Wow! A basically drop in Tesla drive train for a normal V8 car.
Category Archives: Technology
Plastic Eating Bacteria
Well this may be good news.
Scientists create mutant enzyme that recycles plastic bottles in hours
Why We Shouldn’t Trust Hauwei
5G may be great, but I don’t think I want these guys building the U.S. network…
It Appears U.S. Has a ‘Smoking Gun’ Confirming Huawei-Built Spy Backdoors
Another Vaping Warning
I’ve mentioned that e cigarettes have really never been properly tested on humans. Just sayin’
Teen’s graphic images of vaping damage go viral: ‘My lung tissue was just completely destroyed‘
Handy Tips for Security
Never click on a link that says “This simple trick…”. Nevertheless, The following website gives tips on how to disable the microphones on your most common “smart” speakers.
This simple trick stops Google, Amazon and Facebook from listening to you all the time
Innovating Our Way Out of Climate Change
U.S. Military Says DNA Kits a “Security Risk”
FBI Warning
I’ve been ranting about this for years, but few consumers seem to care. Now the FBI feels obliged to warn you.
Now even the FBI is warning about your smart TV’s security
NOTE – I am posting the Yahoo link to the article rather than the original, because, believe it or not, Yahoo has less annoying ads.
Oh, and as long as we’re on the subject Big Brother watching you…
China launches mandatory face scans for mobile users
Enjoy the Brave New World
Cows and Greenhouse Gas
So there are about a billion cows on earth, and they produce methane as part of their digestive process. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas. BUT, it turns out if you add pink seaweed to their diet it eliminates methane production in cattle. Amazing.
Effects of Marine and Freshwater Macroalgae on In Vitro Total Gas and Methane Production
The World Could Shift To Green Energy for Less Than it Subsidies Fossil Fuels
This is a game changer. A new report from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) estimates the cost of subsidizing a full transition to clean energy, and comes out with a figure that is only 10-30% of the subsidy presently given to the planet-destroying fossil fuel industries.
That’s right. It would be cheaper to go green.
Just 10% of fossil fuel subsidy cash ‘could pay for green transition’
The report can be found here.
Why are we not doing this? Hmmm.
Just How Big are Rockets?
Neat.
A Model Rocket with Thrust Vectoring
Starlink Over Chicago
Elon Musk want to create worldwide access to the Internet. So he’s launching a LOT of satellites to do it. Here are the first 60.
Starlink (satellite constellation)
Thanks Mark!
Peter Jackson’s WW I Documentary is Coming
to U.S. theaters next month. Jackson was able to take existing footage from WW I and enhance and colorize it to make it more natural. Eliminating the herky jerky motion of old cameras. Amazing results. These images are over 100 years old. Sadly, about 770,000 British troops alone did not survive the war.
A Stirling Engine
Life at 470 mph
Team Vesco’s Turbinator II set a new world record for a wheel-driven car at the Bonneville Salt Flats this past week 483 mph! Here is their 470 mph run…
Wow!
Microwave Weapons
What!?
Ford has announced it will phase out all but two of its cars.
Ford to stop selling every car in North America but the Mustang and Focus Active
Who is Spying in D. C.?
This is scary…
Feds Say They’ve Detected Apparent Rogue Spy Devices In D.C.
The Future is Star Trek
Provided we survive as a species.
A Real World ‘Star Trek’ Replicator Is Now Possible Thanks To New Breakthrough
Big Brother is Watching
Go read “1984” right now.
Under a millimeter wide and powered by light, these tiny cameras could hide almost anywhere
What will the world be like soon? With machines watching and analyzing our every move.
Toys!
Some of the sound related technology I demonstrated today…
and here is the video I told you about…
Fix That Thing
Repair cafes are a new thing in the UK. Sounds like a neat idea. Fix your old stuff rather than throw it away.
Can we fix it? The repair cafes waging war on throwaway culture
This Battery Could Change Everything
If its power to weight ratio is close to that of current lithium cells then this is huge.