Some new photos

I went out for a walk a few days ago. It was sunny. Here are some of the pictures I took while I was out and about. Oh, and the lights are actually inside the studio, part of a new space set up.

So there's this new electric car out called the Tesla Roadster. Does 0-60 in like 3 seconds. Costs about a hundred grand. They link directly to a company called SolarCity, that leases out solar energy solutions for 15+ years a pop. I have mixed feelings about it. I like that they're finding a way to push solar on the -rich- now. Plus, putting it in a lease gives you that "this is going to sit here for a decade or so" feeling, rather than going away like a fad... However, leases can always just be pulled if the company goes under. So, yeah, kinda mixed about it.

Oh, wow, Wind is a great energy source?

Found on slashdot, a top researcher from Stanford lays out some awesome reasons as to why wind power could rock the world. IE, provide a stable, clean, feasible alternative to nuclear, coal, and biofuel.

But you all knew that, right?

http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2009/january7/power-010709.html

New stuff found on slashdot

http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?no_d2=1&sid=08/08/17/2034210

Found again on boingboing

Yeah, I know.

I need to get out more.

Robot, complete with biomechanical brain. So, would this be our first foray into "real" cybernetics?

http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/?p=1009&tag=nl.e550


also, dancing oil

http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/08/13/video-dancing-magnet.html

Awesome Ted Talk from May on the design flaws in Suburbia

This talk gives good history on the Space Monkey tenant on Self Reliance and why it's such an important focus on the coming years. Buying from local farmers at the co-op is the start. Forging your own living, creating your own garden, recycling your own waste, living off solar energy for power and cleaning your own water, encouraging others to do the same, these are -basics- of human living that we must embrace -years- ago. Come on, get to it.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/121