I remember somebody some years ago saying “you are what you can find.” Text based search engines have made made it possible to find exponentially more information much faster than anyone ever thought possible. There […]
According to the Globe and Mail, two sinkholes shut down traffic on a major artery in Toronto. One sinkhole is five metres wide and 14 metres deep. It is suspected that a 60-year-old, 18-inch corrugated metal […]
I blogged in April about real time access to power usage at home. At that time Google had pre-announced Google PowerMeter, a free, downloadable, iGoogle gadget that will allow you to monitor power usage in your […]
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has announced that it has invested more than $1 billion in construction projects. The GSA was allocated $5.5 billion under the ARRA to convert existing federal buildings into high-performance green buildings and […]
The ARRA web site recovery.gov has introduced new maps that will provide a more transparent geographical view of stimulus spending. You can use the new State Map to track how much each state is receiving in […]
The US Department of Energy has announced that it will provide up to $30 billion in loan guarantees for renewable energy projects. It will support an additional several billion dollars in loan guarantees for projects […]
I had heard of a project to cover the Sahara with solar panels, but until Michaela Schneeberger pointed me to the Desertec project, I thought it was a concept only. It has been estimated that […]
According to Engadget the Fujifilm FinePix Real 3D W1 camera and the Real 3D V1 8-inch picture viewer will be available in September for about $600. The camera will have a 3x optical zoom and dual […]