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Journey to the Center of the Earth

Thursday, October 14, 2004

No, not the Jules Verne novel. In this case, it’s actually someone going into the deepest cave on Earth. At least, according to this article on the Sydney Morning Herald, it’s the deepest cave known to mankind. (Based on this article over at Politiken.dk, I’d be impressed if they found something deeper!) It’s a cave [...]

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Space War

Thursday, October 30, 2003

That’s the next military frontier. Or, at least, according to this article on the Sydney Morning Herald it is. Experts in the article indicate that the increasing value of our satellites, and other space-based resources, mean that the next big, battle frontier will be in outer space. That and the fact that the Chinese have [...]

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Electricty for Peanuts

Friday, October 10, 2003

Well, actually, macadamia nuts, but still… According to this article on the Sydney Morning Herald, there’s now a power plant in Australia that runs on the shells of macadamia nuts. It opened on September 18 and is the first of it’s kind. The “green” facility will “…convert 1680 kilograms of waste shell into 1.5 megawatts [...]

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Blood Power?

Wednesday, August 13, 2003

Kind of creepy, really. But, I can see how it would be usefull. This article on the Sydney Morning Herald describes a new way to generate power from blood. Sure, the first comparison is to the Matrix, but it’s more likely to be used like the Six Million Dollar Man. This process really doesn’t create [...]

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