Nanotechnology, undoubtedly, is the next big thing in the course of human civilization.

A big change is coming, and it may (will) affect everything. The way we produce objects, the way we process materials, the whole economic system.

Nanotechnology can basically be defined as “building by atoms”. And if you wonder how is this possible, I strongly suggest that you have a look at this animated video. A mind blowing visualisation of a production facility of tomorrow (not 100 years, but 10 to 20 years from now), and opening new horizons.

Are we ready? ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEYN18d7gHg

More posts to come about this topic..

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Here are a few photos that I have taken during the 25è Saló Internacional del Còmic de Barcelona - Ficomic :

As I usually do, I will say the last thing first, because this one is really striking:

“The energy that reaches earth from sunlight in one hour is more than that used by all human activities in one year”

Wow, I didn’t know that! And they call them ‘high-tech’, all those internal combustion engine cars, turbo diesels, and even hybrids.. It’s all the same crap!

For those who are expecting to see the days finally this abundant source of energy will be widely used on earth, I have good news!

Massey University’s Nanomaterials Research Centre is presenting a newly developed technology that will have cheaper initial costs for solar electric power production, making it more accessible to home owners.

Although it still is in the development phase, the technology is inspired by plants, and it is promising to be 10 times cheaper and much more effective than silicon based photo-electric solar cells.

Dr Wayne Campbell and researchers in the centre have developed a range of coloured dyes for use in dye-sensitised solar cells. The green dye uses a synthetic chlorophyll, a derivative of the light-harvesting pigment plants use for photosynthesis.

Besides being cheaper, I believe that this dye-based technology has another major advantage: It has colour! So instead of the 80’s shiny solar panel looks dictated by the old technology, this one lets people free to choose colour, not only among shades of green, but also other tones too, although the non-greens being based on haemoglobin, the compound that give blood its colour (ahem!)…

Hopefully in our lifetime, instead of paying heating and electricity bills or filling the tanks of our vehicles with petrol, we will be able to use a “really-high-technology” in our autonomous houses that will enable us to use more efficiently the free energy offered by the sun, or travel in our electric powered super-silent vehicles in peace, as far as we desire, without killing each other -and ourselves- with the toxic fumes coming out of the exhausts, and the fear of running out of gas.

For further information, please visit the Massey University website:

http://masseynews.massey.ac.nz/2007/Press_Releases/04-04-07.html

Last thing first:

“Prime Minister Jose Socrates has said he wants 45% of Portugal’s power consumption to come from renewable energy by 2010. “

… only one thing to say: CHAPEAU!

The story is, Portugal pushed the start button of the world’s most powerful solar power plant and this is producing the power needed for 8000 homes.

The 11-megawatt plant has 52,000 photovoltaic modules, which will produce 20 gigawatt hours of power each year.

For further news: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6505221.stm

Ya dilli kaşarlı ve çift kaşarlı dilli rus salatalı ? Bunlar bunamayı geciktirmiyor mu?

Çift dil, bunamayı geciktiriyor… / Yaşam / Milliyet İnternet

Etiket: dil, dilli kaşarlı

Bienvenido el AVE a Tarragona - El Periodico de Catalunya

La llegada del AVE a Tarragona es una buena noticia, y por muchos motivos:…Leer el articulo

¿A ver cuando llegan hasta la frontera?

Jaffe Juice‘ın blogunda Second Life sanal yaşam oyununun emlak kraliçelerinden olan Anshe Chung‘un 10$la başladığı yatırımlarının 1 milyon $ değerine ulaştığını okudum. Oyunun resmi kuru Linden Dolar’ların gerçek para ile alınıp satılabilmesi hali hazırda Second Life’dan parsel almak isteyen bir takım insanları binlerce gerçek dolar karşılığında sanal emlak yatırımı yapmaya ittiriyor.

Gerçek adıyla Ailin Graef yani Anshe Chung bu işlemleri gerçekleştirmek için bir de şirket kurmuş. Mantıksız sayılmaz. Second Life’a kayıtlı üye sayısı yazılanlara göre 1,600,000 kişi ve Anshe Chung’un evvelden tokatladığı arazilere iş merkezi dikmek isteyen çok cingöz vardır elbette bu kalabalığın arasında.

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murat germen - View of Istanbul from Galata Tower - World Wide Panorama - Full Screen

update: ( You can visit the personal web page of the creator of this panoramic view of Istanbul: www.muratgermen.com )

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | ‘Only 50 years left’ for sea fish

There will be virtually nothing left to fish from the seas by the middle of the century if current trends continue, according to a major scientific study.