Lunar Space Elevator Ideas Rising Again

  (Above  is the LiftPort Group’s basic model for its proposed Lunar Space Elevator Infrastructure, also known as LSEI or “Elsie.” LiftPort says the system can be constructed within eight years using commercial technology.)   The space elevator concept has been touch and go — but this year, it looks as if the concept’s proponents are definitely […]

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Are Cyborg Insects the Future of Military Surveillance

Is it a bird?…is it a plane?… or is it a government surveillance camera  that is watching us?   We all have seen them in the Sci-fi movies little robotic bugs walking around turning into robots or used as a weapon. And now they became real It was a long time ago when the computers […]

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Afghan’s Amazing DIY Internet From Trash

  In the Afghan city of Jalalabad, aid workers mostly from the United States working on a project called FabFi. FabFi is a high-tech but low-budget  project that aims to bring high-speed internet to world’s most remote places. Douglas Rushkoff has championed the idea that the current corporate-controlled internet is far from the open commons we […]

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Does Tracking Cars with GPS Need a Search Warrant?

The Supreme Court ended its term Monday with a high-profile ruling that violent video games are protected by the First Amendment, but a bigger technology decision could be looming. The court agreed to hear a case next term about when the government can put GPS devices on people’s cars — which could produce one of the court’s biggest privacy rulings in years

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How to Get Smarter, One Breath at a Time

At 4:30, when most of Wall Street is winding down, Walter Zimmermann begins a high-stakes, high-wire act conducted live before a paying audience. About 200 institutional investors—including airlines and oil companies—shell out up to $3,000 a month to catch his daily webcast on the volatile energy markets, a performance that can move hundreds of millions of dollars.

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