science
Below we have a video of a very progressive thinking guy. Taking the asphalt road that we have been taking for granted all these years and replacing it with a newer, very 21st century technological, power producing, solaricious road. The idea is to take glass, that is as hard as steel and place solar panels under the glass. That way the road, that is just sitting in the sunlight all day now becomes a power-plant taking electricity to you and your neighbors doorsteps, for free..well until the power company finds some way to charge you for it.
In the video he talks about how they plan to put LEDS in the panels to light up the roads, and give dynamic warnings to drivers, as well as make the pieces weathers, shatter and slip proof. Problem is that I can’t see power companies really enjoying the thought of their billion-dollar business going the way side for free power. I for one would love to see something like this because you know the web will spring up with hundred of ways to hack into the grid for the free energy. I enjoy the idea of taking all of these technologies and combining them into new, innovative and useful applications. With the impending loss of loss fuels, oil and energy derived from rocks we find in the ground, humanity needs progressive thinkers that are willing to take risks and push forward to harness the powers that we have around us for the free use of energy, that is clean and green. If we hope to ever get off this rock and explore the universe before our sun explodes or we kill each other, getting this world more energy efficient is a must and this is a great idea…plus when we get hover/flying cars we can just have normal glass since we won’t be going 80 over it and smashing into one another all the time. Kudps to this guy! Check out the video below.
~ Cannoli ~
The study, that was headed by Dr. Ian Stephen, showed that with five additional portions of vegetables per day to ones diet, that over the course of 2 months participants skin had a much healthier and radiant glow. The research isn’t anything too revolutionary, but it went something like this:
1) Get willing participants
2) Have half of them double their fruit/vegetables.
3) Observe how Carotenoids (which are found in high volumes in RED vegetables and fruits) affect the skin.
4) Get participants a tan.
5) Ask strangers to judge them. (best part)
If the research could be photographed it would look something like this:
The face in the middle shows the woman's natural color. The face on the left shows the effect of sun tanning, while the face on the right shows the effect of eating more Carotenoids. Participants thought the Carotenoid color looked healthier.
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Feelin’ like a Pimp, Gon’ Brush Yo Robot Off?
Being a big fan of Augmented Reality this really caught my attention. The inventors over at Tsumaki Telerobotics Laboratory at Yamagata University created this wearable Robot. The robot is actually a pair of eyes for a friend who is connected to the internet miles and miles away. The robot actually has two camera’s in it’s head that are wirelessly transmitting data across the internet to a computer where someone is stationed with goggles on that let them see what it sees. Moreover the little Robot head and the goggles are connected as well; the robot’s head turns with the goggles, meaning you have full control to look around the room. Think about the revolution this is! You can totally miss a meeting and just send your buddy in with a little Robot on his shoulder and BAM! you are in the room too. AWESOME! Now all they need to do is give it some skin (like put it in a stuffed animal or something) so that it doesn’t look so…roboty. Click the jump for a video of the cute little bastard in action!
When nanotechnology BREAKS through
Get the joke…because glass breaks….nothing’? Regardless, company Nanopool has invented glass that can be sprayed from a bottle onto anything! Glass…in a bottle. If it sounds strange it’s because it is, but that’s not going to stop it from completely changing the entire world. That’s right, the entire world… and that is a fuckton of world people! Here is a brief breakdown of what the glass is and does from Nanopool:
The flexible and breathable glass coating is approximately 100 nanometres thick (500 times thinner than a human hair), and so it is completely undetectable. It is food safe, environmentally friendly (winner of the Green Apple Award) and it can be applied to almost any surface within seconds . When coated, all surfaces become easy to clean and anti- microbially protected (Winner of the NHS Smart Solutions Award ). Houses, cars, ovens, wedding dress or any other protected surface become stain resistant and can be easily cleaned with water ; no cleaning chemicals are required. Amazingly a 30 second DIY application to a sink unit will last for a year or years, depending on how often it is used. But it does not stop there – the coatings are now also recognised as being suitable for agricultural and in-vivo application. Vines coated with SiO2 don’t suffer from mildew, and coated seeds grow more rapidly without the need for anti-fungal chemicals. This will result in farmers in enjoying massively increased yields . Trials for in-vivo applications are subject to a degree of secrecy, but Neil McClelland, the UK Project Manager for Nanopool GmbH, describes the results as “stunning”.
Pretty much what they did is take the molecule SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide), which is the main component in glass, from quartz sand and then proceeded to insert the molecules of H2O (water) or C2H5OH (ethanol or straight chain alcohol). The result is liquid glass that can be sprayed on shit! It’s is revolutionary in the scientific community. It seems like such a simple process that it’s a wonder why no one has thought of it before. I know that the firs thing I will be spraying it on is my computer. You see, I use my computer when I poop (who doesn’t?) which means when I flush (usually a courtesy one because my shit stinks) fecal particles fly into the air and get all over my keyboard. You following? Thus after I washed my hands (I’m not an animal) when I type the particles get on my fingers, and so later when I go to scratch my itchy contact eye….I GET PINK EYE! gross right…not any more thanks to this spray on glass! Thanks Nanopool!