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Pinned Tiny #home: Expanding/contracting
Nov 23 2017 04:35 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
Movable Steel Book Shelves, are the secret, . . . which conceals many different living spaces, . . . that use the least amount of floor space, Washing: the first 3 sections are immobile, . . . located at the rear portion of the apartment, . . . due...
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Pinned The Happiest Song In The World?
Sep 20 2016 11:10 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
According to a group of researchers at the University of Missouri, . . . the happiest song in the world is, . . . ”Don’t Stop Me Now” by Queen. Can you think of a Happier Song? 9-20-2016 Source: The happiest song in the world?
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Costa Rica: Free From Fossil #fuels?
May 14 2018 12:55 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Costa Rica, in 2017 had, . . . 300 days, in which, . . . renewables met its entire demand for electricity. But, they have too manny cars, and trucks, . . . using gasoline, and diesel for transportation. 5-14-2018 Source: Costa Rica: Free From Fossil #...
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Follow The #money: Computer Hardware Cost
May 01 2018 12:50 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Computer hardware "FLOPS," . . . is defined as one floating-point operation per second. Historically, the Cost of computer hardware, . . . designed for high-speed mathematics in dollars, . . . (adjusted for inflation to 2017 values) was: . . ....
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#robot-Assisted Vaulted Classrooms For China
Apr 19 2018 08:05 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
“To minimize construction time, and also . . . reduce the number of separate building elements required, . . . to be transported to the school’s remote location, . . . ZHA proposes to combine the local skills of in-situ concrete construction, . . . wit...
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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 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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Chevy Bolt Vs #tesla Model 3
Apr 02 2018 09:45 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
The Chevy Bolt cost . . . $10,000 more to make than, . . . the base model of the Tesla Model 3. Normally, the Chevy Bolt compact car, is cheaper to produce, because of: . . . . . . higher volumes, (1,000 cars a YEAR) . . . . . . lower cost of pa...
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Follow The Money: #fukushima
Mar 30 2018 12:55 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Work to scrap the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, and . . . deal with radioactive water buildup at the site, is expected to cost around . . . 660 billion yen over the next . . . 3 years. 3-30-2018 Source: Follow the Money: #Fukushima
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New #apple Watch Coming This Fall
Mar 29 2018 01:10 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
With new health sensors beyond the heart rate sensor on earlier Watches, . . . 15% larger display, . . . more health monitoring features, and . . . longer battery life. 3-28-2018 Source: New #Apple Watch coming this fall
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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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#3D Printed: Rocket Nozzle
Mar 23 2018 06:40 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center is developing, a . . . 3D-printed rocket nozzle, . . . that is cheaper, and simpler in design than comparable ones, . . . yet is able to withstand extreme temperatures, and pressures. https://www.youtube....h?v=m...
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Uk: $37 Million #3D Printing Facility
Mar 21 2018 12:25 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Siemens UK, says . . . 3D printing technology needs to be embraced, . . . in order to drive manufacturing in the UK forward. “This significant investment, underlines our belief that, . . . there is huge potential for innovation, and growth, . . . withi...
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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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Ez-Go: Self-Driving #ev
Mar 09 2018 08:10 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
EZ-GO: . . . . . . 4-wheel, . . . . . . all-electric autonomous transportation pod, . . . . . . with a portcullis-like device grafted onto the front, and . . . . . . U-shaped couch inside. “When you are in our car, . . . on the bench seat, and . . . be...
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Tesla #electric Trucks: Operational Synergies?
Mar 09 2018 01:05 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Tesla is doing , battery transport between, . . . the Gigafactory in Sparks, Nevada, and . . . the Fremont, California, production plant, . . . now being partly handled by the firm’s own electricity semi trucks, . . . partly as a means of testing the t...
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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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360° Experience: #self-Driving
Mar 02 2018 05:25 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Waymo Shows How Its Cool 360° View For Self-Driving Cars Really Works. https://www.youtube....4&v=B8R148hFxPw 3-2-2018 Source: 360° Experience: #Self-Driving
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#arctic: Record-Breaking Warmth
Mar 01 2018 01:40 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Though the sun hasn’t shone on the central Arctic for more than . . . 4 months, parts of the Arctic were more than . . . 50 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than normal. The Arctic Ocean is on track to set a new record this year, ...for the smallest extent o...
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Global Gigabit #broadband
Feb 25 2018 02:35 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
Elon Musk tweets that the . . . Starlink constellation of thousands of gigabit per second internet satellites, . . . will help get internet to the last billion, and . . . areas in the developed world with bad internet service. Falcon launch carries, ....
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We Let Kids #design Our City
Feb 09 2018 05:40 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Kids make up 25% of the population, . . . shouldn't we include them in some important conversations? In this inspiring talk, . . . urban planner Mara Mintzer, . . . wonders what would happen, . . . if we let children design our cities. https://www...
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Japan: #minimalists
Feb 02 2018 10:50 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
In 1899, Edwin Way Teale wrote, . . . “Reduce the complexity of life, . . . by eliminating the needless wants of life, and . . . the labors of life, . . . reduce themselves.” This philosophy has taken form in recent years, . . . as ‘minimalism,’ . . ....
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Goal: Just Be #happy (In A Tiny House)
Jan 30 2018 08:40 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Some times, you have to lose it all, . . . before you realize, . . . what's really the most important thing to you. Richard reevaluated his life, . . . after a motorcycle accident, he: . . . . . . quit his job, . . . . . . sold his house, and . ....
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Australian Heat Wave: #renewables
Jan 12 2018 02:20 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
40% of Victoria’s energy needs, . . . during the last heatwave, . . . were met by renewables. 1-12-2018 Source: Australian Heat Wave: #Renewables
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Denmark: 50% #renewables By 2030
Jan 12 2018 01:55 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Denmark just set a world record for using wind power, . . . to drive its economy. Its government now predicts, . . . that anyone betting against the technology, . . . is on the wrong side of history. Danish Energy Minister Lars Chr. Lilleholt says, ....
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