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The Australian firewall is almost up!

Jane — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 04:47:00 +0000

The Australian firewall is soon to be up and I applaud the reasoning for them putting up this firewalll such as blocking illegal content but many suggest that it will not block its intended targets because the bad people do there stuff on peer to peer networks and other file sharing networks meaning that blocking a single .com will work but 99% of it is done on networks and not single URL.

But what about other future uses that may come along with this firewall like stories about the Government or religion blocked? Only time will tell what will be blocked by the Australian Government but what other stuff can be done instead of this option to block unwanted material from entering the country?

Nanotubes from crystals

Jane — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:26:40 +0000

Was reading this awesome story titled Nanotubes hold promise for next-generation computing which is about the next technological breakthrough in computing by using crystalline quartz to grow nanotubes on. This allows for better formations of the nanotubes using this type of quartz, instead of on silicon wafers which when nanotubes are grown on those the nanotubes grow in all different directions instead of in a much more straighter pattern like on the crystalline quartz.

So what will happen is the nanotubes will probably be grown on the crystalline quartz then transfered over to a silicon wafer. In my opinion the amount of computing speed this is going to create is massive and may break Moores law when it comes to how fast we advance in computing speeds vs time to get there.

Salt water as fuel

Jane — Tue, 27 May 2008 02:40:57 +0000

Was combing YouTube for various different types of alternative fuels and came across this amazing video clip of a man named John Kanzius that invented a way to burn the salt in water via radio waves of course this is not all this wonderful machine can do.

It may also be a cure for cancer that is right a cure for cancer check out this post for that wonderful story. I know it may sound to good to be true be as the video shows his machine works!

The Ray Gun

Jane — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:46:35 +0000

Just like anything in this world somethings can be used for good like the Kanzius Machine and other things for bad like this next piece of technology called the Ray Gun. Which like its name hits the enemy with a invisible blast of high intense radio waves that heat your nerve endings under your skin and cause you to get out of the rays path because of the tremendous amount of heat you feel as a result of being in its path.

The one shown on the video is mounted on top of a Humvee but one wonders when a more portable version will be available and when they put one in the sky on a satellite or unmanned vehicles, anyways enough dreaming into the future just go ahead and see what now by checking out the great video segment done on 60 minutes

Radio wave cures

Jane — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:41:08 +0000

A cure for all sorts of types of cancers may be on the way thanks to a new type of machine named after its inventor Jon Kanzius called the Kanzius machine. This video done by 60 minutes shows how a man using nothing but his wifes pies pans and a radio was able to create a machine that could heat certain metals injected into the cancer and kill the cancer.

To see just how this amazing machine works go over and check out the great videos on Yahoos 60 minutes website and watch for your self this wonderful machine called the in action.

Wind energy made simple and cheap

Jane — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 03:00:06 +0000

One of the problems for the average person in collecting wind energy is the wind turbines are very BIG and not to cheap and have parts that have to be re-greased and replaced every so often and that can be expensive as well. Thanks to this next inventors idea all that may have changed.

Basically using a cheap piece of plastic material someone can pull it tight under a object and attach it to these energy collectors and because of the flutter created by the object it collects energy enough to run a light a radio recharge a phone or whatever you would need maybe even homes ones day. Click over and see this awesome video of the inventor Shawn Frayne showing you just how his invention called a wind belt it works.

Electric cars

Jane — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:13:59 +0000

Found these two really great posts that talk about 2 different electric cars. The first post talks about a car named Karma made by a company called Fisker Automotive, that is half electric and half gas powered.

The other car is named Tesla and is a total electric car that can go over 250 miles on a single charge. Both posts are worth reading and I hope to see many more like these because going green is something everyone needs to do in this World in order to save the World.