While the slashdot summary uses the term "light", the paper states that they used a 0.4 THz source — not the frequency/wavelength most people think of when they hear the word "light".
With autonomous vehicles will come an increased ability for the local, state, and federal governments to track where and how much a given vehicle travels. The governments will then find it convenient to levy taxes and/or fees accordingly with the amount of destructive damage done to the road by the vehicle, which increases exponentially with vehicle weight. So it is unlikely to be as cost effective in the future as it is now to literally drive your whole house everywhere you go.
So I looked over the Microzap website and I couldn't find a good explanation of how this microwave technology kills the mold spores other than the vague description:
"The unique MicroZap technology utilizes a combination of thermal and non-thermal effects to destroy bacteria at lower (colder) temperatures, thus creating “cold pasteurization” of fresh foods and eliminates deadly pathogens."
The thermal mechanism seems obvious, but what might be the "non-thermal effect" they are referring to?
Small correction to the summary, ESO is not the only organization operating ALMA. It is an international partnership of Europe, North America and East Asia in cooperation with the Republic of Chile.
Will this screw up when the earths field begins fluctuating when poles being going into reversal again? Seeing as the force generated is in a direction perpendicular to both the satellite's direction and the magnetic field lines, it really shouldn't have a major effect.
As long as the magnetic field stays at least somewhat parallel to the earth's surface, a lift force will be generated regardless of the field polarity.
Of course, if there is zero magnetic field that means no lift force, but that doesn't mean things immediately fall out of the sky, only the potential to drop a little in orbit until the field picks up again.
From their Mission & Vision statement:
Pickering Institute provides an education which is an integral part of our society forming the foundation of democracy, equal opportunity, and the wise use of our precious natural resources. Does an EDU domain fall in the precious natural resources category?
A Sony Vaio you say, hmmm, that would be quite attractive. Especially compared to the Dell I'm currently running Ubuntu on.
I didn't realize that Ubuntu was on a Vaio, although I looked for a list of the hardware the systems were using on the CanSecWest site, but I couldn't find anything.
Antenna design scales linearly with frequency. Lower frequencies invariably require larger antennas. There are some ways you can get around this, i.e. accept low efficiencies, or narrow bandwidth, etc. Either way, you DO NOT want to lower your center frequency. On the other hand, lower frequencies mean longer wavelengths which decrease propagation attenuation and allow for better non-line-of-sight communication, creating a more robust data link. The large antenna thing isn't as much of a problem if you're dealing with items that are already large (e.g. cars, buses, houses, etc.), not small mobile devices.
Regardless of legality, market forces reward the least expensive goods. In a country where IP protection laws are commonly flaunted, it is far cheaper to outright copy another company's idea than do the R&D yourself.
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While the slashdot summary uses the term "light", the paper states that they used a 0.4 THz source — not the frequency/wavelength most people think of when they hear the word "light".
try Greenshot
But why doesn't the free market respond by moving jobs to less expensive areas of the country?
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/j...
The NASA link has more technical details than the CNN link in the summary above.
If you continue reading you'll see that he has since switched to the Democratic party.
http://arxiv.org/abs/1408.5362
From the article, they haven't released the app yet, and there are currently no plans to do so.
Thanks for the clarification.
With autonomous vehicles will come an increased ability for the local, state, and federal governments to track where and how much a given vehicle travels. The governments will then find it convenient to levy taxes and/or fees accordingly with the amount of destructive damage done to the road by the vehicle, which increases exponentially with vehicle weight. So it is unlikely to be as cost effective in the future as it is now to literally drive your whole house everywhere you go.
Of course, we also need some sort of trade tariffs to keep jobs from going overseas to countries with slave-like working conditions.
So I looked over the Microzap website and I couldn't find a good explanation of how this microwave technology kills the mold spores other than the vague description:
"The unique MicroZap technology utilizes a combination of thermal and non-thermal effects to destroy bacteria at lower (colder) temperatures, thus creating “cold pasteurization” of fresh foods and eliminates deadly pathogens."
The thermal mechanism seems obvious, but what might be the "non-thermal effect" they are referring to?
Small correction to the summary, ESO is not the only organization operating ALMA. It is an international partnership of Europe, North America and East Asia in cooperation with the Republic of Chile.
As long as the magnetic field stays at least somewhat parallel to the earth's surface, a lift force will be generated regardless of the field polarity.
Of course, if there is zero magnetic field that means no lift force, but that doesn't mean things immediately fall out of the sky, only the potential to drop a little in orbit until the field picks up again.
Sounds like Anonymous is having an identity crisis.
How did this get moderated as Funny? What am I missing?
Never mind about not finding the hardware list, I finally spotted it, on the front page of course.
A Sony Vaio you say, hmmm, that would be quite attractive. Especially compared to the Dell I'm currently running Ubuntu on.
I didn't realize that Ubuntu was on a Vaio, although I looked for a list of the hardware the systems were using on the CanSecWest site, but I couldn't find anything.
FYI: I actually run Ubuntu full time on my laptop, and I happen to enjoy it quite a bit!
Order in which they were taken home:
First (ie. Most Desirable): MacBook
Second (ie. Somewhat Desirable): Vista
Unclaimed (ie. I'd rather not): Ubuntu
Regardless of legality, market forces reward the least expensive goods. In a country where IP protection laws are commonly flaunted, it is far cheaper to outright copy another company's idea than do the R&D yourself.
I was ignorantly thinking cell phones.
A: Sitting in Electrical Engineering classes, most likely in India.