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POPSNew Spin Record Set: 1 Million rpm The new motor could be applied for faster drills and more efficient and compact compressors for cars and airplanes. The trend towards increasingly smaller cell phones and other teensy electronic devices means ever smaller holes must be drilled to make them, and that requires higher rotational speeds, the researchers said. "Our findings will rapidly be converted into concrete applications and products," said Johann Kolar, one of the researchers involved in the feat.
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POPSThe Psychology of Denial in the Age of Consumerism A four-year analysis of the world's ecosystems sponsored by the Worldwatch Institute found that over-consumption has pushed 15 out of 24 ecosystems essential to human life "beyond their sustainable limits". Our insatiable desire for more is moving the planet toward a state of collapse that may be "abrupt and potentially irreversible".
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POPSFuture planes, cars may be made of 'buckypaper' So far, buckypaper can be made at only a fraction of its potential strength, in small quantities and at a high price. The Florida State researchers are developing manufacturing techniques that soon may make it competitive with the best composite materials now available. "If this thing goes into production, this very well could be a very, very game-changing or revolutionary technology to the aerospace business," said Les Kramer, chief technologist for Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, which is helping fund the Florida State research.
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POPSThings Taller Than John "Bush" McCain
An interesting comment from demogorgon : --- As an ex-air force officer (1962-1967) I'm glad it's finally coming out that this man is NO hero! He destroyed 5 airplanes, admitted that he was a "gambler" when he flew; went in alone on a Hanoi target when the bombing run was being called off; and then tried to "outrun" a SAM missile. Things got SO bad that none of his fellow officers wanted to fly with him and he was being re-evaluated for removal from flying status when he was shot down. Words like "reckless", "intemperate" and "lacks common sense" were part of the lexicon of John McCain, naval pilot. I don't mind the "confessions" while he was a POW, that was pretty much SOP, but what I DO mind is that his so-called "selflessness" when he "refused" to accept early release was anything but...he WAS offered early release because of his family connections, but was ORDERED not to accept it! And now, his never-ending use of his "heroism" as if he'd actually been one. MORE BELOW:
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POPSPercentage of missed votes McCain indeed leads the list, but check the "complete career" percentage. Obama hasn't been running for president all that long and in the Senate only 2+ yrs. His 2 yrs tops McCain's 20+ yrs.. Obama's comments yesterday where that if he was needed in Washington, everyone had airplanes and they could be back quickly enough to handle whatever business needed to be done. WoW!
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POPSThe Sun IS Slowing Down.... Quick- light a fire, go for a drive, do something- anything- just make some more CO2 before we all freeze to death.. Wish I was joking, but the lack of sunspots too makes me think we could soon be very grateful for our atmospheric blanket! Mind you, we only have to ground the airplanes for one day a week to reduce global dimming and presto!- global warming at the stroke of a pen....
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POPSNetflix origami The box, the tray, the sack, and the envelope might even be useful... (yeah, I'm a geek.)
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POPSLockheed Maneuvers for Big Cargo Business The Hill's Roxana Tiron reports on a big potential deal for Lockheed Martin. Note to investors: Lockheed's stock has been hit this week, along with everybody else, but is flat for the year. It sells for 12.6 times projected 2009 earnings, versus an equivalent aggregate multiple of 13.3 for the S&P 500.
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POPSNew U.S. Air Force Tanker Six Years Away? Via govexec.com. Story quotes another U.S. Air Force general, who says it's "unconscionable to ask people to fly in combat in 50-year-old airplanes." Note: as of 3:22pm, Northrop Grumman shares were down 2.5%. They've fallen 15% thus far in 2008.
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POPS" - Sarah Palin's Deadly Wolf Program" "In early 2007, Palin's administration approved an initiative to pay a $150 bounty to hunters who killed a wolf from an airplane in certain areas, hacked off the left foreleg, and brought in the appendage. Ruling that the Palin administration didn't have the authority to offer payments, a state judge quickly put a halt to them but not to the shooting of wolves from aircraft."
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POPSOnly Rhetorical Extravagance by George Will Obama thinks government is not getting a "reasonable share" of oil companies' profits, which in 2007 were, as a percentage of revenues (8.3 percent), below those of U.S. manufacturing generally (8.9 percent). Exxon Mobil pays almost as much in corporate taxes to various governments as the bottom 50 percent of American earners pay in income taxes. Exxon Mobil does make $1,400 a second in profits -- hear the sharp intakes of breath from liberals with pursed lips -- but pays $4,000 a second in taxes and $15,000 a second in operating costs. Obama's rhetorical extravagances are inversely proportional to his details, as when he promises "nothing less than a complete transformation of our economy" in order to "end the age of oil." The diminished enthusiasm of some voters hitherto receptive to his appeals might have something to do with the seepage of reality from his rhetoric.
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POPSCrash Stuff crashstuff.com is the only site that offers a complete collection of photos and video about accidents, crashes domain: cars, airplanes, trains and boats.
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POPSPeak Oil: The end of travel as we now know it ... And then, like in the medieval age, society will split into two groups: the mobile, and the stranded. If fuel prices stay high and if governments don't step in to help, fares will jump, and people in the bottom third of average household income will rarely be able to afford to fly, if at all, says Henry Harteveldt, vice-president and principal analyst of U.S.-based Forrester Research. Harteveldt says airlines in North America are only profitable in their current form if oil costs $100 U.S. or less a barrel. Right now, it's at $124. Harteveldt says the next generation of fuel-efficient airplanes, which companies like General Electric are working on, will not be ready for five or six years. That won't be fast enough.
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POPSRevoke EPA’s Licenses to Pollute Behind the veil of “clean skies,” however, smog and soot and very small toxic particulate matter are still pouring out of the pipes of cars, trucks, the containerized shipping industry that drives global commerce, airplanes, incinerators, large farms and factories. These microscopic particles cause inflammation and injury to the lungs and the blood, killing thousands and condemning many more to life with asthma. Runoff from agribusiness, industry and suburban trophy lawns still flows through our (non-burning) rivers, creating dead zones off our shores and sickening swimmers on our beaches. This is happening because industries have become experts at delaying and manipulating the work of EPA through political pressure and legal tactics. And EPA analysts cut and paste corporate-generated studies and analysis into their findings. As a result, the EPA often acts as if it were protecting the earnings of regulated industries rather than the public’s health.
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