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POPSLab Freaks Gone Wild? “What was once only science fiction is now becoming a reality, and we need to ensure that experimentation and subsequent ramifications do not outpace ethical discussion and societal decisions.
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POPScon tem po rary art seems like an interesting site 4 photography & art. last photo: "Guys & Dolls: Seeing Stars", is a two-person exhibition of photographs by Rose Hartman and Holger Keifel that juxtaposes revealing moments of boxing personalities with those of social celebrities. Dating from the 1970's through today, Rose Hartman and Holger Keifel's photographs include world known figures, such as Jackie O, Donatella Versace, Naomi Campbell, Oscar de la Hoya,
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POPSHuman-frog hybrids reveal autism's secrets To see if abnormalities in neurotransmitter signalling also underlie autism, Miledi's team collected brain samples from six deceased autistic patients, aged eight to 39. They fused brain-cell membranes, which house neurotransmitter receptors, together with Xenopus egg membranes. As a control, they did the same thing with brain cells from patients with no history of mental disorder. Miledi's team then doused the frog eggs in neurotransmitter chemicals, and measured the voltage generated within each egg. The neurotransmitter chemicals tell brain cells to pump charged molecules in and out the membrane, creating a voltage across the membrane. Since Xenopus eggs do not respond to the neurotransmitters, the human proteins are completely responsible for any electric current generated. Four of six autistic brains responded to neurotransmitters chemicals less vigorously than the controls.
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POPSThe Future of Transportation Electric. Very interesting vision. Aggasi’s plan to electrify the private transportation system is nothing short of ingenious. It is a win-win game for governments, car owners, for the environment, for the economy and for Aggasi’s company. True many details must be worked out properly for such a deep change to take place. But it seems entirely within reach. Read the rest here
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POPSSYNTHETIC TIMES – Media Art China 2008 "Works in the exhibition explore the trajectory of unruly visions from the desire to transcend the corporal to the construction of synthetic worlds, from telematic dreaming to transgenic hybrids, challenging the very notion of what we know as reality and what is perceived as being human."
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POPSThe market for plug-in cars is fast approaching Very exciting stuff. This is no longer the talk of what's ifs and hypotheticals...it's reality and it's coming soon. In my opinion, the introduction of plug-in cars will be a major catalyst for the development of additional sources of energy - including more wind and solar generated. It will also be the tipping point for allocating the massive resources needed to upgrade our nation's power grid.
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POPS2009 World Food Prize awarded to Ethiopian Scientist
Born in 1950, Gebisa Ejeta grew up in a one-room thatched hut with a mud floor, in a rural village in west-central Ethiopia. Walking 20 kilometers every Sunday night to attend school during the week Ejeta’s high academic standing earned him financial assistance and entrance to the secondary-level Jimma Agricultural and Technical School, which had been established by Oklahoma State University under the U.S. government’s Point Four Program. After graduating with distinction, Ejeta entered Alemaya College (also established by OSU and supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development) in eastern Ethiopia. He received his bachelor’s degree in plant science in 1973. In 1973, his college mentor introduced Ejeta to a renowned sorghum researcher, Dr. John Axtell of Purdue University, who invited him to assist in collecting sorghum species from around the country Ejeta entered Purdue in 1974, earning his Ph.D. in plant breeding and genetics. Alot more good reading at t
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POPSGM says Chevy Volt is on track for 2010 I sure hope they can pull this off. The introduction of a rechargeable electric car has the potential to be a game changer for our economy and global dynamics. I would imagine that the response to this in the market would dwarf that received thus far by hybrids. We are talking about truly revolutionizing one of the most important industries in the world. And don't forget the ripple effect this will have by creating the need to make enormous investments in our national electricity grid.
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POPSHope for Tiger Breeding " They found that 49 of the 105 captive tigers, or about 47 percent, could be categorized as being of one of five subspecies. Since some of the 49 were from breeding programs, the researchers suggest that the percentage of purebreds in the full captive population is probably lower, about 14 percent to 23 percent. Still, that represents a new pool of genetically distinct tigers potentially available for breeding efforts. " new pool ! great news :)
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POPSDirty ole Denmark "Danes Among World's Top Consumers: But, Taxed So Much They Can't Afford Hybrids; Copenhagen's Caviar-Chomping Delegates Won't Tell You That!"
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POPSCan Centaurs and Talking Pigs Be Far Behind? In 2003, Panayiotis Zavos created "human cow" embryos that lived for several days and, theoretically, could have been implanted into a woman's womb. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota have produced pigs with hybrid pig-human blood cells
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POPSElectric cars' emissions problem at times more than hybrids To produce the 21.72 kilowatt hours with coal to power Tesla's Roadster, 47.4 pounds of carbon dioxide would be emitted. When the same amount of electricity is made with natural gas, 23.5 pounds of carbon dioxide are emitted. Natural gas is the second most used fuel for electric power in the U.S. according to the Energy Information Administration. Coal is first, with 48.5 percent of the total in 2007.
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POPSSolar powered cars...coming soon i hope The more progress we make in devloping alternative, renewable sources of energy, the more we stick it to the corrupt regemes in the middle east...if only that seemed like a priority of the Bush administration.
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POPS230 MPG? Are you kidding? How they will get 230 MPG later next year if now they cannot reach a figure 10 times less? They must have smtin in their sleeve...:cool: If it's true and not next in a long row BS, who would choose to pay $50 per tank if he can pay 10 and no strings attached?
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POPSThe Saudi Arabia of Lithium The lithium bonanza is just starting. Lithium-ion batteries are integral to the automobile industry's plans to wean itself off fossil fuels. The hotly anticipated Chevrolet Volt, a plug-in hybrid car; Mercedes plans to roll out a hybrid version ; Nissan is working with NEC to mass-produce lithium-ion batteries for hybrids..
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POPSThe Future: The Hybrid with a Better Twist It's this kind of technology America needs to turn to on a massive productive scale and perhaps even partly subsidize the production to help keep the costs down for consumers. That would put people to work in good paying jobs, greatly reduce our dependence on foreign oil, and we can tell McCain & Bush that we don't need more offshore oil just offshore wind power so we can charge our cars up at night.
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POPSA list of the pork in the "stimulus plan" $448 million for constructing a new Homeland Security Department headquarters $600 million to convert the federal auto fleet to hybrids $450 million for NASA (carve-out for “climate-research missions”) $600 million for NOAA (carve-out for “climate modeling”) $1 billion for the Census Bureau $89 billion for Medicaid $30 billion for COBRA insurance extension $36 billion for expanded unemployment benefits $20 billion for food stamps $4.5 billion for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers $850 million for Amtrak $87 million for a polar icebreaking ship $1.7 billion for the National Park System $55 million for Historic Preservation Fund $7.6 billion for “rural community advancement programs” $150 million for agricultural-commodity purchases $150 million for “producers of livestock, honeybees, and farm-raised fish”
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POPSCheap hybrids - hopefully will prove a catalyst for mass adoption One of theinteresting things i've read recently regarding the slower adoption of hybrids lately is that they don't look "different" enough from the traditional models. In other words, people want to be known for driving hybrids...that it is a statement as much as a cost savings. By making it look too similar, people loose that factor. I totally think that makes a lot of sense, and if i were designing hybrid vehicles i'd make them look totally futuristic so that people constantly hear "oh, you drive a hybrid, cool."
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