Military Applications in Combat Support
Make Parts Fast has an interesting article on the US Military’s “Mobile Parts Hospital” (MPH), a facility to quickly manufacture, reverse-engineer, and finish metal and plastic in the field. The program includes a Lathe Manufacturing Model (LMM) based on a 5-axis Mazak Integrex with all tooling and maintenance equipment stored on board. Set up takes...
Plastic from Bacteria
Genetic engineering of bacteria yields a strain of E. Coli that generates plastic in the process of growing. “Scientists at San Diego–based Genomatica, Inc., have announced success in manipulating the bacteria to directly produce butanediol (BDO), a chemical compound used to make everything from spandex to car bumpers, thereby providing a more energy-efficient way of making...
Offshore Datahaven
In the patent application seen by The Times, Google writes: “Computing centres are located on a ship or ships, anchored in a water body from which energy from natural motion of the water may be captured, and turned into electricity and/or pumping power for cooling pumps to carry heat away.”
mobaganda
event planning made simple no registration, no login a custom url, rss feed and an email address to email all attendees {hat tip: Eric}
Wired Magazine Turns 15
Kevin Kelly is a fountain of great ideas. In celebration of Wired magazine’s 15th birthday, here are some of his thoughts.
BBC: Visualizing Globalization
The Box: BBC has purchased a shipping container and equipped it with a GPS tracking unit that continually updates its location for everyone to see on the web.
