December 24, 2007
Jeff Bell on Halo 3
Jeff Bell of Microsoft was in charge of the Halo 3 launch and in his WOMMA Summit 3 keynote provided a detailed overview of the program--very impressive. In this interview he touches on the elements of the launch, the relationship between online and offline activities, and taking risks in marketing.
December 18, 2007
Sea Level Back to Future
In the journal Nature Geoscience, which launches in January 2008, researchers say the true maximum sea level rise could be 164 cm, about twice what the IPCC proposes.
They looked at what happened more than 100,000 years ago - the last time Earth was this warm.
Read the BBC coverage.
They looked at what happened more than 100,000 years ago - the last time Earth was this warm.
Read the BBC coverage.
December 16, 2007
THE ICE-FREE ARCTIC
There is much talk of when the ocean will be totally free of ice in summer. Some scientists think it might be as soon as 2013.
Others, who find that date a little early, say ice-free summers almost certainly will come sooner than many people thought possible.
Read it all here.
Others, who find that date a little early, say ice-free summers almost certainly will come sooner than many people thought possible.
Read it all here.
December 10, 2007
December 03, 2007
Paul Krugman's Razor
The financial crisis took a brief vacation in September and October, but is back with a vengeance.
Never seen financial insiders this spooked — not even in 1997-99, when economic dominoes seemed to be falling all around the world.
This time, market players are truly horrified. Suddenly they realize that no one can grasp the financial system anymore.
Read it all.
Never seen financial insiders this spooked — not even in 1997-99, when economic dominoes seemed to be falling all around the world.
This time, market players are truly horrified. Suddenly they realize that no one can grasp the financial system anymore.
Read it all.
November 28, 2007
Human Development Report 2007/2008
"Climate change is the defining human development challenge of the 21st Century. There is a window of opportunity for avoiding the most damaging climate change impacts, but that window is closing: the world has less than a decade to change course. Actions taken — or not taken — in the years ahead will have a profound bearing on the future course of human development. The world lacks neither the financial resources nor the technological capabilities to act. What is missing is a sense of urgency, human solidarity and collective interest."
Look here.
Click to enlarge. Picture's source is here.
Look here.
Click to enlarge. Picture's source is here.
November 25, 2007
ENERGY VISION 2020:
S h a m e l e s s Bush Propaganda
This looks quite interesting, anyone no doubt will agree . . .
"In 2020, world population has grown to 7.5 billion people, the global economy is approaching $80 trillion, and the wireless Internet 4.0 is now connecting almost half of humanity.
Synergies among nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology, and cognitive science have dramatically improved the human condition by increasing the availability of energy, food, and water and by connecting people and information anywhere, anytime."
However, it appears to be really shameless propaganda for the Bush dynasty . . .
"Jeb Bush gave his 2020 State of the Union address as the 47th president of the USA. Jeb Bush was the former governor of Florida, younger brother of George W. Bush and second son of George H. W. Bush.
He underlined the great progress made in terms of energy independence and energy diversification in the USA. He highlighted that even though neither the hydrogen economy nor nuclear fusion have yet come to happen, the USA is almost self sufficient in power consumption thanks to advances in biotechnology and nanotechnology."
U N B E L I E V A B L E !
"In 2020, world population has grown to 7.5 billion people, the global economy is approaching $80 trillion, and the wireless Internet 4.0 is now connecting almost half of humanity.
Synergies among nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology, and cognitive science have dramatically improved the human condition by increasing the availability of energy, food, and water and by connecting people and information anywhere, anytime."
However, it appears to be really shameless propaganda for the Bush dynasty . . .
"Jeb Bush gave his 2020 State of the Union address as the 47th president of the USA. Jeb Bush was the former governor of Florida, younger brother of George W. Bush and second son of George H. W. Bush.
He underlined the great progress made in terms of energy independence and energy diversification in the USA. He highlighted that even though neither the hydrogen economy nor nuclear fusion have yet come to happen, the USA is almost self sufficient in power consumption thanks to advances in biotechnology and nanotechnology."
U N B E L I E V A B L E !
November 17, 2007
SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON:
"Climate Change As Frightening As A Science Fiction Movie"
Today the world's scientists have spoken clearly and with one voice: climate change may bring "abrupt and irreversible" impacts, including the fast melting of glaciers and species extinctions.
Even if levels of CO2 in the atmosphere stayed where they are now, research showed sea levels would rise by between 0.4 and 1.4 metres simply because water expands as it warms.
However, carbon dioxide emissions are rising faster than they were a decade ago.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has just been on a trip to see ice shelves breaking up in Antarctica and the melting Torres del Paine glaciers in Chile. He also visited the Amazon rainforest, which he said was being "suffocated" by global warming.
"These scenes are as frightening as a science fiction movie," Ban said. "But they are even more terrifying, because they are real."
The latest scientific knowledge on the causes and effects of climate change will be put before environment ministers in Bali, Indonesia, next month -- a meeting which is likely to agree a two-year strategy to negotiate a successor to the Kyoto Protocol.
Even if levels of CO2 in the atmosphere stayed where they are now, research showed sea levels would rise by between 0.4 and 1.4 metres simply because water expands as it warms.
However, carbon dioxide emissions are rising faster than they were a decade ago.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has just been on a trip to see ice shelves breaking up in Antarctica and the melting Torres del Paine glaciers in Chile. He also visited the Amazon rainforest, which he said was being "suffocated" by global warming.
"These scenes are as frightening as a science fiction movie," Ban said. "But they are even more terrifying, because they are real."
The latest scientific knowledge on the causes and effects of climate change will be put before environment ministers in Bali, Indonesia, next month -- a meeting which is likely to agree a two-year strategy to negotiate a successor to the Kyoto Protocol.
November 10, 2007
Stiglitz: Worst President Ever
"Bush's fiscal irresponsibility fostered irresponsibility in everyone else. Credit was shoveled out the door, and subprime mortgages were made available to anyone this side of life support. Credit-card debt mounted to a whopping $900 billion by the summer of 2007.
The Federal Reserve Board stepped on the accelerator in a historically unprecedented way, driving interest rates down to 1 percent. In real terms, taking inflation into account, interest rates actually dropped to negative 2 percent. The predictable result was a consumer spending spree."
Read every single word here.
The Federal Reserve Board stepped on the accelerator in a historically unprecedented way, driving interest rates down to 1 percent. In real terms, taking inflation into account, interest rates actually dropped to negative 2 percent. The predictable result was a consumer spending spree."
Read every single word here.
October 20, 2007
Future America: Jetsons or Waltons?
What happened to the future? Weren’t things supposed to be cooler by now, smarter, safer? Raised on a steady diet of science fiction, overzealous politicians and corporate hype, Americans expected to be living in The Jetsons — but instead find themselves stuck in a scarier version of The Waltons.
Read this interesting Special Report on The Future, brought to us by Forbes Magazine.
Another mustread is this first chapter of the book Future Files: A History of the Next 50 Years.
Read this interesting Special Report on The Future, brought to us by Forbes Magazine.
Another mustread is this first chapter of the book Future Files: A History of the Next 50 Years.
October 08, 2007
WAKING LIFE:
1st Artificial Life To Be Announced
Reportedly Dr Craig Venter, the DNA researcher involved in the race to decipher the human genetic code, has built a synthetic chromosome out of laboratory chemicals and is poised to announce the creation of the first new artificial life form on Earth.
Also be sure to watch this extremely cool video prediction: scene 6 from "Waking Life".
Also be sure to watch this extremely cool video prediction: scene 6 from "Waking Life".
September 27, 2007
LIVING WITHOUT OIL:
Now Available In The Dutch Edition
Look here.
The English language edition is under way!
The book was officially introduced at the Shell HQ in Amsterdam.
Adjiedj Bakas and Rob Creemers in "Living Without Oil / Leven Zonder Olie" together present the trends in energy production and energy consumption in today’s world. Is there an energy crisis to be expected and when? How long can we use oil and gas and when is it necessary to change the energy consumption? How to reduce CO2 and prevent the changes in climate we might expect in the near future? This book is the ultimate answer to Al Gore’s book An unconvenient truth. It is visionary, yet practical and inspirational: what are the real energy alternatives? What is the state of the art? What are the future scenario’s and future trends in energy consumption? Which new energy inventions are due? With cases and inspiring examples. The book is designed as a "magazine in a book": it is full colour, richly illustrated, with a foamcover and luxuriously designed.
Also vistit the LivingWithoutOil weblog, which BTW isn't ours.
The English language edition is under way!
The book was officially introduced at the Shell HQ in Amsterdam.
Adjiedj Bakas and Rob Creemers in "Living Without Oil / Leven Zonder Olie" together present the trends in energy production and energy consumption in today’s world. Is there an energy crisis to be expected and when? How long can we use oil and gas and when is it necessary to change the energy consumption? How to reduce CO2 and prevent the changes in climate we might expect in the near future? This book is the ultimate answer to Al Gore’s book An unconvenient truth. It is visionary, yet practical and inspirational: what are the real energy alternatives? What is the state of the art? What are the future scenario’s and future trends in energy consumption? Which new energy inventions are due? With cases and inspiring examples. The book is designed as a "magazine in a book": it is full colour, richly illustrated, with a foamcover and luxuriously designed.Also vistit the LivingWithoutOil weblog, which BTW isn't ours.
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