I do think that the 21st century will have some sort of "green revolution", it's just a name which everyone quickly understands. It's not a perfect term.
I myself don't own - and never had - a car and do everything by bike or by using public transport, so that already helps a little bit in saving energy I think. Furthermore I was also thinking about production/transport/etc. of the solar panels which might also cost quite some energy. So in the end a solar energy panel wouldn't differ that much from electricity coming from the grid. The idea was/is to solar recharge my Asus EEE (~25 watts) while I am not at home/working. And in the evening use the netbook for a few hours. Total energy usage in combination with my LCD monitor - which would use the grid - would be about ~90 watts. In ideal conditions.
I should make a calculcation to see the real difference it makes compared to just using normal electricity from the grid.
But besides that, I think that solarpanels still need to become more efficient. I read already a few times about new technologies discovered, but the hyperlinks I gave are the only systems I know of. And which might be not worth it perhaps. But hey, if *everyone* keeps waiting, current solar companies won't earn enough money to start making more/better solar panels. It would be ideal if I could just put my mobile at my desktop and it recharges via the solarpanel integrated in the backside. And while for other people a car is a toy - which doesn't really help the environment - I think playing with (portable) solar energy is not that bad at all.
Perhaps it's interesting to see an oldskool planetarium built in the 1770's inside the house of the Frysian guy named Eise Eisinga. You can see some pictures here of the inside of his house and the planetarium.
Reminds me of the new Philips Ligt Blossom flower (pictures) running on sun- and windenergy. What is it that happy flowers - or actually, nature - are inspiring those designers? I think the future might be the a mixture of technology and natural looking devices.
It's actually a quote from Lao Tse, actually a [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laozi]philosopher[/url] from the ancient China. Although you could apply the quote to a nonsocial person, it is more meant for people who talk as if they know everything and are just talking non-sense. Some people are not talking that much or not at all, but do know a lot.
Ok, in the end I think it applies a lot to nerds, but I don't know whether in the ancient China there were already a lot of nerds...
Last year they installed a device at Airport Schiphol in Amsterdam, that can also scan through your clothes to see what's beneath it. Read the article [url=http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/174-amsterdam-airport-body-scanning]here[/url]. Some articles on the internet claim that "The Security Scan scanner is based on a technology that uses millimeterwaves. The waves will persist over clothing, and are reflected by the skin. Also other materials, such as plastic, metal, wood, iron, ceramics, etc. reflect the waves. This will help to detect suspicious objects." More information can also be found here.
Perhaps it's interesting to know that in The Netherlands in 1919 (in The Hague) Hanso Schotanus Steringa Idzerda was the first person on the world broadcasting on a regularly basis. Don't know whether it's completely right, but anyhow I post it:)
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanso_Schotanus_%C3%A 0_Steringa_Idzerda
It is even more interesting if you think about *when* these possible other civilizations have evolved. If they do already exist out there and they have the technology, we might expect them to give us a visit somewhere in the future (or perhaps they already did in the past)?
I live nearby Rotterdam, The Netherlands and the last few weeks the temperatures are above the normal average for this month (far above) and for today they expect the temperature to become almost 20 degrees Celcius. That is really extreme (almost never happened), normal temperatures for November are about 5-10 degrees Celcius.
...available of this? Have been looking on Youtube, nothing there yet. Suppose there must be someone who has some action footage of this doll?
Furthermore, very nice and indeed the skin looks very realistic on the pictures. It looks much like the Hanson Robotics skins which is/are used for the Albert Hubo robot.
...for a long time? What about street organs? And what about instruments like the Hupfeld Phonoliszt Violina Orchestrion? This apparatus uses some mechanism to play violins. And that is almost 100 years old and was at that time regarded as the 7th World Wonder.
For people who still don't understand anything of it, there is a very good article here about Bose-Einstein. Even some nice applets to play with sliders to see how it all works.
Philips is already busy with interactive shirts as you can read http://www.gizmag.co.uk/go/4527/ here. And that's already a year ago:
Photonic textiles can also be made interactive. Philips has achieved interactivity by incorporating sensors (such as orientation and pressure sensors) and communication devices (such as Bluetooth, GSM) into the fabric.
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I do think that the 21st century will have some sort of "green revolution", it's just a name which everyone quickly understands. It's not a perfect term. I myself don't own - and never had - a car and do everything by bike or by using public transport, so that already helps a little bit in saving energy I think. Furthermore I was also thinking about production/transport/etc. of the solar panels which might also cost quite some energy. So in the end a solar energy panel wouldn't differ that much from electricity coming from the grid. The idea was/is to solar recharge my Asus EEE (~25 watts) while I am not at home/working. And in the evening use the netbook for a few hours. Total energy usage in combination with my LCD monitor - which would use the grid - would be about ~90 watts. In ideal conditions. I should make a calculcation to see the real difference it makes compared to just using normal electricity from the grid. But besides that, I think that solarpanels still need to become more efficient. I read already a few times about new technologies discovered, but the hyperlinks I gave are the only systems I know of. And which might be not worth it perhaps. But hey, if *everyone* keeps waiting, current solar companies won't earn enough money to start making more/better solar panels. It would be ideal if I could just put my mobile at my desktop and it recharges via the solarpanel integrated in the backside. And while for other people a car is a toy - which doesn't really help the environment - I think playing with (portable) solar energy is not that bad at all.
Perhaps it's interesting to see an oldskool planetarium built in the 1770's inside the house of the Frysian guy named Eise Eisinga. You can see some pictures here of the inside of his house and the planetarium.
Reminds me of the new Philips Ligt Blossom flower (pictures) running on sun- and windenergy. What is it that happy flowers - or actually, nature - are inspiring those designers? I think the future might be the a mixture of technology and natural looking devices.
Perhaps the other band you meant is Nine Inch Nails with the track Survivalism?
It's actually a quote from Lao Tse, actually a [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laozi]philosopher[/url] from the ancient China. Although you could apply the quote to a nonsocial person, it is more meant for people who talk as if they know everything and are just talking non-sense. Some people are not talking that much or not at all, but do know a lot. Ok, in the end I think it applies a lot to nerds, but I don't know whether in the ancient China there were already a lot of nerds...
Last year they installed a device at Airport Schiphol in Amsterdam, that can also scan through your clothes to see what's beneath it. Read the article [url=http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/174-amsterdam-airport-body-scanning]here[/url]. Some articles on the internet claim that "The Security Scan scanner is based on a technology that uses millimeterwaves. The waves will persist over clothing, and are reflected by the skin. Also other materials, such as plastic, metal, wood, iron, ceramics, etc. reflect the waves. This will help to detect suspicious objects." More information can also be found here.
...the police writes the law for you. (once in your life you have to make this joke on /.)
The 'Eng' part of England means 'small, narrow' and that's because of the shape of England.
See their website at http://mms.tudelft.nl/dbl/research/biped/
...with existing technologies like used by for example Universal Display, where they use transparent OLEDS?
Perhaps it's interesting to know that in The Netherlands in 1919 (in The Hague) Hanso Schotanus Steringa Idzerda was the first person on the world broadcasting on a regularly basis. Don't know whether it's completely right, but anyhow I post it :)
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanso_Schotanus_%C3%A 0_Steringa_Idzerda
It is even more interesting if you think about *when* these possible other civilizations have evolved. If they do already exist out there and they have the technology, we might expect them to give us a visit somewhere in the future (or perhaps they already did in the past)?
I live nearby Rotterdam, The Netherlands and the last few weeks the temperatures are above the normal average for this month (far above) and for today they expect the temperature to become almost 20 degrees Celcius. That is really extreme (almost never happened), normal temperatures for November are about 5-10 degrees Celcius.
...available of this? Have been looking on Youtube, nothing there yet. Suppose there must be someone who has some action footage of this doll? Furthermore, very nice and indeed the skin looks very realistic on the pictures. It looks much like the Hanson Robotics skins which is/are used for the Albert Hubo robot.
...for a long time? What about street organs? And what about instruments like the Hupfeld Phonoliszt Violina Orchestrion? This apparatus uses some mechanism to play violins. And that is almost 100 years old and was at that time regarded as the 7th World Wonder.
For people who still don't understand anything of it, there is a very good article here about Bose-Einstein. Even some nice applets to play with sliders to see how it all works.