This poster maps out relationships between scientific disciplines using an algorithm.
(relatively huge image)
http://informationesthetics.org/documents/scienceMapPrintMockup.jpg
It's artistic and educational. I think they have this poster for sale or you could probably get them to send a larger file to print on a large plotter since you're representing a school.
I believe that while the goal of efficient automobiles is good, it seems to distract from the real needs we have as a community for better transportation design overall. This fact should be clear to anybody living in a metropolitan area in the U.S.. We Occupy 4(or more)*2 lanes in either direction of a freeway or highway with vehicles that take up about an average city livingroom's space per person.
Regardless of how efficient the vehicles will become, this gross method of mass transportation cannot be successfully maintained for much longer. We cannot make people drive motorcycles, they're about as practical as the "science project" HEV's. We can encourage and give incentives to drive smaller efficient vehicles, but that doesn't solve the transportation issue.
What we really need are trains/subways to and from major communiting centers and more importantly marketing. We don't need more buses adding to the pain of commutes. We need transportation sollutions that don't add to traffic or impede it.
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This poster maps out relationships between scientific disciplines using an algorithm. (relatively huge image) http://informationesthetics.org/documents/scienceMapPrintMockup.jpg It's artistic and educational. I think they have this poster for sale or you could probably get them to send a larger file to print on a large plotter since you're representing a school.
The Science channel will be showing live coverage from JPL at 4pm PDT.
Go here http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=2&vote=00015/ Find out how your senators voted, then contact your Senator: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm/ You can also contact your Congressperson: https://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml/
Regardless of how efficient the vehicles will become, this gross method of mass transportation cannot be successfully maintained for much longer. We cannot make people drive motorcycles, they're about as practical as the "science project" HEV's. We can encourage and give incentives to drive smaller efficient vehicles, but that doesn't solve the transportation issue.
What we really need are trains/subways to and from major communiting centers and more importantly marketing. We don't need more buses adding to the pain of commutes. We need transportation sollutions that don't add to traffic or impede it.