Science & Techno

The Olive Oil Computer

The Olive Oil Computer
August 1, 2006
Eco

Researchers at the Uni­ver­sity of Toronto have cre­ated a semi­con­duc­tor device that out­per­forms today’s con­ven­tional chips — and they made …Read the Rest

The nuclear proponents are at it again

The nuclear proponents are at it again
July 30, 2006
Eco

Emmet Oliver in The Irish Times reports that just 20 years after the Cher­nobyl dis­as­ter, a group of sci­en­tists, busi­ness­men …Read the Rest

The Courreges Zooop EV

July 27, 2006
Science & Techno

I love the whole idea of elec­tric cars. It makes so much sense. The Cour­reges Zooop EV is designed by …Read the Rest

The Future of Flight

The Future of Flight
July 20, 2006
Eco

This is one of my favourite day­dreams, but I hadn’t thought of it as being any­thing to do with obese …Read the Rest

FOSS community, disabled users must learn to communicate

April 30, 2006
Science & Techno

Acces­si­bil­ity is an increas­ingly impor­tant issue for free and open source soft­ware (FOSS) devel­op­ers and advo­cates. The Inter­na­tional Orga­ni­za­tion for …Read the Rest

Video of Digital Rights Ireland talk

Video of Digital Rights Ireland talk
March 2, 2006
Biometrics

The video of the talk by Suw Char­man in Trin­ity Col­lege in coop­er­a­tion with the TCD Legal Work­shop is now …Read the Rest

The Open Future: Spirits in the Material World

The Open Future: Spirits in the Material World
February 28, 2006
Eco

An inter­est­ing piece by Jamais Cas­cio, senior con­tribut­ing edi­tor at World Chang­ing: Another World Is Here: The Open Future: Spir­its …Read the Rest

The Future of Computing

The Future of Computing
February 10, 2006
Science & Techno

See the amaz­ing future of com­put­ing at U Tube. The arti­cle about it is at WIRED, which also links to …Read the Rest

The girl who named a planet

The girl who named a planet
January 13, 2006
Science & Techno

Lovely story on the BBC about Vene­tia Phair, The girl who named a planet

The Waterless Washing Machine

The Waterless Washing Machine
November 21, 2005
Science & Techno

LIke many peo­ple, I sup­pose, I day­dream about inven­tions, but haven’t the where­withal to develop the ideas. One of my …Read the Rest