Pithanthropy (the Book) Now Available in Print Version and for Kindle

Original cartoons, doctored photos and artwork, retold and borrowed stories. From technology to politics, daily things and strange things, Jim Bozeman examines them all with dry, acerbic and skewed comment.

Order the print version for $12.60:

http://www.amazon.com/Pithanthropy

Order the Kindle edition for $2.99:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004TSC3MM

Space Station/Starship?

Imagine strapping a giant rocket engine on the International Space Station (ISS,)

inflating a few balloon-like structures to hold your luggage, and adding a

spinning carousel-wheel for artificial gravity.

This ungainly-sounding assemblage dubbed Nautilus-X, ("Non-Atmospheric

Universal Transport Intended for Lengthy United States eXploration") has been

proposed by the NASA Technology Applications Assessment Team at the

Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

The group is examining key technologies that can advance space

exploration in a timely and affordable manner.

See the full story here:

http://news.discovery.com/space/launching-a-space-station-to-other-worlds.html#mkcpgn=emnws1

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Mel, Women, Charlie and Lindsay

"Mel Gibson has never been the same since they shot his Dingo in Road Warrior." – Doople, in a comment on NYDailyNews.com.

 Women Riding Odd Things 

Wouldn’t the gossip world love to see this?

Synthetic Gas - $1.50 a Gallon?

Research collaboration in England has resulted in a synthetic, hydrogen-based fuel that would be more stable in price than oil and would produce no carbon emissions when burned in a combustion engine.

The fuel was developed by scientists from Cella Energy -- a spinout company from Rutherford Appleton Laboratory -- University College London and Oxford University. It's based on a complex chemical compound called a hydride that contains hydrogen. Hydrides are used in batteries, such as nickel-metal batteries, to store energy, and have been looked at for storing hydrogen in fuel cell-powered electric cars.

Cella has a found a low-cost way to trap the hydride compound inside a nano-porous polymer micro bead. The micro-beads make hydride more efficient as a fuel, they help filter out the damaging chemicals and protect the hydrides from oxygen and water, so that they don't react and can be handled in air.

Because the micro-beads move as a fluid, they can be used in the following ways:
 - storing and delivering hydrogen safely for use in an internal combustion engine or a fuel cell
 - as a fuel additive to reduce the carbon emissions from a hydrocarbon fuel such as gasoline, diesel, JP-8, jet-fuel or kerosene.

“Early indications are that the micro-beads can be used in existing vehicles without engine modification,” said Cella Energy CEO Stephen Voller.

... the wind blows and the water flows ...

The world's largest tidal turbine, developed by Singapore-based Atlantis Resources Corp., was unveiled this past August and, just recently, was lowered into its subsea berth —115 feet of water near the European Marine Energy Center in Orkney, Scotland. The area is referred to as the Pentland Firth, a strait of water known for its strong currents. In fact, it's potential for energy is often called the "Saudi Arabia of tidal power".

Is our future going to be a ‘spray-it-on’ experience?

Spanish Designer Demonstrates Spray-On Clothing

By Rebecca Boyle – PopSci - 09.17.2010

High fashion meets high tech with this new spray-on clothing designed by Manel Torres. His design team also hopes to use the technology for spray-on bandages and hygienic upholstery.

The sprayable shirt consists of short fibers mixed with polymers, dissolved into a solvent that allows it to be sprayed from an aerosol can or high-pressure gun, according to the Guardian.

Torres can use wool, linen or acrylic fibers to change the texture of the fabric, the Guardian reports. The resulting fabric can be removed and washed with the rest of your laundry.

Don't like the color or feel? Simply dissolve it, using the same solvent, and start over. The spray is very cold when it hits the skin, but it dries instantly upon impact.

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Spray-On Tech Could Power Consumer Devices

By Eric Bland – Discovery News - Tue Sep 21, 2010

A new spray-on polymer could lead to the development of e-readers that display not in black and white, but in every color of the rainbow. When combined with solar technology, the new treatment could power portable electronics and even homes and businesses.

                                   

Developed by scientists at the University of Florida, the new spray-on polymers can reflect or transmit any color of light. With a simple spray, they can be applied to hard glass or flexible plastic.

Don't you just hate rewinding DVDs?

Too many DVDs and CDs and not enough time to rewind? Are your DVDs a bit too slow? The DVD rewinder is the perfect solution! This DVD/CD rewinder comes with the exclusive Centripetal Velocity Spindle providing the world’s fastest DVD/CD rewind!

The DVD/CD Rewinder is a great gift for the technical savvy, the couch potato, teens with too much time on their hands, and the gadget buff!

The DVD/CD Rewinder has a great black and fluorescent green color scheme with high tech styling!



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Highland Game?

  

 Some Britons believe the hills are alive with haggisFrom Reuters Oddly EnoughReporting : Valle Aviles Pinedo - Editing: Steve Addison
Fri Apr 23, 2010 12:09pm EDT

LONDON (Reuters) - One in five people in Britain thinks that haggis, the traditional Scottish dish made from the lung, liver and heart of a sheep, is an animal that roams the Highlands, according to a survey on Friday.

Commissioned by the online takeaway food service Just-Eat.co.uk, the survey found that 18 percent of Britons believe that haggis is a hilltop-dwelling animal.

Another 15 percent said it is a Scottish musical instrument while 4 percent admitted to thinking it was a character from Harry Potter.

The survey questioned 1,623 people across Britain to see how well they were acquainted with traditional Scottish food. Even 14 percent of the 781 Scottish people polled said they did not know what haggis was.