• Bottled Wind Could Be as Constant as Coal

  The Electric Power Research Institute and the Department of Energy have identified grid-scale storage as a key need for the rapidly diversifying electricity system, and compressed-air energy storage looks like the cheapest option available. In the last four months, four compressed-air projects have gotten new funding. (Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/compressed-air-plants/)

• Decision-makers betrayed by their wide eyes

  Pupil dilation may be evidence of decision-making, Olivia Carter, a neuroscientist at the University of Melbourne in Australia, has found. That might make for a low-tech way of reaching out to people who cannot communicate due to brain damage or paralysis: responses to yes/no or multiple-choice questions could be inferred from pupil dilation. (Adam Hart-Davis/SPL) (Source: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527504.000-decisionmakers-betrayed-by-their-wide-eyes.html)

• The Secret Lives Of Objects: StickyBits Turn Barcodes Into Personal Message Boards

  Stickybits, a new iPhone and Android app that lets you scan any barcode and attach a geo-tagged message to that physical object, has been launched by Stickybits. The barcode in a greeting card, for instance, could trigger a video message from the sender. One on a box of medical supplies could inventory what is inside. A business card with a code on it could link to a resume or LinkedIn profile. The app lets you follow people and see their object stream, or get notified whenever one of your objects is scanned, moved, or new bits are attached to them. Stickybits is similar to science-fiction author Bruce Sterling's concept of "Spimes." (Source: http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/08/stickybits-barcodes-message-boards/)

• Designer nano luggage to carry drugs to diseased cells

  Particles derived from the Cowpea mosaic virus that can carry anti-cancer agents to cancer cells have been developed by researchers at Norwich BioScience Institutes. (Source: http://www.physorg.com/news187386357.html)

• Need a translation? Google awaits your call

  Google Translate can now "listen" to speech and provide translations in a computerized voice for English, Mandarin and Japanese on phones that run Google's Android operating system. It can also translate text to and from more than 50 languages. (Source: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-google-translate10-2010mar10,0,3347088.story)

Located in Virginia Beach, VA, Atlantic University offers a graduate program in transpersonal studies that is designed specifically for adults interested in exploring the self in a liberal learning context. This program is unique in that it introduces the student to the multiple dimensions of holistic living and encourages the process of personal growth. The degree program is available as a distance-learning program which may include limited residential experiences. The interdisciplinary nature of the program provides students with a variety of learning experiences as well as exposure to alternative methods of education.

Since 1978, the nonprofit Freedom From Religion Foundation has been working to keep state and church separate and to educate the public about the views of nontheists. Members include freethinkers from all 50 states, Canada, and other countries. The Foundation monitors abuses of the separation of state and church, taking lawsuits and officially complaining about such abuses.

Ever seen an advertisement for people who would like to have a star named after them? If you think that with billions and billions of stars in the sky, there is probably an organization that has to name them all, and they pay the bills by selling these rights... well, if you think that, you are very very wrong...

MIThril, the next generation research platform for context aware wearable computing.

Although some visitors to the site may be of Scottish extraction, I am assuming that in some cases, their distance from the land of their forebears has meant that their ability to understand the language has been diluted by the miles and the years! So here are just a few of the terms and words used on the site and in the area.

The Living Universe Foundation seeks to preserve the ecology of the Earth while colonizing the oceans and outer space, all as part of humanity's attaining its highest possible scientific, humanitarian, and aesthetic development.

According to Maslow, there are general types of needs (physiological, safety, love, and esteem) that must be satisfied before a person can act unselfishly. He called these needs "deficiency needs." As long as we are motivated to satisfy these cravings, we are moving towards growth, toward self-actualization. Satisfying needs is healthy, blocking gratification makes us sick or evil. In other words, we are all "needs junkies" with cravings that must be satisfied and should be satisfied. Else, we become sick.

The Tesseract, a look into 4-dimensional space

A glossary of words originating from feudal history.

This web server comprises a complete repository for Fuzzy Logic and NeuroFuzzy applications. It contains free simulation software, case studies, and product information.