An attempt at synergy 27 October, 2009
Posted by fraggle in Geekish Tendencies, The Age of Spin.2 comments
I had two utterly insane thoughts today. The second I cannot share. The first however, is fair game. Following my fascination with economics recently, it’s an attempt at a solution to the liquidity trap.
What’s a liquidity trap I hear you cry? Well, take the following scenario: (more…)
SimCity comes true…nearly 8 October, 2009
Posted by fraggle in Geekish Tendencies.2 comments
Anyone remember SimCity 2000? One of the power stations you could build was the microwave receiver, that accepted power from satellite solar arrays. Well, now there’s a company who reckons they can have a working system by 2016 (which is 4 years before it becomes available in the game! Maybe fusion power *will* actually happen!)
Read the interview here.
The company’s website is here.
And while we’re on the topic of strangely useful inventions, how about the ‘bumpy road’ aircon compressor!
