10 Audacious Ideas to Save the Planet

The folks at Popular Science bring us a list of rather absurd-sounding (but sometimes probable?) ideas scientists have come up with to help save this measly little blue sphere from impending doom.

"Making a dent in the climate crisis is going to take more than solar panels and recycled toilet paper. Scientists are finding ever more creative ways (pig pee! DIY tornadoes!) to clean up the Earth"

10 Audacious Ideas to Save the Planet | Popular Science

Space History Made on March 19, 1915

On this day in 1915 Pluto was photographed for the first time. At the time it was not known that Pluto was in the photo. On February 18 1930 Pluto was discovered (in the photos above) and upon reviewing older photos it was found that it had been first photographed in 1915. Of course today Pluto is no longer classified as a planet but it still was a an exciting discovery. Pluto had been right under astronomers noses for 15 years unnoticed.

Space Tech History Made on February 19, 1473

On this day in 1473 Nicolaus Copernicus was born in Poland. Copernicus made a discovery that could have cost him his life. During his lifetime Earth was believed to be the center of our universe. Anything to the contrary was considered heresy. Copernicus found that in fact the sun was the center of our universe. He wrote a short paper on his heliocentric hypothesis that he only showed to friends. Despite urgings to publish and distribute his work, it was not printed until Copernicus lay on his death bed. It is said he held the first printing in his hands and then passed away. His last words were, "The big yellow one is the sun".

Daily Link Roundup of Crazy Guns and Blu-Ray Wins

Not a lot going on today in the Blogosphere.

Today's Daily Links go out in memory of those great minds lost in the Challenger disaster on this day in 1986.

Would You Read a Book On Your Cell Phone? - You probably already do if you're in Japan. Snickers Charged Infused with Caffeine and Taurine Monitor Your Home From Afar With AlertMe ScrapeRite Plastic Razor Blades - Giving me another one of those "why didn't I think of that" moments. MacBook AirCraft Has Boatload of Features - But who the hell needs 5 firewire ports? I never use my 1. Maybe it's a Mac thing. Robovie Finds Lost Shoppers, Eats Their Souls Worst USB Gadget Yet: Mouse With Speaker, Mic Amazon Says International MP3 Downloads Coming in 2008 What happens to blog-posts after you click Publish "Brugo" Mug Cools Coffee One Sip at a Time Wakerupper: Free Wake-up Calls from the Web Researchers See Blu-ray Win by End of Year Windows 7: The Anti-Vista? Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell: A blueprint for eco-friendly cars of the future? - Over 100 of these hydrogen powered cars are being produced for consumer sale as part of the world’s biggest fuel cell test fleet. C# Code Format - This tool allows you to format your C#, VB, HTML, XML, T-SQL or MSH code for publishing on a web site or in a blog. Pistol ring and other unusual guns - A gallery of odd guns.

Tech History Made on January 25, 2004

4 years ago today the Opportunity rover searched for water on the Mars surface. The Spirit rover had been on Mars for 3 weeks before the Opportunity, but had quit working the week before. The Opportunity traveled for 6 months before landing on Mars in what was speculated to be a large crater. Scientists believe that the dusty soil on Mars contains grey haematite, which is found on Earth in the presence of water. Water was not discovered on this mission but our quest continues to find life on other planets.


The only camera on Mars (other than the one attached to Opportunity) is held by the Spirit rover, which is busy exploring other portions of the red planet. So, there's no real photo opportunities for Opportunity. That's why the above picture was created to give you an idea of what the Opportunity looks like as it chills on the surface of Mars. A digital model of Opportunity was imposed on a real image of the inside of the Endurance Crater on Mars. The photo was actually taken by Opportunity, itself.

Daily Link Roundup of Radiation Detectors, Solar NES, and a Big Digg Fix

As a new feature of the Daily Link Roundup, we're going to start highlighting the best and most important articles of the day in bold. That way, if you only have a second or two to check today's links you'll know where to start!

Nanotubes Help Advance Brain Tumor Research The "Work From Home" Generation Cell Phone Sensors Detect Radiation To Thwart Nuclear Terrorism Last.fm Offers Limited Full-Track Streaming and Moves Towards Subscriptions - The key word here being limited. Solar Powered NES and Gameboy Emulator: Everything Included Sega Dream DX Is Just Like A Real Dog, Only Not Really Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Officially Unveiled - The first commercial passenger spaceship. Lindo Works Like A Desk Attached To Your Hips Digg Changes Algorithm: No More Group Voting Up Stories - Hopefully it actually works this time. Is Comcast really blocking P2P? EFF + SF Weekly conclude: yeah. - My conclusion: duh. Get SMS Alerts for Your Favorite RSS Feeds with Pingie Playyoo: YouTube For Mobile Games Goes Beta Wall Cleats - Another Tool For The War On Cables BedJump.com - Hotel Bed Jumping - Not exactly tech, but neat pics of people jumping on hotel beds. Laser-cut book is a scale model of artist's house Find Popular Google Reader Shared Items with ReadBurner Use Apropos to Learn New Terminal Commands

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ATAX Survival Tool The MP3 speaker jacket - Although jackets integrating MP3 players are nothing new, this is the first we’ve seen that makes wearers look like they’ve just washed up from a shipwreck. CES: Big, Bad-Ass Speakers We Wish We Could Afford Review: Eye Fi 2GB SD Card Wins CES Award For a Good Reason Nintendo cross-stitches Tiny Camera Stand Is Flexible, Fits On Your Keychain Dreamflyer - Personal Flight Simulator Machine Network Solutions Using Questionable Tactic to Sell More Domain Names - aka DO NOT SEARCH FOR DOMAIN NAMES THROUGH NETWORK SOLUTIONS! Import Your Hotmail Messages into Gmail Nintendo Wii Mii-Shaped Chocolates for Valentine's Day - The figures aren't based on your own Mii avatars... Sorry. Steal Download Music From Any Shared iTunes Library with OurTunes Flyby Of Mercury Coming Up In NASA's Messenger Mission - Exploring some of the last unexplored terrain in the inner solar system at 141 thousand mph! Video of people from 1 to 100 hitting a drum - Not exactly tech-centric, but rather neat. Swedish MPs call for legalized file-sharing - Seven Swedish Members of Parliament from the Moderate Party have written a stirring call for the legalization of file-sharing. CES best of show winners from ZDNet.com