Monthly Archives: February 2009
Test case
We are witnessing a large real life test. Thanks to a screwup of a record company the new album of U2 is all over the P2P networks. It will be interesting to see the impact. First on the sale of … Continue reading
Oops….
The power of crowdsourcing: Slashdot readers pick up a giant error. (Source Slashdot, hattip Dirk) Arctic Ice Extent Understated Because of “Sensor Drift” dtjohnson writes “The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) has been at the forefront of predicting … Continue reading
Green Get Away
Always wanted to be invisible? Then this must be your ultimate get away for the weekend. This treehouse, designed by Tham & Videgard Hansson, is plated with mirrors that reflect the woods around it, so it blends in with the … Continue reading
Low hanging fruit
A recent report showed how big the impact can be of relatively simple measures. If all states in the USA would copy the energy saving methods of the top 10 states, the electric energy consumption of the country would be … Continue reading
Civilized
A picture tells a thousand words. I do not like professional soccer and its crazy ecosystem. A warped world. Therefore it is amazing to see a ritual on TV just moments ago. The players of Fiorentina, losing an important game … Continue reading
Nano power
When we hear the word “fuel cell” we tend to think about pumps and valves and stacks and the works. Complex installations. But when you minaturize the fuel cell, everything starts to get solid state and simple. Two recent publications … Continue reading
Wifi war
The magic of mobile communications hides the fact that the technology and the engineering supporting the magic have their limitations. (For anybody who is interested and wants to be awed by the intricacies of radio communications engineering, see digital wave propagation.HTM). … Continue reading
3 x 7.000.000.000
Now that the bad news about the sudden recession is all out in the open a lot of plans are put forward to stimulate the economy. Obama has signed off a stimulus package including approx. 7 billion euros to improve … Continue reading
Simple math
This week there is a worldwide conference in Barcelona on mobile communication. A visitor reports that one of the messages of the conference is ” Mobile broadband is the only serious alternative to bring broadband to the people – forget about Fiber to … Continue reading
Look and ye shall find
It always amazes me how inventive we can become once we really start to put our hearts and minds into solving a problem. Like this: shock absorbers in a car kill motion energy. Motion energy from wheels moving up and … Continue reading