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Earth in 250 Million Years?

Wed, 14 May 2008 06:41:15 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Don't miss the links!!!

Earth in 250 Million Years?

Is this what will become of the Earth's surface? The surface of the Earth is broken up into several large plates that are slowly shifting. About 250 million years ago, the plates on which the present-day continents rest were positioned quite differently, so that all the landmasses were clustered together in one supercontinent now dubbed Pangea. About 250 million years from now, the plates are again projected to reposition themselves so that a single landmass dominates. The above simulation from the PALEAOMAP Project shows this giant landmass: Pangea Ultima. At that time, the Atlantic Ocean will be just a distant memory, and whatever beings inhabit Earth will be able to walk from North America to Africa.

Future of wind power - will be HUGE!

Tue, 13 May 2008 02:41:27 GMT

clipped by: egoldstein
clipper's remarks: I think it's incredibly exciting to be living during a time of such change. We are talking about a massive change in global dynamics that has already begun. The next few decades should be amazing.

Clip Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

Wind could provide 20% of nation's energy

The report, a collaboration between the Energy Department research labs and industry, concludes wind energy could generate 20 percent of the nation's electricity by 2030, about the same share now produced by nuclear reactors.

Such growth would envision more than 75,000 new wind turbines, many of them larger than those operating today. About 54,000 megawatts would be produced by turbines in offshore waters.

And it would require a major expansion of the electricity grid system to move power from high-wind areas to other parts of the country, the report said.

"This is the equivalent of taking 140 million cars off the road,"

Tags: wind power, alternative energy

A Guided Tour Of Your Body

Tue, 13 May 2008 20:56:46 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Whether it’s an aching back, too many nightly trips to the bathroom or a middle that seems to get thicker each year, changes in our health are inevitable as we get older. But while doctors tell us to focus on the basics — eat right, exercise and keep cholesterol and blood pressure in check — is there more that we need to know about staying well as we age?

In this special section, you’ll be able to take a head-to-toe tour of the body and learn the best that science and medicine can offer for taking care of yourself. What can women do to lower their risk for breast cancer? What’s the best way to keep skin looking young? How do you care for muscles, bones and joints?

Whether it’s practical advice for keeping your brain active or relief for aching feet, you’ll find answers to pressing medical questions and gain insights into healthy aging.

You can also test your knowledge at the Well blog, nytimes.com/well.

Extreme Photography Equipment

Wed, 14 May 2008 14:54:09 GMT

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Clip Source: www.crestock.com

Sigma APO 200-500 F/2.8

While the zoom range of 200-500mm is nothing new or exciting, it's the maximum aperture of an incredible f/2.8 throughout the focal range that makes this such a special lens

Zeiss Apo Sonnar T* 1700 mm F4

a 1700mm f/4 lens designed for medium format

Polaroid 20x24'' Camera

Seitz 6x17'' digital panoramic camera

160 megapixel

$42 000

Hasselblad H3DII

Priced at around $40 000, a Hasselblad H3DII with a 39 megapixel backpiece is one of the most expensive photo kits available in ordinairy retail sale

Canon EF 1200mm f/5.6L USM

The suggested price of the lens upon unveiling in 1993, converted to present day money puts it at apx. $120 000

Cameratruck

Pretty much any container can be made into a pinhole camera

"The Great Picture"

But why stop at a truck, when you could convert an entire airplane hangar into a pinhole camera?

Tags: photography, camera, lens

Plants Can Control Weather

Tue, 13 May 2008 10:25:17 GMT

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Clip Source: www.dailygalaxy.com

Gone are the days of believing plants are just passive organisms. Earlier this year, researchers found that plants can communicate through little understood chemical mechanisms. Now scientists are even saying that plants can do something perhaps even more incredible: Control the weather. According to researchers at the Scottish Association for Marine Science and the University of Manchester, brown seaweed, kelp, has the ability to create cloudy days at the seaside. But why would plants want to alter weather patterns? Apparently, because cloudy days make the plants more comfortable.

When the sky is overcast kelp are comfortable when the tide goes out, since they are able to stay moist until it comes back. On a bright day however, they dry out. When they start getting dry the plants become stressed and begin releasing iodide. The iodide rises, causing clouds to form overhead, which in turns protects the kelp from unwelcome sunshine.

Tags: plants, weather, kelp

Topsy-turvy Matchbox Art

Tue, 13 May 2008 22:12:59 GMT

clipped by: boozich
clipper's remarks: To flip, move cursor over image.
To revert, move cursor off image.

Clip Source: puzzles.about.com

Ambigrams

Topsy-turvy Matchbox Art

Here's a collection of art which adorned match boxes during the late 19th and early 20th century. These whimsical images were cleverly drawn so as to be viewable right side up or upside down. Maiden to hag or man to beast, the images transform with a flip of the pack or, in this case, a click of the mouse.

Click on a thumbnail to view the full-sized image or tour the gallery.

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Optical Illusions

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New York 1930 and 1880

Wed, 14 May 2008 13:54:11 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Hi-res available at source

Clip Source: blog.modernmechanix.com

Nearly half a century lies between the two views of New York City’s skyline shown in the pictures above. The two photographs were taken from the same point—a tower of the famous Brooklyn Bridge. The upper one was made only the other day and the lower one is over forty-seven years old.

Architects, engineers, and modern machinery seem literally to have raised Manhattan Island out of the waters surrounding it. In the lower view, Brooklyn Bridge, opened in 1883, was just being built. Note how the buildings at that time seemed to crouch low on the island, only here and there an occasional church, spire throwing itself defiantly skyward.

In the upper view the buildings have fairly freed themselves from the land and apparently have become decidedly air-minded. In the immediate foreground is the office building at 120 Wall Street. Looming gigantic behind it is the Bank of Manhattan Company building, and far to the right of it appears the famous Woolworth Tower.

Canada to formally apologise to Indians for 1914 brutality

Wed, 14 May 2008 10:06:27 GMT

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Clip Source: www.gulfnews.com

Canada will formally apologise to the Indians here for the Komagata Maru tragedy of 1914 and acknowledge the hurt caused to the community

The Komagata Maru ship brought 376 Indians to Canada in 1914 in violation of the racist immigration laws of that time. But it was not allowed to anchor here and forcibly sent back to India after two months. On return to India, many passengers were shot dead by British Indian police in Calcutta, now Kolkata

Making this commitment to the Indo-Canadian community at a gathering in Surrey near here on Saturday, Jason Kenney, secretary of state for multiculturalism and Canadian identity, said the government would soon tender a formal apology on the issue in the nation's parliament

He also hinted that his government will work with provincial (state) governments to have a Komagata chapter in school textbooks

The current Tory government set in motion the apology process soon after taking over in 2006

Tags: canada, india, history, apology, government

The Handy Uses of a Home Computer (Jan, 1970)

Wed, 14 May 2008 14:34:08 GMT

clipped by: JohnWaterman
clipper's remarks: * Planning a dinner menu
* Balancing bank accounts
* Doing school homework
* Figuring out income tax
* Printing invitations
* Keeping the budget

Clip Source: blog.modernmechanix.com

pioneer families who have one

have discovered their obedient machine can perform a large variety of useful functions

originally brought it home for medical research, but then his family found it could also plan mortgage payments, help out with homework, even play with the children. Although the cost is still high, computers like theirs have come within possible reach of a two-car family budget. A small, self-contained model is available for $8,000, complete. The Rodmans’ computer system, called time-sharing, uses a Teletype terminal connected to a big central unit via telephone. It costs $110 a month to rent, plus $7.50 per hour of use

Clip Source: blog.modernmechanix.com

a sophisticated mental appendage with a capacity for problem-solving that is limited only by the family’s imagination

Dr. Rodman nor his family had ever operated, much less programmed, a computer before

A real mass home market for computers awaits stored programs of broad practical use to homeowners

Clip Source: blog.modernmechanix.com

10 High-Tech Health Breakthroughs Coming Soon to Your Body

Tue, 13 May 2008 15:15:12 GMT

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Clip Source: www.popularmechanics.com

Health care has come a long way since whole-body bloodletting. But medicine of the future will make even today’s broad-based therapies obsolete. Breakthroughs such as cancer-hunting nanoparticles, virus-busting lasers and featherweight heart monitors have begun to usher in a new era of targeted treatment—one in which drugs go directly where they’re needed, leaving healthy body tissues intact, and the slightest sign of illness is detected in real time.

Magnetic Brain Stimulation

Stem-Cell Scaffold

Clip Source: www.popularmechanics.com

Instant Diagnosis

Pre-emptive Strike Against Cancer

Clip Source: www.popularmechanics.com

Implantable Nanowire

Superbug Zapper

Clip Source: www.popularmechanics.com

Targeted Delivery

Bloodstream Bot

Nowadays, procedures like removing tumors or Roto-Rootering plaque-filled arteries can require long hospital stints. But a mosquito-size robot developed by Oded Salomon, an engineer at Israel’s Technion Institute, may be able to pull off these surgical feats without making large incisions—so recuperation is much faster.

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EKG Untethered

Nano Cancer Fighters

Tags: medicine, biotechnology

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Earth in 250 Million Years?

Future of wind power - will be HUGE!

Wind could provide 20% of nation's energy

A Guided Tour Of Your Body

Extreme Photography Equipment

Sigma APO 200-500 F/2.8

Zeiss Apo Sonnar T* 1700 mm F4

Polaroid 20x24'' Camera

Seitz 6x17'' digital panoramic camera

Hasselblad H3DII

Canon EF 1200mm f/5.6L USM

Cameratruck

"The Great Picture"

Plants Can Control Weather

Topsy-turvy Matchbox Art

Ambigrams

Optical Illusions

New York 1930 and 1880

Canada to formally apologise to Indians for 1914 brutality

The Handy Uses of a Home Computer (Jan, 1970)

10 High-Tech Health Breakthroughs Coming Soon to Your Body

Magnetic Brain Stimulation

Stem-Cell Scaffold

Instant Diagnosis

Pre-emptive Strike Against Cancer

Implantable Nanowire

Superbug Zapper

Targeted Delivery

Bloodstream Bot