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#iphone
Jun 26 2017 06:20 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
iPhone: 1. Put the internet in everyone’s pocket 2. Transformed photography from a hobby to a part of everyday life 3. App Store changed the way software was created and distributed. 4. Apps changed everything, even how people work. 5. changed little t...
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#instant Apartment
Jan 30 2017 04:50 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
A step beyond flip-down beds ,and foldaway furniture, . . . this series of modular rooms, packs whole: . . . . . . Kitchens, . . . . . . Bedrooms, and . . . . . . Offices, into a highly portable form. 1-30-2017 Source: #Instant Apartment
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#ibm: 30 Billion Chips
Jun 05 2017 04:05 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
IBM's new 5nm architecture crams, . . . 30 billion transistors onto fingernail-sized chip. 5 nm prototypes, are capable of improving performance by . . . 40% at fixed power, or provide a power saving of . . . 75% at matched performance. 6-5-201...
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#hurricane's Vs Energy Resiliency
Sep 08 2017 01:45 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Houston, H-E-B stores microgrids and storage: . . . . . . not only keep their own lights on, . . . . . . but, provided emergency food, . . . . . . mobile kitchens, and . . . . . . other emergency services. They did this largely as part of their own cor...
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#housing: Digital Nomads
Jul 06 2017 02:25 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
"Digital Nomads," . . . a growing generation of people who are often on the move, . . . want quick, immediate and easy access to . . . a minimalist living space, with services: . . . . . . Air, (Hot & Cool) . . . . . . Water, (Hot & Co...
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#google's New Quantum Processor
Mar 07 2018 06:20 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Google's new quantum processor, Bristlecone, . . . a new quantum computer chip with the record-setting power of . . . 72 quantum bits (qubits), could soon outperform, . . . classic supercomputers. Quantum computers are great at performing simultan...
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#germany: Self-Driving Minibus
Oct 27 2017 02:10 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
EZ10, . . . A self-driving minibus: . . . . . . seat's 6 people, . . . . . . speed 9.3 mph, https://vimeo.com/137217228 . . . going between the: . . . . . . train station, . . . . . . town center, and . . . . . . thermal baths, that tourists come i...
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#fires
Jul 29 2017 02:55 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
More than, . . . 37,000 fires have burned more than . . . 5.2 million acres nationally since the beginning of the year, with . . . 47 large fires (those of 1,000 acres or more) burning across . . . 9 states as of Friday. 7-29-2017 Source: #Fires
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#energy: The Poor Can Afford
Dec 14 2017 03:55 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
"Liter of Light," has already taught: . . . . . . 382,000 Filipinos, and . . . . . . 690,000 people, from other countries, . . . how to pick themselves up, . . . out of energy poverty. Thanks to a clever, and . . . environmentally friendly inn...
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#energy Secretary: $1.8 Billion Supercompu...
Apr 17 2018 05:35 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
The new supercomputers, . . . will be follow-on systems to the first U.S. exascale system, authorized by . . . Secretary Perry this past June, named Aurora, . . . which is currently under development at . . . Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), and . ....
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#energy Rejected, What Is It?
May 14 2017 01:35 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
USA Energy Flow Chart https://www.youtube....h?v=G6dlvECRfcI . . . 2/3 of all energy generated, is "Rejected." . . . What does "Rejected" energy, mean? 5-14-2017 Source: Energy Flow Chart
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#energy Flow Chart
Apr 09 2018 06:15 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
How to read an energy flow chart from . . . Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) https://www.youtube....h?v=G6dlvECRfcI What is "Rejected Energy"? and . . . Why can't we use it?
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#emergency Shelter
Nov 22 2017 01:40 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
Project Ground-up, . . . attempts to provide all basic amenities, . . . within a small house-footprint, and . . . building a community around the construction of the house, . . . with a village cooperative between . . . 100 families, to create job...
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#electric Remote-Controlled Container Ship
May 11 2017 01:25 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
https://www.youtube....h?v=dVVRUAvoBK4 World's first, . . . all-electric, . . . autonomous, (remote controlled) . . . container, . . . ship to set sail in 2018. https://www.youtube....h?v=VjTKL4hm4B0 5-11-2017 Source: #Electric remote-controlled c...
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#electric Cargo Ship: Transports Coal?
Dec 03 2017 02:15 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
China, . . . launches World’s First "All-Electric Cargo Ship," and . . . will use it to haul . . . Coal? It will lower the cost of transportation for bulk cargoes, . . . because the price of electricity, . . . is lower than the price of diesel...
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#earthquakes
Jun 26 2017 12:30 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Yellowstone Park, hit by about 770 earthquakes since June 12, raises fears of possible volcanic eruption. https://www.youtube....h?v=a4H-WS2GGJA 6-26-2017 Source: #earthquakes
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#disney World: Lyft "minnie Vans"
Aug 01 2017 09:00 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
The new transportation service called "Minnie Van," . . . is now available for guests staying at: . . . . . . Disney's Boardwalk Resort, and . . . . . . Disney's Yacht & Beach Club resorts. 8-1-2017 Source: #Disney World: Lyft...
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#craters: In Russia
Jul 31 2017 05:25 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Rising temperatures, . . . are causing Siberia’s long-frozen ground, called permafrost, to thaw, and . . . creating mysterious giant craters. "The warming that happened 130,000 years ago, . . . happened over thousands of years, . . . what we see h...
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#climate: Alaska Bering Sea Ice Melt
Mar 12 2018 01:30 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Unprecedented, record-breaking high temperatures in the Arctic, and . . . rapidly disappearing sea ice, . . . have the climate science community concerned. In a shocking melting event, . . . 1/2 of the ice in the Bering Sea disappeared ,during a . . ....
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#climate Change—Is Basic Physics
Aug 28 2017 12:45 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
The amplifying impact of: . . . . . . sea level rise, . . . . . . warming oceans, and . . . . . . hotter air, . . . all incontrovertible consequences of, . . . climate change—is basic physics. "The thing that keeps forecasters up at night, . . . i...
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#climate Change: Corn, Major Victim?
Jul 27 2017 11:25 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
In 2016, the U.S. harvested nearly . . . 87 million acres, producing . . . 15.1 billion bushels, for a total value of . . . $51.5 billion. The Met Office, . . . the U.K.'s national weather service, say's . . . "We haven't seen a m...
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#chinese Super Ships
Oct 13 2017 06:45 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Chinese Super Ships https://www.youtube....h?v=KX1OZKKfHGg
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#carbon Footprints: Life Choices
Jul 16 2017 05:10 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Environmental Research Letters, . . . has determined exactly which Life Choices, . . . reduce our carbon footprints the most. A study published in 2013, . . . estimates that in order to limit global warming to 2C, . . . the average individual carbon f...
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#car Of The Year?
Mar 28 2018 12:25 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Yup, that’s right — the Tesla Model 3 won! https://www.youtube....h?v=V-GOdnV5N_k 3-28-2018 Source: #Car of the year?
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#book: Solutionary Rail
Sep 17 2017 01:40 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Electrifying the US rail system, . . . Installing electrical transmission lines alone railroad right of ways, . . . that serve to transport electricity from capillary generation sources to: . . . . . . . . . the destination of most rail traffic — u...
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