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This is the weblog of
Raymond Powers.
Here I will be sharing what I find of import, humor, concern, inspiration and on the transformational edge
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A Quote:
"There is but one failure, and that is, not to be true to the very best one knows." (Frederic William Farrar)
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| Wednesday, April 9, 2003 |  |
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 9 Apr 2003 @ 17:27
This comes from India Times
New Evidence: Ancient Indian Science of Space Travel!
Directions for building interstellar spaceships. 'Anti-gravitational' method of propulsion. An ancient manuscript written in the 4th Century BC Discovered in Tibet and Lhasa by the Chinese. The frontiers of what is possible in science are being stretched. Read on…
While the world is busy launching spacecrafts into the unknown universe the Chinese discover something in the mountains of Tibet and Lhasa. They are a bundle of strange Sanskrit documents!
The documents are sent to Dr. Ruth Reyna, University of Chandigarh, for translation and special comments. Dr. Reyna's findings are eye opening. She declares that the manuscripts contain the following:
1. Directions for building interstellar spaceships with a method of propulsion that are essentially anti-gravitational. The method was similar to that of laghima, the power of man's ego. It is described as 'a centrifugal force strong enough to counteract all gravitational pull'. Hindu Yogis claim it is a man's laghima that allows for his body to levitate (rise defying gravity).
2. These machines are called astras!
3. The text also contains claims that ancient Indians could havesent detachments of men onto any planet.
4. The secrets of antima (cover of invisibility) and of garima (method of making one's body as heavy as 'a mountain of lead') are revealed.The Chinese are including certain parts of this data intheir space program research and study.
5. It has mention of a planned trip to the moon. More >
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| Sunday, April 6, 2003 | |
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 6 Apr 2003 @ 18:24
Mary Starrett
March 13, 2003
News With Views
Fashion designers from New York to Milan have filled the runways in recent weeks with all the latest Spring looks. Hemlines are up, heel heights are down and pink is all the rage. But regardless of what you think of this season's haute couture you should be made aware of a trend that's catching on... it could make you think twice before buying new clothes. Tiny specks capable of tracking virtually every single item are now being imbedded by manufacturers. This Orwellian technology, called RFID (radio frequency ID) will now be used by Italian clothing designer Benetton in the form of trackable chips woven into it's apparel. The chips, which function as itty bitty radio transmitters will be inserted when the clothes are made and will remain intact throughout the life of the garment. According to chip manufacturer Philips Electronics, the devices will be "imperceptible" to the wearer.
Complete Story More >
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| Friday, April 4, 2003 | |
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4 Apr 2003 @ 18:19
Though this is common knowledge to some, I am happy to see that the possibility has come to the fore again. When I was a teenager a friend of mine had some plans from the same era which he built and I saw work. Though it ran very hot, he was able to get close to 100 mpg on the Cadillac he installed it in.
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This comes from Times Online
The original blueprints for a device that could have revolutionised the motor car have been discovered in the secret compartment of a tool box.
A carburettor that would allow a car to travel 200 miles on a gallon of fuel caused oil stocks to crash when it was announced by its Canadian inventor Charles Nelson Pogue in the 1930s.
But the carburettor was never produced and, mysteriously, Pogue went overnight from impoverished inventor to the manager of a successful factory making oil filters for the motor industry. Ever since, suspicion has lingered that oil companies and car manufacturers colluded to bury Pogue’s invention.
Now a retired Cornish mechanic has enlisted the help of the University of Plymouth to rebuild Pogue’s revolutionary carburettor, known as the Winnipeg, from blueprints he found hidden beneath a sheet of plywood in the box.
The controversial plans once caused panic among oil companies and rocked the Toronto Stock Exchange when tests carried out on the carburettor in the 1930s proved that it worked.
Patrick Davies, 72, from St Austell, had owned the tool box for 40 years but only recently decided to clean it out. As well as drawings of the carburettor, the envelope contained two pages of plans, three test reports and six pages of notes written by Pogue.
They included a report of a test that Pogue had done on his lawnmower, which showed that he had managed to make the engine run for seven days on a quart (just under a litre) of petrol.
The documents also described how the machine worked by turning petrol into a vapour before it entered the cylinder chamber, reducing the amount of fuel needed for combustion.
Mr Davies has had the patent number on the plans authenticated, proving that they are genuine documents.
He said: “I couldn’t believe what I saw. I used to be a motor mechanic and I knew this was something else altogether. I was given the tool box by a friend after I helped to paint her house in 1964. Her husband had spent a lot of time in Canada.”
The announcement of Pogue’s invention caused enormous excitement in the American motor industry in 1933, when he drove 200 miles on one gallon of fuel in a Ford V8. However, the Winnipeg was never manufactured commercially and after 1936 it disappeared altogether amid allegations of a political cover-up.
Dr Murray Bell, of the University of Plymouth’s department of mechanical and marine engineering, said he would consider trying to build a model of the Pogue carburettor.
Engineers who have tried in the past to build a carburettor using Pogue’s theories have found the results less than satisfactory. Charles Friend, of Canada’s National Research Council, told Marketplace, a consumer affairs programme: “You can get fantastic mileage if you’re prepared to de-rate the vehicle to a point where, for example, it might take you ten minutes to accelerate from 0 to 30 miles an hour.” More >
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4 Apr 2003 @ 09:54
I'm a BIG fan of TechTV and especially the ScreenSavers show.
Recently they mentioned a blog called More Stuff 4 Less that gives a daily list of comparative technology prices. This includes special offers , rebates, re-furb etc. I don't purchase a lot of things but this looks like a great resource to check for all things computer, digital and electronic.
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 28 Mar 2003 @ 20:26
From Liberty Think website.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The future of surveillance aircraft will take off next Saturday from a small hayfield in northern Florida, but observers will have to look hard to see it. The next generation of spy planes will be small--perhaps less than 6 inches in diameter--and agile as a hummingbird.
Seeking to capitalize on the ability to put a TV camera on a chip and other shrinking components, university and Navy researchers will try their wings near here during a micro-aerial-vehicles (MAV) competition sponsored by the International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Organization (ISSMO). More >
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| Thursday, March 27, 2003 | |
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 27 Mar 2003 @ 10:02
Some friends of mine have developed an amazing dance ,movement, music technology they call Light Dancer
I've spent some time on this myself and it is really a lot of fun, multi-sensory and dissolves the boundaries between performers and audiences I see lots of different applications for this software/hardware invention.
In brief The LightDancerTM is a full-body, non-contact, mistake-free interactive music and visual media instrument. It can be configured either as permanently in-floor, or as a 1.5-inch thick, multi-hexagon platform.
First-time, casual players can effortlessly play real music,
while creating spectacular immersive and 3D interactive visuals.Spontaneously control lasers, or intelligent robotic lighting.
You can animate incredible 3D computer graphics, with the
3dMaxMedia Zuma Visualizer and...
groups of people can play simultaneously and in perfect harmony and rhythm,while creating huge overhead visuals in the forthcoming:Laserium Cyberdome More >
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| Saturday, March 15, 2003 | |
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 15 Mar 2003 @ 15:31
In my search for adequate satellite modem alternatives I came across this mobile unit from TracNet
I really like the freedom of this portable unit. I still feel all of this is just a small step on the way to something astounding that will link us informationally and energetically. More >
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