Transportation
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a strategy to capture, store and eventually recycle carbon from vehicles to prevent the pollutant from finding its way from a car tailpipe into the atmosphere. Georgia Tech researchers envision a zero emission car, and a transportation system completely free of fossil fuels.
If you thought ScienceDebate2008 was just a scientist's pipe dream, it's time to think again!
Organizations of scientists, industrialists, and business leaders have joined an impressive list of individuals and associations declaring that science and technology are too important not to know where the presidential candidates stand.
Does Michael Crichton wear a tin hat?
Will Kaiser/CDC admit we are infected with this? How will they react in the litterbox?
CDC produces Media Alert - Morgellons
I just updated the Science Shelf to include three new book reviews: one on engineering design, another a biography of famous physicist, and the third about the politics of global warming.
Ask Iver Anderson at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory about consumer interest in and desire for “ultragreen” electric-drive vehicles, and he’ll reply without a moment’s hesitation that the trend is unstoppable and growing fast.
Motorists who talk on cell phones drive slower on the freeway, pass sluggish vehicles less often and take longer to complete their trips, according to a University of Utah study that suggests drivers on cell phones congest traffic.
Science Debate 2008 is a nonpartisan effort to promote a public discussion of science and technology policy in the coming U.S. Presidential election.
Supported by numerous university presidents, Nobel Laureates, and other scientific leaders, the effort appears to have reached viability with the announcement of its co-chairs, two congressmen from different political parties.
Mathematicians from the University of Exeter have solved the mystery of traffic jams by developing a model to show how major delays occur on our roads, with no apparent cause. Many traffic jams leave drivers baffled as they finally reach the end of a tail-back to find no visible cause for their delay. Now, a team of mathematicians from the Universities of Exeter, Bristol and Budapest, have found the answer and published their findings in leading academic journal Proceedings of the Royal Society.
In China bamboo is used for furniture, artwork, building scaffolding, panels for concrete casting and now, truck bridges. Yan Xiao, a professor at the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering is the designer of a new span in the village of Leiyang, Hunan Province, which formally opens for traffic December 12.
The past seven years have shown what can happen if the President of the United States hears and sees only what supports his predispositions.
Science doesn't work that way. Don't you think it would be a good idea if someone organized a 2008 Presidential debate focused on science and Technology?
It can crush ice sideways and stay precisely on station to an accuracy of a metre. It can drill a hole 1,000 metres deep into the seabed while floating above 5,000 metres of ocean and it can generate 55 megawatts of power. So far, Aurora Borealis is the most unusual ship that has never been built, and it represents a floating laboratory for European science, a breakthrough for polar research and a very big headache for international lawyers.
http://www.createthefuturecontest.com/pages/view/entriesdetail.html?entr...
Maneuvering an underwater vehicle is a difficult task. This 3-D steering can be solved by using an unique steering system which uses cycloidal propeller for steering. This system allows rapid steering and control. Conventional rudder operates when propeller is in operation but,this system enables a vehicle to turn even in ideal condition. This has number of blades which change pitch as a function of orientation during turning. All these blades turn normal to the surface and they produce thrust in required direction in the tangential plane. This device can be mounted on the bow or stern of underwater vehicle and it produces thrust required for turning.
I've been spending too much time in long discussions about other people's blogs.
Besides, I'm getting tired of the same old subject matter.
