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Anthony Atala on growing new organs | Video on TED.com - 5 views

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Global Warning - a project of the National Security Journalism Initiative - 0 views

global-warning.org/main Arctic Climate Change Global Warming and Security Environment Energy Youth Students Water Military

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Isabelle DB on 12 Jan 11

"WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a three-month investigation, a team of Northwestern University student reporters has found that the US nation's security establishment is not adequately prepared for many of the environmental changes that are coming faster than predicted and that threaten to reshape demands made on the military and intelligence community. This is despite the fact that the Defense Department has called climate change a potential "accelerant of instability." The Medill School of Journalism graduate student team began publication on January 10 of its findings on the national security implications of climate change with a series of print, video and interactive stories."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a three-month investigation, a team of Northwestern University student reporters has found that the US nation's security establishment is not adequately prepared for many of the environmental changes that are coming faster than predicted and that threaten to reshape demands made on the military and intelligence community. This is despite the fact that the Defense Department has called climate change a potential "accelerant of instability." The Medill School of Journalism graduate student team began publication on January 10 of its findings on the national security implications of climate change with a series of print, video and interactive stories."</div>

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What the strange persistence of rockets can teach us about innovation. - 5 views

www.slate.com/...all technology innovation space politic MAD

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Joris _ on 04 Feb 11

If I could write, this is exactly what I would write about rocket, GO, and so on... :) "we are decadent and tired. But none of the bright young up-and-coming economies seem to be interested in anything besides aping what the United States and the USSR did years ago. We may, in other words, need to look beyond strictly U.S.-centric explanations for such failures of imagination and initiative. ... Those are places we need to go if we are not to end up as the Ottoman Empire of the 21st century, and yet in spite of all of the lip service that is paid to innovation in such areas, it frequently seems as though we are trapped in a collective stasis." "But those who do concern themselves with the formal regulation of "technology" might wish to worry less about possible negative effects of innovation and more about the damage being done to our environment and our prosperity by the mid-20th-century technologies that no sane and responsible person would propose today, but in which we remain trapped by mysterious and ineffable forces."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">If I could write, this is exactly what I would write about rocket, GO, and so on... :) "we are decadent and tired. But none of the bright young up-and-coming economies seem to be interested in anything besides aping what the United States and the USSR did years ago. We may, in other words, need to look beyond strictly U.S.-centric explanations for such failures of imagination and initiative. ... Those are places we need to go if we are not to end up as the Ottoman Empire of the 21st century, and yet in spite of all of the lip service that is paid to innovation in such areas, it frequently seems as though we are trapped in a collective stasis." "But those who do concern themselves with the formal regulation of "technology" might wish to worry less about possible negative effects of innovation and more about the damage being done to our environment and our prosperity by the mid-20th-century technologies that no sane and responsible person would propose today, but in which we remain trapped by mysterious and ineffable forces."</div>

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Ma Ru on 04 Feb 11

Very interesting, though I'm amused how the author tends to (subconsciously?) shift the blame to non-US dictators :-) Suggestion that in absence of cold war US might have abandoned HB and ICBM programmes is ridiculous.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Very interesting, though I'm amused how the author tends to (subconsciously?) shift the blame to non-US dictators :-) Suggestion that in absence of cold war US might have abandoned HB and ICBM programmes is ridiculous.</div>

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Luís F. Simões on 04 Feb 11

Interesting, this was written by Neal Stephenson ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Stephenson#Works ). Great article indeed. The videos of the event from which this arose might be equally interesting: Here Be Dragons: Governing a Technologically Uncertain Future http://newamerica.net/events/2011/here_be_dragons "To employ a commonly used metaphor, our current proficiency in rocket-building is the result of a hill-climbing approach; we started at one place on the technological landscape-which must be considered a random pick, given that it was chosen for dubious reasons by a maniac-and climbed the hill from there, looking for small steps that could be taken to increase the size and efficiency of the device."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Interesting, this was written by Neal Stephenson ( <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Stephenson#Works" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Stephenson#Works</a> ). Great article indeed. The videos of the event from which this arose might be equally interesting: Here Be Dragons: Governing a Technologically Uncertain Future <a href="http://newamerica.net/events/2011/here_be_dragons" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://newamerica.net/events/2011/here_be_dragons</a> "To employ a commonly used metaphor, our current proficiency in rocket-building is the result of a hill-climbing approach; we started at one place on the technological landscape-which must be considered a random pick, given that it was chosen for dubious reasons by a maniac-and climbed the hill from there, looking for small steps that could be taken to increase the size and efficiency of the device."</div>

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Joris _ on 04 Feb 11

You know Luis, when I read this quote, I could help thinking about GO, which would be kind of ironic considering the context but not far from what happens in the field :p

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">You know Luis, when I read this quote, I could help thinking about GO, which would be kind of ironic considering the context but not far from what happens in the field :p</div>

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LeopoldS on 05 Feb 11

Fantastic!!!

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LeopoldS on 05 Feb 11

Would have been nice if it were historically more accurate and less polemic / superficial

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Would have been nice if it were historically more accurate and less polemic / superficial</div>

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pacome delva on 14 Feb 11

mmmh... the wheel is also an old invention... there is an idea behind but this article is not very deepfull, and I really don't think the problem is with innovation and lack of creative young people !!! look at what is done in the financial sector...

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">mmmh... the wheel is also an old invention... there is an idea behind but this article is not very deepfull, and I really don't think the problem is with innovation and lack of creative young people !!! look at what is done in the financial sector...</div>

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Awesome video of memory chip production - 1 views

www.youtube.com/watch technology

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coming back to the Moon - 2 views

www.googlelunarxprize.org/...about-the-prize

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Giusi Schiavone on 28 Feb 11

The $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE will be awarded to the first privately funded teams to build robots that successfully land on the lunar surface, explore the Moon by moving at least 500 meters (~1/3 of a mile), and return high definition video and imagery. The Google Lunar X PRIZE expires whenever all prizes are claimed, or at the end of 2015. As of midnight on December 31st, 2010, the team registration for the Google Lunar X PRIZE is closed. No additional applicants will be accepted to join the competition. ...too late

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE will be awarded to the first privately funded teams to build robots that successfully land on the lunar surface, explore the Moon by moving at least 500 meters (~1/3 of a mile), and return high definition video and imagery. The Google Lunar X PRIZE expires whenever all prizes are claimed, or at the end of 2015. As of midnight on December 31st, 2010, the team registration for the Google Lunar X PRIZE is closed. No additional applicants will be accepted to join the competition. ...too late</div>

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LeopoldS on 02 Mar 11

please see the act report on this from a few years ago - its on the wiki - should we maybe make an update analysis? any volunteers? Giusi?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">please see the act report on this from a few years ago - its on the wiki - should we maybe make an update analysis? any volunteers? Giusi?</div>

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Giusi Schiavone on 02 Mar 11

I'll have a look

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I'll have a look</div>

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