Now here’s a great idea. Wall sockets with USB ports so we can charge our gear. Wonder where I can get a few of these…… More info here.
What a Great Idea!
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Category Archives: Science
The Last Chapter?
At 5:56 AM this morning I watched the Atlantis touch down for the final time. As a child of the 60s and 70s, I grew up with the space program. I was a callow 16 year old trudging through the … Continue reading
Synthetic Biology
These are either the scariest words ever written or the announcement of our impending immortality… "We make a genome from four bottles of chemicals; we put that synthetic genome into a cell; that synthetic genome takes over the cell," said … Continue reading
ClimateGate
Aside from the larger issue of the complete disregard for the scientific method displayed by the players in this circus, has anyone read any of the posts that dissect the code of the various programs? Sweet Jesus! It’s enough … Continue reading
The Biggest Day in Motorsports
Jenson Button continued his unlikey conquest of Formula One at Monaco today. Billed as a race with little passing (overtaking for the knowledgable), the thrill comes from watching the drivers push their cars through the narrow, tortourous turns of the … Continue reading