's massive tectonic plates across its surface has been explained by researchers at the University of Sydney. "Earth is the only planet in our solar system where the process of plate tectonics occurs," said Professor Patrice Rey, from the University of Sydney's School of Geosciences. "The geological record suggests that until three billion years ago the Earth's crust was immobile so what sparked this unique phenomenon has fascinated geoscientists for decades. We suggest it was triggered by the spreading of early continents then eventually became a self-sustaining process." Professor Rey ...
THE NUMBER OF VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS IS INCREASING AND THAT COULD LEAD TO AN EXTREMELY COLD WINTER
Post Date: 2014-09-17 06:49:26 by Ada
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The number of volcanoes that are erupting continues to rise, and scientists cannot seem to explain why this is happening The number of volcanoes that are erupting continues to rise, and scientists cannot seem to explain why this is happening. In 2013, we witnessed the most volcanic eruptions worldwide that we have ever seen in a single year, and this increased activity has carried over into 2014. In recent months, we have seen major volcanoes roar to life in Russia, Peru, Hawaii,Reunion Island, Indonesia, and all over Alaska. It is highly unusual for so many volcanoes to all be erupting at the same time. According to Volcano Discovery, a whopping 34 volcanoes are erupting around the globe ...
First water-based nuclear battery can be used to generate electrical energy
Post Date: 2014-09-17 05:19:14 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily... From cell phones to cars and flashlights, batteries play an important role in everyday life. Scientists and technology companies constantly are seeking ways to improve battery life and efficiency. Now, for the first time using a water-based solution, researchers at the University of Missouri have created a long-lasting and more efficient nuclear battery that could be used for many applications such as a reliable energy source in automobiles and also in complicated applications such as space flight. "Betavoltaics, a battery technology that generates power from radiation, has been studied as an energy source since the 1950s," said Jae W. Kwon, an associate ...
Textbook theory behind volcanoes may be wrong
Post Date: 2014-09-15 08:29:04 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily: In the typical textbook picture, volcanoes, such as those that are forming the Hawaiian islands, erupt when magma gushes out as narrow jets from deep inside Earth. But that picture is wrong, according to a new study from researchers at Caltech and the University of Miami in Florida. New seismology data are now confirming that such narrow jets don't actually exist, says Don Anderson, the Eleanor and John R. McMillian Professor of Geophysics, Emeritus, at Caltech. In fact, he adds, basic physics doesn't support the presence of these jets, called mantle plumes, and the new results corroborate those fundamental ideas. "Mantle plumes have never had a sound physical ...
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Post Date: 2014-09-13 14:20:40 by BTP Holdings
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Scientists find quicker, more sustainable way to produce hydrogen fuel
Post Date: 2014-09-13 02:54:54 by Tatarewicz
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Scientists in Scotland have just taken a huge step towards producing clean hydrogen fuel in a sustainable way. Unlike fossil fuels, hydrogen gas can be burned to generate electricity without producing toxic emissions. It’s produced easily from water through a process known as electrolysis, which uses electricity to break the bonds between hydrogen and oxygen, to release them as gas. But, and this is a big but, the problem is where that electricity comes from - current methods are driven by the burning of fossil fuels, which sort of defeats the whole point of making hydrogen fuel in the first place. This new method, however, developed by chemists from the University of Glasgow in ...
Cutting the cord on soft robots: Machine walks through snow, flames and can be run over by cars
Post Date: 2014-09-12 08:28:23 by Tatarewicz
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ScienceDaily scienceDaily... When it comes to soft robots, researchers have finally managed to cut the cord. Developers from Harvard's School for Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering have produced the first untethered soft robot -- a quadruped that can stand up and walk away from its designers. Working in the lab of Robert Wood, the Charles River Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences, a team of researchers that included Kevin Galloway, Michael Karpelson, Bobak Mosadegh, Robert Shepherd, Michael Tolley, and Michael Wehner was able to scale up earlier soft-robot designs, enabling a single robot to carry on its back all ...
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