Thursday, March 17, 2011
Technological Advance of the Day: Laser Electrolysis in Space
A new laser device created at the University of Central Florida could make high-speed computing faster and more reliable, opening the door to a new age of the Internet. . . .
But there is still one challenge that the team is working to resolve. The voltage necessary to make the laser diodes work more efficiently must be optimized.
Deppe said once that problem is resolved, the uses for the laser diodes will multiply. They could be used in lasers in space to remove unwanted hair.
—phyorg.com in "Miniature lasers could help launch new age of the Internet"
But there is still one challenge that the team is working to resolve. The voltage necessary to make the laser diodes work more efficiently must be optimized.
Deppe said once that problem is resolved, the uses for the laser diodes will multiply. They could be used in lasers in space to remove unwanted hair.
Labels: humor, lasers, science, technology
Friday, September 17, 2010
Quote of the Day: Guess who said it
Tonight the ruling class knows. They have... they've seen it now. There's a people's revolution!
Select from below:
- Karl Marx
- Vladimir Lenin
- Leon Trotsky
- Carl Paladino
- Noam Chomsky
If you selected Carl Paladino, the newly elected Republican candidate for Governor of New York, you are ahead of your time.
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Labels: humor, New York state, politicians, politics, Quote of the Day, quotes, Republican politicians, Tea Party
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Quote of the Day
If we have a US slowdown with a fresh financial crisis, everybody is going to want to buy the Swiss franc, along with bottled water, tins hats, and a shotgun. —David Bloom, currency chief at megabank HSBC, as quoted by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in "Swiss endure safe-haven agony from euro flight"
Labels: currency, fall of the West, great recession, humor
