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LeopoldS

China To Build Eco-City Cluster In Hubei - ChinaCSR.com - Corporate Social Responsibili... - 0 views

www.chinacsr.com/...uild-eco-city-cluster-in-hubei

environment china

shared by LeopoldS on 07 Dec 09 - Cached
  • LeopoldS on 07 Dec 09
     
    ecological construction and environmental protection of a city cluster and more than CNY500 billion will be invested to build this eco-city cluster, which is to be centered on Wuhan.
Luís F. Simões

Geoffrey West: The surprising math of cities and corporations | Video on TED.com - 3 views

www.ted.com/...f_cities_and_corporations.html

TED cities companies growth complex_systems complex_networks

shared by Luís F. Simões on 26 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Physicist Geoffrey West has found that simple, mathematical laws govern the properties of cities -- that wealth, crime rate, walking speed and many other aspects of a city can be deduced from a single number: the city's population. In this mind-bending talk from TEDGlobal he shows how it works and how similar laws hold for organisms and corporations.
  • For those who felt that Geoffrey glossed over the implications for cities and companies, the following article in the New York Times did a respectable job of drawing conclusions from Dr. West's paper: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/magazine/19Urban_West-t.html
  • dejanpetkow on 27 Oct 11
     
    Tokyo has a very large population and one of the smallest crime rates in the world, in fact Tokyo is known to be the safest big city in the world (w.r.t. crime). It is hard to believe that the crime rate in L.A. is in the same order of magnitude.
Juxi Leitner

U.S. Spies See Superhumans, Instant Cities by 2030 | Danger Room | Wired.com - 1 views

www.wired.com/...superhumans-instant-cities

technology science robotics AI

shared by Juxi Leitner on 11 Dec 12 - No Cached
  • Juxi Leitner on 11 Dec 12
     
    how the us intelligence community forecasts tech development into 2030
LeopoldS

Icelander's Campaign Is a Joke, Until He's Elected - Biography - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...26iceland.html

fun politics

shared by LeopoldS on 26 Jun 10 - Cached
  • LeopoldS on 26 Jun 10
     
    which city or country is next? who is ripe?
jcunha

Cloud cities for Venus exploration - 3 views

spectrum.ieee.org/...d-cities-for-venus-exploration

science space FUN technology

shared by jcunha on 19 Dec 14 - No Cached
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  • jcunha on 19 Dec 14
     
    Our friends from NASA have come out with a plan to the human exploration of Venus in the time that everyone is speaking about Mars.
  • Ma Ru on 24 Dec 14
     
    Love the concept acronym, which pretty much says it all... Not sure which astronaut would fancy floating around in an atmosphere where clouds are made of sulphuric acid. Besides I don't see the point of a manned mission if one can't reach the surface.. tele-operation would be easy and so much cheaper.
LeopoldS

NIAC 2014 Phase I Selections | NASA - 4 views

www.nasa.gov/...niac-2014-phase-i-selections

advanced NASA NIAC concepts

shared by LeopoldS on 05 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • LeopoldS on 05 Jun 14
     
    12 new NIAC 1 studies - many topics familiar to us ... please have a look at those closest to your expertise to see if there is anything new/worth investigating (and in general to be knowledgeable on them since we will get questions sooner or later on them)
    Principal Investigator Proposal Title Organization City, State, Zip Code
    Atchison, Justin Swarm Flyby Gravimetry Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 21218-2680
    Boland, Eugene Mars Ecopoiesis Test Bed Techshot, Inc. Greenville, IN 47124-9515
    Cash, Webster The Aragoscope: Ultra-High Resolution Optics at Low Cost University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309-0389
    Chen, Bin 3D Photocatalytic Air Processor for Dramatic Reduction of Life Support Mass & Complexity NASA ARC Moffett Field, CA 94035-0000
    Hoyt, Robert WRANGLER: Capture and De-Spin of Asteroids and Space Debris Tethers Unlimited Bothel, WA 98011-8808
    Matthies, Larry Titan Aerial Daughtercraft NASA JPL Pasadena, CA 91109-8001
    Miller, Timothy Using the Hottest Particles in the Universe to Probe Icy Solar System Worlds John Hopkins University Laurel, MD 20723-6005
    Nosanov, Jeffrey PERISCOPE: PERIapsis Subsurface Cave OPtical Explorer NASA JPL Pasadena, CA 91109-8001
    Oleson, Steven Titan Submarine: Exploring the Depths of Kraken NASA GRC Cleveland, OH 44135-3127
    Ono, Masahiro Comet Hitchhiker: Harvesting Kinetic Energy from Small Bodies to Enable Fast and Low-Cost Deep Space Exploration NASA JPL Pasadena, CA 91109-8001
    Streetman, Brett Exploration Architecture with Quantum Inertial Gravimetry and In Situ ChipSat Sensors Draper Laboratory Cambridge, MA 02139-3539
    Wiegmann, Bruce Heliopause Electrostatic Rapid Transit System (HERTS) NASA MSFC Huntsville, AL 35812-0000
  • annaheffernan on 11 Jun 14
     
    Eh, the swarm flyby gravimetry is very similar to the "measuring gravitational fields" project I proposed in the brewery
Dario Izzo

Detection of Intact Lava Tubes at Marius Hills on the Moon by SELENE (Kaguya) Lunar Rad... - 0 views

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/...full

shared by Dario Izzo on 06 Feb 18 - No Cached
  • Dario Izzo on 06 Feb 18
     
    The paper I talked about with the proof of a gigantic lava tube discovered in 2017 from data of the Japanese lunar mission
  • Dario Izzo on 06 Feb 18
     
    Given the size of this thing we may consider a project on city urban planning inside. I would see a rocket-port outside the crater, some lift systems to get in, a closed dome with artificial atmosphere where to develop the city possible trekking routes on the lunar surface, a mirror system to get sunlight in, an energy factory just outside the entry.
darioizzo2

Architects are planning a Martian city for the desert outside Dubai - CNN Style - 0 views

edition.cnn.com/...index.html

habitats mars colonization

shared by darioizzo2 on 04 Nov 20 - No Cached
  • darioizzo2 on 04 Nov 20
     
    I had missed this project somehow :)
Luzi Bergamin

First circuit breaker for high voltage direct current - 2 views

new.abb.com/hvdc-grid

technology phy

shared by Luzi Bergamin on 13 Nov 12 - No Cached
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  • Luzi Bergamin on 13 Nov 12
     
    Doesn't really sound sexy, but this is of utmost importance for next generation grids for renewable energy.
  • LeopoldS on 13 Nov 12
     
    I agree on the significance indeed - a small boost also for my favourite Desertec project ... Though their language is a bit too "grandiose": "ABB has successfully designed and developed a hybrid DC breaker after years of research, functional testing and simulation in the R&D laboratories. This breaker is a breakthrough that solves a technical challenge that has been unresolved for over a hundred years and was perhaps one the main influencers in the 'war of currents' outcome. The 'hybrid' breaker combines mechanical and power electronics switching that enables it to interrupt power flows equivalent to the output of a nuclear power station within 5 milliseconds - that's as fast as a honey bee takes per flap of its wing - and more than 30 times faster than the reaction time of an Olympic 100-meter medalist to react to the starter's gun! But its not just about speed. The challenge was to do it 'ultra-fast' with minimal operational losses and this has been achieved by combining advanced ultrafast mechanical actuators with our inhouse semiconductor IGBT valve technologies or power electronics (watch video: Hybrid HVDC Breaker - How does it work). In terms of significance, this breaker is a 'game changer'. It removes a significant stumbling block in the development of HVDC transmission grids where planning can start now. These grids will enable interconnection and load balancing between HVDC power superhighways integrating renewables and transporting bulk power across long distances with minimal losses. DC grids will enable sharing of resources like lines and converter stations that provides reliability and redundancy in a power network in an economically viable manner with minimal losses. ABB's new Hybrid HVDC breaker, in simple terms will enable the transmission system to maintain power flow even if there is a fault on one of the lines. This is a major achievement for the global R&D team in ABB who have worked for years on the challeng
Vincent C

Fly into Solar Radiation Storm (First ACT member into space !) - 1 views

science.nasa.gov/...19apr_camilla

Solar radiation storm nasa

shared by Vincent C on 25 Apr 12 - No Cached
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  • Vincent C on 25 Apr 12
     
    " This isn't Camilla's first adventure. The chicken has also flown on a NASA T-38 training jet, traveled onboard a helium balloon to the stratosphere over Louisiana, visited the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, and visited hundreds of elementary students in classrooms around the country. " Pretty impressive Camilla ! Congratulations :)
LeopoldS

Unhealthy Glaswegians: No city for old men | The Economist - 1 views

www.economist.com/...21560888

fun

shared by LeopoldS on 23 Aug 12 - No Cached
  • LeopoldS on 23 Aug 12
     
    anybody for moving up there? :-)
Francesco Biscani

Gigapixel-Dresden.de - Large Size Panoramas - 4 views

www.dresden-26-gigapixels.com/dresden26GP

fun

shared by Francesco Biscani on 18 Feb 10 - Cached
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  • The picture was made with the Canon 5D mark II and a 400mm-lens. It consists of 1.665 full format pictures with 21.4 megapixel, which was recorded by a photo-robot in 172 minutes.
  • Ma Ru on 18 Feb 10
     
    "With a resolution of 297.500 x 87.500 pixel (26 gigapixel) the picture is the largest in the world. (stand December 2009)" Daring statement... I'm not quite sure, but I'd quess microscopic images used in medicine can easily reach terapixels... What a waste of pixels anyway... they weren't able to find a bit more interesing city?
  • pacome delva on 23 Feb 10
     
    yeah... like Leiden !
Luís F. Simões

USSR Wins Space Race As U.S. Shuts Down Shuttle Program | The Onion - America's Finest ... - 4 views

www.theonion.com/...-shuts-down-shuttle-prog,21007

fun Space shuttle Soviet Russia

shared by Luís F. Simões on 27 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • The termination of NASA's space shuttle program marks the end of a nearly 54-year rivalry between the USSR and the United States to achieve superiority in space exploration.
  • Sources confirmed that in commemoration of the capitalist defeat, extra bread and corn rations had been approved in all major cities, and factory workers were given time off their nine-hour work shifts to join in the festivities.
  • LeopoldS on 29 Jul 11
     
    we can't access it from within the firewall I fear ...
LeopoldS

Germany Imagines Suburbs Without Cars - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...12suburb.html

trends automobile transport cities

shared by LeopoldS on 12 May 09 - Cached
  • LeopoldS on 12 May 09
     
    how many of the ACT members actually have a car? maybe we are trendsetters :-)
Ma Ru

Euroscience Open Forum 2010 - 2 views

www.esof2010.org

science conference Europe

shared by Ma Ru on 24 Apr 09 - Cached
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  • ESA ACT on 24 Apr 09
     
    A conference ACT should consider going to.
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  • Ma Ru on 23 Apr 10
     
    Perhaps some of ACTers will find this conference interesting... One of the talks: "Would Einstein be on Twitter? Exploring the potential and limits of Web 2.0 in science & science communication" [Edit] Oh, I see someone has already posted this link... a year ago. Anyway, if anyone of you plans to go, let me know - I'll be around ;-)
  • Ma Ru on 08 Jul 10
     
    Just came back from ESOF 2010... I was on look for ACT agents undercover, but either they were not there or the cover was good enough... Anyway here's a few remarks from me (I could write a nice report... if you paid): 1) In general, to say that ESA was underrepresented on the conference as a whole is not enough (I guess ESA just failed to notice the event taking place). For instance, on the GMES presentation, ESA as such was not mentioned at all... at some point I started to wonder if ESA is actually involved in the project, but now I checked the website and apparently it is. On the other hand, GMES presentation was crap anyway, as after 1:15 of talking, I didn't gain any knowledge of what GMES is and what its contributions to the EU community will be. 2) There was a lot of talk about LHC and particle research (well, at least among those that I attended). Some of them were very good, some of them rather crap... 3) "Would Einstein be on Twitter? Exploring the potential and limits of Web 2.0 in science & science communication" talk - quite interesting, but focusing mainly on Science-to-Wide Public and Science-to-Journalists communication. Not really on Science-to-Science (as in Ariadnet). There was quite an extensive discussion with the public. You may be interested that Nature is trying to stimulate Web 2.0 communication, running blog service, but also I think a kind of social network - perhaps you'd like to have a look. In general the conclusion was that Web 2.0 is not so useful for scientific communication because practising it requires TIME (blogs, etc.) and often some professional skills (podcasts/videocasts, etc.), and scientists have neither of these. This can be run on corporation level (like ESA does actually), but then it looses the "intimate" character. 4) "How much can robots learn?" talk... very nicely presented: understandable by the wide public, but conveying the message... which is something like "we can already make the robots do stuff absolutely imp
  • Ma Ru on 08 Jul 10
     
    Well, my comment was cut in half, and I don't feel like typing it again... the most important highlight from the rest is that the only presenter from ESA (ESTEC) did not show up on his talk because his department was undergoing some sort of audit on the same day :)
  • LeopoldS on 08 Jul 10
     
    Fantastic comment - or better report!! thanks very much Marek! Who was the supposed no-show speaker from ESA?
  • Ma Ru on 08 Jul 10
     
    Bernard Foing (he is actually one of the 8 ESA employees who have their own page on Wikipedia)...
  • LeopoldS on 08 Jul 10
     
    written almost entirely by a guy called a "quest for knowledge" ... who will this be????? :-)
Paul N

Bacteria Living in 'Cloud Cities' May Control Rain and Snow Patterns : DNews - 1 views

news.discovery.com/...nd-snow-an-unlikely-couple.htm

BIO science

shared by Paul N on 23 Aug 14 - No Cached
  • Paul N on 23 Aug 14
     
    Some bacteria can influence the weather. Up high in the sky where clouds form, water droplets condense and ice crystal grow around tiny particles. Typically these particles are dust, pollen, or even soot from a wildfire. But recently scientists have begun to realize that some of these little particles are alive - they are bacteria evolved to create ice or water droplets around themselves. old but might be worth a discussion
aborgg

Watch Uranium Emit Radiation - 2 views

www.iflscience.com/...watch-uranium-emit-radiation

science PHY space

shared by aborgg on 09 Oct 15 - No Cached
  • aborgg on 09 Oct 15
     
    You've heard of the catastrophic effects of radiation on environments, animals and humans. A seemingly silent and invisible destroyer, radiation can make whole cities inhabitable for hundreds of years. But have you ever wondered what radiation actually looks like? There may be one image that jumps to mind. We saw the same detector setup in the room opposite to ours during the Open Day! Using uranium is just cooler. :)
Thijs Versloot

The Worlds Smallest Thermometer - 0 views

www.nature.com/...ncomms9954.html

technology science AFM

shared by Thijs Versloot on 17 Dec 15 - No Cached
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  • Thijs Versloot on 17 Dec 15
     
    By attaching a diamond crystal to an AFM tip, researcher at New York City University managed to measure the heat flows at atomic levels in resistors. The method works due to a vacancy in the carbon lattice, two spots are empty of which one is filled with a nitrogen atom. The energy state of the vacancy is temperature dependent and can actually be read out spectroscopically.
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