Jan 29, 2010

Lazer fusion test

Mind Boggle: there's the ever nonplussing 'infinity,' 'eternity,' but "... the beams delivered their energy in pulses lasting a little
more than 10 billionths of a second." !!! Atoms yes in space, but billionths of a second in time? Beyond Wow! of the test itself!

in reference to:

"However, the beams delivered their energy in pulses lasting a little more than 10 billionths of a second."
- BBC News - Laser fusion test results raise energy hopes (view on Google Sidewiki)

Jan 28, 2010

Saved by a cell!

Fascinating...but what a blow this could be to botox, eh? Actually the 'wow' sentence is:

""What's most exciting is that the changes that occur in blood stem cells during aging are reversible, through signals carried by the blood itself."

Nonetheless daily runs and good eating will still be prime 'aging' helpers all round.

in reference to:

""What's most exciting is that the changes that occur in blood stem cells during aging are reversible, through signals carried by the blood itself."
- Aging of Blood Stem Cells May Be Reversible - BusinessWeek (view on Google Sidewiki)

Jan 20, 2010

Google Haiti People-Finder Gadget

Yeaa, Google. Super job. People beyond State in the Defense Dept. are also very happy about the gadget. Great job of stepping in and filling an unbelievably urgent need.

in reference to: Official Google Blog (view on Google Sidewiki)

Jan 19, 2010

iPnone keyboard - YES!

If this is true, then halleluyah! Finally. It's the main reason I haven't indulged. My wonderful Palm TX is my travelling companion in a very, very small package..helped of course by Mark/Space's essential Agenda app.

in reference to:

"Meet your new laptop. Apple has not only opened a programming interface that allows developers to create applications that reside on the iPhone, the company has recently opened up the hardware interface. This means that, soon, attaching a keyboard and screen (among other things) to your iPhone literally will be a snap."
- Opposable Planets (view on Google Sidewiki)

Jan 17, 2010

Knol is not a Wikipedia wannabe

Google's Knol gives people, aspiring writers, so-so writers, people who just have some level of considered expertise a place to plop their stuff. Wikipedia is for serious research or for necessary research...like who the hell is ???.
But Knol, seems to give a much broader swath of folks the opportunity to share what they know. It's easy, it let's you "enhance" old style writing with small bells and whistles, or small audios and videos, and it's useful for being so easy and available— to everyone.
Yeaaaa, Google!
I repeat, Knol is NOT Wikipedia!

in reference to: Why Has Knol Survived Google's Orphan-Project Killing Spree? (GOOG) (view on Google Sidewiki)