Tuesday, September 27, 2011

INFORMAVORE's SUNDAY No 474

Dear Readers,

Just a few words: I well know that the genuine Informavores have missed this newsletter, however I had traveled and been without Web connection from Sept.20 early morning till Sept 24 noon. I had to process 638 messages.

The news are good- as good as they can be in these days of Crisis.

I am especially glad that – it seems- some very agile neutrinos can fly faster than light. In the editorial of my former Info Kappa issue no 405, I wrote:

“If we can now surpass the speed of sound, after a few generations it will be the turn of the speed of the light, that is disturbingly, scandalously snail-like reported to the immensity of the Universe in whch we have chosen to exist. And this will be done, with or without the relativity theory of Uncle Albert.”

Peter

SEARCH

INTERNET

092311-cisco-internet-survey-251163.html

The history of the World Wide Web;

http://websearch.about.com/od/searchingtheweb/a/webhistory.htm?nl=1

Information Technologies Foster Freedom or Reinforce Repression:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921144601.htm

SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.

The Best 15 People Search Engines on the Web:

http://websearch.about.com/od/peoplesearch/tp/free-people-search-engines.htm?nl=1

Yahoo People Search:

http://websearch.about.com/od/freepeoplesearchsites/p/Yahoo-People-Search.htm?nl=1

The top nine torrent sites:

http://websearch.about.com/od/imagesearch/tp/movie-torrents.htm?nl=1

Vuze: http://websearch.about.com/od/v/g/vuze.htm?nl=1

BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES

Social Media Will Kill Your Relationship [VIDEO] http://mashable.com/2011/08/17/text-love-video/

Why so many blogs fail and what to do about it:

http://searchengineland.com/why-so-many-blogs-fail-and-what-to-do-about-it-93897

When Facebook and Google+ Go to War: http://www.datamation.com/networks/when-facebook-and-google-go-to-war-1.html

GOOGLE

Scrutinizing Google’s reign:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/19/technology/googles-to-face-congressional-antitrust-hearing.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha25

10 Tips And Tricks For New Users in Google+

http://savedelete.com/10-tips-and-tricks-for-new-users-in-google.html

Google monopoly isn’t the point:

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/a-google-monopoly-isnt-the-point-09232011.html

The Google search evolution:

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/egdm45emd/updated-color-palette-and-logo?partner=technology_newsletter

Searching for New Ideas Google's head of research explains why artificial intelligence is crucial to the search company's future

http://www.technologyreview.com/web/38653/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-09-22.

Google + is no more invite only: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/google-92-93-94-95-96-97-98-99-100.html

10 more features on Google +

http://savedelete.com/10-more-features-on-google.html

Google Invites Everyone to Be Friends—on Its Social Network Anyone can now sign up for Google Plus, which has new features including mobile video "hangouts.":

http://www.technologyreview.com/web/38645/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-09-21

WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES

100 most beautiful words in the English language:

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1msJhz/deshoda.com/words/100-most-beautiful-words-in-the-english-language/

Calculating the language of Babel:

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/09/calculating-the-language-of-babe.html

Amazon Kindle can now check out e-books from 11,000 libraries

Following competitors' lead, Amazon opens up book borrowing on the Kindle e-reader: http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2011/0921/Amazon-Kindle-can-now-check-out-e-books-from-11-000-libraries?cmpid=ema:nws:Daily%20Custom%20(09222011)&cmpid=ema:nws:NzQ4MDUwNzM2OAS2

Amazon has high hopes for its iPad competitor: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/26/technology/anticipated-amazon-tablet-to-take-aim-at-apple-ipad.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha26

The weekly e-book reading list http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2011/09/25/the-weekly-e-book-reading-list-9242011/?partner=technology_newsletter

Free Audio Books: The Top Eight Websites:

http://websearch.about.com/od/booksandprintedmaterials/tp/Free-Audio-Books-The-Best-Ten-Websites.htm?nl=1

Will E-Books Destroy the Democratizing Effects of Reading?

Could Abraham Lincoln have become president of the

United States

in a world in which poor children lack access to physical books?: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/mimssbits/27185/?nlid=nlcomm&nld=2011-09-26

SCIENCE

Scientists Use Brain Imaging to Reveal the Movies in Our Mind:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922121407.htm

Are Genes Our Destiny? Scientists Discover 'Hidden' Code in DNA Evolves More Rapidly Than Genetic Code:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110916152401.htm

Using Human Genomes to Illuminate the Mysteries of Early Human History:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921120122.htm

Neutrino hypotheses non fingo:

http://scienceblogs.com/principles/2011/09/neutrino_hypotheses_non_fingo.php

Speedy Neutrinos Could Turn Physics Universe Upside-Down: http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73351.html

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/09/neutrino-revolution/

Researchers Make Visible the Structure of the Smallest Crystals:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920075522.htm

Evolutionary Tree of Life for Mammals Greatly Improved:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922141907.htm

Ecologists Use Power of Network Science to Challenge Long-Held Theory: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922180031.htm

Queen Bee or Worker Bee? New Insights Into Honeybee Society Caste System: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921132344.htm

TECHNOLOGY

A Future of Fossil Fuels EIA's latest numbers shows a continuous growth in energy consumption, led by China and India:

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/editors/27182/?nlid=nlenrg&nld=2011-09-26.

Three-Dimensional Design Leads to Better Solar Cells

By borrowing a trick from optical-fiber technology, a startup makes cells that trap light to create more electricity. http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/38616/?nlid=nlenrg&nld=2011-09-19

Lessons to Be Learned from Nature in Photosynthesis:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923130115.htm

EU Is Overrating Biofuels Benefits New report suggests an error in estimates of greenhouse gas emissions; http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/38636/?nlid=nlenrg&nld=2011-09-26

Bacteria Make Hydrogen Fuel from Water:

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/09/bacteria-water-hydrogen-fuel/

The Future of Hydrogen Cars. Proton OnSite's lack of progress toward its proposed "hydrogen highway" demonstrates the low priority America gives this alternative fuel:

http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/38647/?nlid=nlenrg&nld=2011-09-26

A New Generation of Green Wheels A gallery of electric and hybrid vehicles on display at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt, Germany:

http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/38667/?nlid=nlenrg&nld=2011-09-26

Nanotube Cables Hit a Milestone: As Good as Copper

Researchers achieve a goal they've been after since the 1980s—the advance could make cars and airplanes lighter, and renewable energy more practical: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/38615/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-09-19

Nature Offers Key Lessons On Harvesting Solar Power, Say Chemists: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110923095801.htm

New Metal Hydride Clusters Provide Insights Into Hydrogen Storage: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110922093721.htm

Antimagnets: controlling magnetic fields with superconductor–metamaterial hybrids http://iopscience.iop.org/1367-2630/13/9/093034/fulltext

Proton-Based Transistor Could Let Machines Communicate With Living Things:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920111803.htm

10 tips to make your laptop last longer:

http://savedelete.com/10-tips-to-make-your-laptop-last-longer.html

Carnivorous Plant Inspires Coating That Resists Just About Any Liquids: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921134526.htm

New hybrid carbon material discovered:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921081722.htm

Research demonstrates method that allows inexpensive carbon materials to store hydrogen at room temperature: http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-09-method-inexpensive-carbon-materials-hydrogen.html

150 most creative typography ideas, try some:

http://savedelete.com/150-most-creative-typography-ideas-try-some.html

Will 3D printing revolutionise manufacturing?: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14282091

Artificial blood vessels created on a 3D printer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14946808

EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART

The Science of Success;

The Top 10 Psychology Studies of 2010

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1A7Ojq/www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-science-success/201012/the-top-10-psychology-studies-2010

Culturomics 2.0: Forecasting large-scale human behavior using global news media tone in time and space:

http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3663/3040

Sound, the Way the Brain Prefers to Hear It: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/06/science/06sound.html?_r=2&ref=science

5 bad study habits

http://homeworktips.about.com/od/studymethods/tp/5-Bad-Study-Habits.htm?nl=1

What does your body language say:

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1DccUH/www.jinxiboo.com/blog/2009/12/15/what-does-your-body-language-say-about-you-how-to-read-signs.html

Science and Religion Do Mix? Only 15 Percent of Scientists at Major Research Universities See Religion and Science Always in Conflict: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110921115923.htm

Rethinking the nature of voting: http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/grading-candidates

The world’s most incredible bridges: http://www.forbes.com/sites/tanyamohn/2011/09/16/the-worlds-most-incredible-bridges/

Does Familiarity Breed Liking or Contempt?: http://www.spring.org.uk/2011/09/does-familiarity-breed-liking-or-contempt.php

Code of Conduct: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2g72HI/www.tickshady.com/code_of_conductt/

Smarts and Stamina: The Busy Person’s Guide to Optimal Health and Performance –by Louise Jewel A Book Review: http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/louisa-jewell/2011092419363

Two questions everybody ask when they meet you: http://www.spring.org.uk/2011/09/two-questions-everyone-asks-when-they-meet-you.php

Miki Saxon_quotable quotes- Interview Questions

http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2011/09/quotable-quotes-interview-questions/

BUSINESS

A game of catch-up

The shift in economic power from West to East is accelerating, says John O’Sullivan. The rich world will lose some of its privileges: http://www.economist.com/node/21528979?fsrc=nlw|edh|09-22-11|editors_highlights

The West and the Rest in a One-Model-Fits-All World:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pepe-escobar/the-west-and-the-rest-in-_b_981078.html

A lost decade: Poverty and income trends continue to paint a bleak picture for working families: http://www.epi.org/publication/lost-decade-poverty-income-trends-continue/

The business of communicating values:

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/07/the_business_of_communicating.html

How To Use Social Media To Promote Your Small Business:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kymmcnicholas/2011/09/19/how-to-use-social-media-to-promote-your-small-business/

Help people do things, don't keep them on webpages:

http://www.gerrymcgovern.com/nt/2011/nt-2011-09-19-Help-people.htm

The Age of the Consumer-Innovator:

http://sloanreview.mit.edu/the-magazine/2011-fall/53105/the-age-of-the-consumer-innovator/

How to handle a raise request:

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/06/how_to_deal_with_a_raise_reque.html

Andy Grove: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/38344/?p1=Mag_story1

Harold Jarche- not your average consultancy:

http://www.jarche.com/2011/09/not-your-average-consultancy/

Don’t be That Guy as manager:

http://www.greatleadershipbydan.com/2011/09/dont-be-that-guy-as-manager.html

The problem with narcissisitic leaders:

http://www.spring.org.uk/2011/09/the-problem-with-narcissistic-leaders.php

What type of angry boss are you:

https://mail.google.com/mail/?hl=en&tab=wm#inbox/132a0aee431b5eee

Traders’ brains Rogue hormones

Bad trade? Blame the adrenal cortex: http://www.economist.com/node/21530111

The Optimism Bias, or don't believe satisfaction surveys:

http://www.gerrymcgovern.com/nt/2011/nt-2011-09-26-Optimism-bias.htm

The past and future of famous company logos:

http://stocklogos.com/topic/past-and-future-famous-logos

The museum of obsolete objects:

http://www.youtube.com/user/MoooJvM

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Antibiotics May Be Permanently Altering the Guts of Humanity:

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-09/antibiotics-may-be-permanently-altering-our-friendly-gut-microbes

How Pathogens Fight Drugs "Death galaxy" chip shows bacteria evolve antibiotic resistance at a surprising pace.:

http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/38661/?nlid=nlbio&nld=2011-09-27

Smart Phones Help Manage Chronic Illness

Apps that connect to medical monitors have been shown to improve the health of people with diabetes and hypertension—and could ease the burden on the health-care system: http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/38524/?p1=A2

Scientists Induce Hibernation at Will: Discovery Puts Scientists Closer to Human Application:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110726190101.htm

The absurdity of homeopathy and the danger of too much skepticism:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2011/09/09/the-absurdity-of-homeopathy-and-the-danger-of-too-much-skepticism/?partner=technology_newsletter

FOOD & COOKING

There Is No Biological Reason to Eat Three Meals a Day -- So Why Do We Do It?

For most of history, meals were very variable:

http://www.alternet.org/story/152486/there_is_no_biological_reason_to_eat_three_meals_a_day_--_so_why_do_we_do_it?akid=7611.112117.pTipx7&rd=1&t=5.

Famine in East Africa: http://www.economist.com/blogs/baobab/2011/09/george-rupp-famine-east-africa?fsrc=nlw|newe|09-23-11|new_on_the_economist

Americans Waste Enough Food to Fill a 90,000-seat Football Stadium Every Day -- What Can We Do About It?:

http://www.alternet.org/story/152429/americans_waste_enough_food_to_fill_a_90%2C000-seat_football_stadium_every_day_--_what_can_we_do_about_it?akid=7589.112117.DzJgt8&rd=1&t=15

Gingered Pumpkin Soup with Gruyere Cheese: http://gourmetfood.about.com/od/appetizers/r/gingerpmpksoup.htm

Five ingredient soups: http://busycooks.about.com/cs/fiveorless/a/5ingredsoup.htm?nl=1

TV viewing linked to unhealthy eating: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919113636.htm

MISCELLANEA

How will you die- Infographic:

http://dailyinfographic.com/how-will-you-die-infographic

The Alphabet 2: http://vimeo.com/29274467

SELECTED NEWS

SPAM & SPYWARE

VIRUSES & e-CROOKS

Hoax Slayer, newest issue:

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/issue-119.shtml

Fake Certificates Reveal Flaws in the Internet's Security

A new report concludes that a breach at a single certificate authority can undermine the security of the entire Internet: http://www.technologyreview.com/web/38614/?nlid=nlcomm&nld=2011-09-19

Career Paths: Notorious Criminal or Security Consultant?: http://bigthink.com/ideas/40301

From the man who discovered Stuxnet, dire warnings one year later Stuxnet, the cyberweapon that attacked and damaged an Iranian nuclear facility, has opened a Pandora's box of cyberwar, says the man who uncovered it. A Q&A about the potential threats.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/0922/From-the-man-who-discovered-Stuxnet-dire-warnings-one-year-later?cmpid=ema:nws:Daily%20Custom%20(09222011)&cmpid=ema:nws:NzQ4MDUwNzM2OAS2

Malware and Bot Nets - It's All About The Money:

http://netsecurity.about.com/b/2011/09/12/malware-and-bot-nets-its-all-about-the-money.htm?nl=1

Social networking scams – the con.:

http://antivirus.about.com/od/securitytips/a/Social-Networking-Scams-The-Con.htm?nl=1

Social engineering attacks: http://antivirus.about.com/od/securitytips/tp/socialengineeringattacks.htm?nl=1

Internet privacy- cookies as a weapon:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220137/Internet_privacy_Cookies_as_a_weapon

Google goes native for Chrome-14

http://www.esecurityplanet.com/browser-security/google-goes-native-for-chrome-14.html

WiFi

Will Super Wi-Fi Live Up To Its Name? The next generation of Wi-Fi was supposed to offer a big boost in capacity and range:

http://www.technologyreview.com/communications/38635/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-09-20.

The Smart Phone on Your Wrist

Meta Watch, previously a division of Fossil, is now its own company. Which seems to be good news for "smartwatch" enthusiasts: http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/helloworld/27165/?nlid=nlcomm&nld=2011-09-19

How mobile is changing the workplace: http://www.bizreport.com/2011/09/how-mobile-is-changing-the-workplace.html

The Mobile Web - Learn More About the Mobile Web:

http://websearch.about.com/od/themobileweb/qt/mobile-search.?nl=1

Android beats iPhone 2-to-1 in new smartphone purchases 'Android overwhelming market with devices,' says analyst of Nielsen: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220296/Android_beats_iPhone_2_to_1_in_new_smartphone_purchases

Facebook boasts 350 active mobile users:

http://www.bizreport.com/2011/09/facebook-boasts-350-million-active-mobile-users.html

Sunday, September 18, 2011

THIN HOPES FOR FAT E-CATS

Planning and organizing research is an important part of the Management of Technology. Obviously, there can be surprises (statistically 80% bad and 20% good- Pareto is ubiquitous) but too many changes are confusing and destructive.

For example, Rossi’s final and total demo:

http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com/2011/08/anticipating-1mw-demo.html was always conceived in the spirit of technological collectivism- a great group of E-cats bound together- first 100 than

a terrific 330 and now 52 fat cats quite neatly arranged in a great metal box. What’s the logic of this variations? Paraphrasing Shakespeare- “Though this be research, there is NO method in it.”

Why we had seen (including the recent “self-sustaining” experiment) only partial, fractionar, unfinished, incomplete –experiments, done and undone in the same time?

What is the logic of the idea that a collective of E-cats will give more reliable results than individual E-cats? Perhaps this is true.

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" Everything has to be made as simple as possible, but not simpler" (Albert Einstein)

"Everything must be made as complex as possible so that the people will be confused and believe anything" (Andrea Rossi)

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I cannot avoid he idea that the best musical illustration of the situation of the E-cats and their creator is this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbYse0gZZdU

The name of this opus in Italian;”L’apprendista stregone” sounds very discouraging. There are 44 days left till the promised demonstration. Dum spiro, spero ?!

INFORMAVORE's SUNDAY No 473

NOTE: The next issue of this newsletter will be published with some delay because the next week I will travel for scientific problems and tourism. Thank you for your understanding, the real informavore is always hungry and interested in the progress of the world. Please read all the issues of this newsletter. A rivederci!

Peter

SEARCH

INTERNET

Measuring the Web, announcing the Web Index:

http://www.webfoundation.org/2011/09/the-web-index/

Milestones: Internet Archive Reaches 3 Million Downloadable Texts (and They’re All Free): http://infodocket.com/2011/09/17/milestones-internet-archive-reaches-3-million-downloadable-texts-and-theyre-all-free/

SEARCH & FIND: What, where, how.

Bing gets a new Homepage: http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2108345/Bing-Gets-a-New-Home-Page

Bing gets more personal with adaptive search:

http://searchengineland.com/bing-gets-more-personal-with-adaptive-search-92858

Wendy Boswell: How to Watch Free TV on the Web - The Best 18 Websites:

http://websearch.about.com/od/freetvonline/tp/How-To-Watch-Free-Tv-On-The-Web-The-Top-30-Websites.htm?nl=1

Hulu: http://websearch.about.com/od/freevideos/p/hulu.htm?nl=1

Deep search engines the top five:

http://websearch.about.com/b/2011/09/08/deep-web-search-engines-the-top-five.htm?nl=1

A Few Technologies that Just Might Save Yahoo

It's easy to name the missed opportunities—but what does the company still have?:

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/editors/27152/?nlid=nlcomp&nld=2011-09-14

BLOGS and SOCIAL SITES

Six Rules for Networking at Work:

http://hbr.org/web/slideshows/six-rules-for-networking-at-work/1-slide

A blog should have the following characteristics:

http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/09/a_blog_should_have_the_followi.php

Harold Jarche- social networks drive innovation:

http://www.jarche.com/2011/09/social-networks-drive-innovation/

Canv.as Paints a New Approach to Social Networking

A new venture by 4chan founder Chris Poole intends to be both social and fun. http://www.technologyreview.com/web/38549/?nlid=nlweb&nld=2011-09-14

Social Media Week Reveals 10 Social Media Events that Shook the World:

https://socialtimes.com/social-media-week-reveals-10-social-media-events-that-shook-the-world_b78023

Top five best practices for a successful Facebook page

http://www.techieapps.com/top-five-best-practices-for-a-successful-facebook-page/

15 Tips To Optimize Your LinkedIn Initiative:

http://www.techipedia.com/2011/linkedin-optimization/

Why Facebook is the new Yahoo:

http://www.datamation.com/networks/why-facebook-is-the-new-yahoo-1.html

GOOGLE

Google Flight Search Takes Off:

http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2108950/Google-Flight-Search-Takes-Off

Why businesses will love Google +:

http://video.forbes.com/fvn/tech/why-businesses-will-love-goolge-plus?partner=smallbusiness_newsletter

How Google Translate works:The web giant's translation service might serve up the odd batch of nonsense, but it's still one of the smartest communication tools of all time, as David Bellos explains:

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/how-google-translate-works-2353594.html

Thanks to Brian Josephson for signalling this.

Google, I will miss you:

http://en.pedrodias.net/google-i-will-miss-you/?utm_source=sel&utm_medium=scap&utm_campaign=email

WORDS, BOOKS, LIBRARIES

The Hipster’s Dictionary: http://www.theatredance.com/hipster.html

Slow Down! Why Some Languages Sound So Fast
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2091477,00.html#ixzz1XxE2eJ7S

Swedes pioneer new 'Spotify for e-books'’:

http://www.thelocal.se/36152/20110915/

SCIENCE

That’s Interesting Curiosity drives discovery. But what, exactly, makes us curious?:

http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2011/5/thats-interesting

To the brain, scenes are sums of objects:

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/334047/title/If_that%E2%80%99s_a_TV%2C_this_must_be_the_den

THE UNIVERSE IN A NUTSHELL: DR. MICHIO KAKU ON THE PHYSICS OF THE IMPOSSIBLE:

http://bigthink.com/ideas/40172

Scientists Take First Step Towards Creating 'Inorganic Life':

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110915091625.htm

Top ten mistakes when writing a research paper:

http://blog.questia.com/2011/09/top-10-mistakes-when-writing-a-research-paper/

Sea urchins see with their whole body: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110630111538.htm

TECHNOLOGY

Should we develop a sense of urgency in science and technology development? http://jrse.aip.org/resource/1/jrsebh/v3/i4/p040401_s1?view=fulltext

Europeans Reignite Fusion Energy Project

The test of a new lining that can take the heat of fusion could be crucial for a planned reactor in France.: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/38567/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-09-15

Battery Storage Could Get a Huge Boost from Seaweed

A binding agent found in everything from ice cream to cosmetics could let lithium-ion cells hold much more energy: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/38531/?nlid=nlenrg&nld=2011-09-12

Harnessing electricity from low-power sources in the environment:

http://www.kurzweilai.net/harnessing-electricity-from-low-power-sources-in-the-environment

Intel Chases a More Power-Efficient Future

An improved microprocessor and a deal with Google could lead to more Intel chips in mobile devices. http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/38578/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-09-15

Seven Tips to Prolong the Life of Your Laptop:

http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/mah/seven-tips-to-prolong-the-life-of-your-laptop/?cs=42068

Nanoscale Spin Waves Can Replace Microwaves:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110907075750.htm

New Material Synthesized: Graphene Nanoribbons Inside of Carbon Nanotubes: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914073159.htm

A New and Improved Moore's Law

Under "Koomey's law," it's efficiency, not power, that doubles every year and a half.

http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/38548/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-09-13

Bob Rankin- how fast is your PC?

http://askbobrankin.com/how_fast_is_your_pc.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=JL5HPuRBt8P6SL

Bob Rankin upgrade your hard drive to SSD?:

http://askbobrankin.com/upgrade_your_hard_drive_to_ssd.html?awt_l=4jAx_&awt_m=JAy6y4lhN8P6SL

How to Make Your Hard Drive Infinite

A startup makes your computer's storage capacity seem bottomless by connecting it to the cloud: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/38613/?nlid=nldly&nld=2011-09-16

Physicists report progress in understanding high-temperature superconductors:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110729175708.htm

Researchers begin testing of promising new nanomaterial for hydrogen storage:

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-09-nanomaterial-hydrogen-storage.html

10 Best Sites For Digital Camera Reviews:

http://savedelete.com/10-best-sites-for-digital-camera-reviews.html

EDUCATION, CULTURE, ART

Becoming a teacher: http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/65104

Learning to ask the right question:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2011/09/11/learning-to-ask-the-right-question-2/

Budding scientist

Everything you always wanted to know about raising science-literate kid:

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/budding-scientist/

A Roadmap for the Planet

How we live today is clearly unsustainable. Why history proves that is completely irrelevant:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/06/12/bjorn-lomborg-explains-how-to-save-the-planet.html.

4 Forensic Psychology Studies That Will Save You From Stupidity
http://www.businessinsider.com/4-forensic-psychology-studies-that-can-keep-you-from-being-stupid-2011-9#ixzz1Y21FScQ0

NOVA- Evolution: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/

Researchers Analyze the Evolving Human Relationship With Fire:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914143636.htm

5 ways to manage your on-line reputation:

http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2011/09/12/bisa0912.htm

How to Catch a Con Artist and Other Fascinating Facts About Human Behavior:

http://gimundo.com/stuff/view/how-to-catch-a-con-artist-and-other-fascinating-facts-about-human-behavior/

Liar, liar…what personality types lte the most?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bella-depaulo/frequent-liars-what-kinds_b_957217.html?ref=mostpopular

Self-Delusion Is a Winning Survival Strategy, Study Suggests:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110914131352.htm

Test your geography knowledge: http://lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/index.html

How big can cities get?:

http://whatmatters.mckinseydigital.com/cities

Infographic of the day- what are your religious beliefs?

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1665011/infographic-of-the-day-what-are-your-religious-beliefs

The moral lives of animals: http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/review/6358

From Facebook to Freedom: Does Technology Spur Democracy?:

http://knowledge.wpcarey.asu.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2028

BUSINESS

What The New Patent Reform Act Means For Innovation

http://www.fastcompany.com/1779071/first-to-file-a-patently-obvious-reform

Tom Peters: First things before first things:

http://www.tompeters.com/dispatches/012117.php

Innovation is the simplest way to solve problems:

http://posttrib.suntimes.com/business/7556210-452/innovation-is-the-simplest-way-to-solve-problems.html

25 CEOs Who Made More Than Their Companies Paid In Income Taxes:

http://consumerist.com/2011/08/25-ceos-who-made-more-than-their-companies-paid-in-taxes.html

Book review “Innovation you”:

http://web.me.com/ideaswithmerritt/ideaswithmerritt/whats_new.html

Innovate or get out the way: http://bigthink.com/ideas/40166

Congress Gives US Patent Process Extreme Makeover:

http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/73263.html?wlc=1315898057

The moral limits of Markets::

http://bigthink.com/ideas/3449

Organizational degeneration:

http://blogs.computerworld.com/18790/organizational_degeneration?source=CTWNLE_nlt_blogs_2011-09-12

Power Corrupts, Especially When It Lacks Status

Individuals in roles that possess power but lack status have a tendency to engage in activities that demean others, according to new research from Stanford Graduate School of Business, USC, and the Kellogg School: http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/research/halevy_power_2011.html?utm_source=Knowledgebase&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=September-11