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When crops talk to farmers

A technology developed for NASA to conserve water for plant growth during long-term space flights has been adapted by researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder UCB to serve another purpose. Now, crops can tell farmers they need water. The farmers just need to clip a tiny sensor to...

Tags: Computers &, Internet, Energy &, Environment, Engineering &, Innovation, Science &, Nature, Wireless &, Telecom

Blog posts 2007-06-17

Gates, Rockefeller charities to aid African farmers

Gates, Rockefeller charities to aid African farmersyeah...rightthose mone are actually used to bribed the officials and plant M$ agents that fight against the Linux penetration.Gates, Rockefeller charities to aid African farmersThe Gates foundation sure does know how to make a country happy. Its amazing what wonderful and selfless acts...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Gates Foundation, Rockefeller, African farmer, Rockefeller charity, farmer

Discussion threads 2006-09-13

55% of US farmers use PCs, 51% are online

Out of 32,400 farms surveyed by the USDA, 55% own or lease a computer, up from 54% in 2003. 31% use a PC it in their operations. About 51% have Internet access, compared with 48% in 2003. 69% of US farmers use dial-up. 26% also said they used the Internet...

Tags: farmer

Blog posts 2005-08-01

Start-up drills for oil in algae

Start-up drills for oil in algaeThis is really an old ideaStarted with research by the Dept. of Energy back the late 70's and 80's with oil producing algae. One study at UNH concluded we could grow our entire oil transportation needs by taking over 15,000 square miles (about 10%)...

Tags: desert, oil, acre, farmer

Discussion threads 2005-05-20

Get ready for the Air Scooter

Get ready for the Air ScooterSorryBut I think I;ll wait until people are able to reliably drive ON THE GROUND(!) before I trust any old loser flying about with his or her new wondercycle.[i]"Pricing has not been set, but the company expects it will sell for under $50,000."[/i]Jeez, and I...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Farmer, Reading Airscooter, Igor Sikorsky, helicopter

Discussion threads 2005-04-15

Additional Resources

Virtual Farm (exe)

Old MacDonald had a farm. Now you can, too, in Virtual Farmer, the game that puts you in charge of turning a struggling farm into a booming success. Choose your crops, till your ground, water your fields, harvest your produce and take your goods to market. Once there, you get...

Tags: Farm, SpinTop Games, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-06-18

Spring Wildflowers Screensaver (exe)

Brighten your desktop with colorful, spring wildflowers. This cartoon screensaver includes four types of wildflowers blooming on your desktop while Farmer Joe mows them over every minute or so. Version 1.4 includes unspecified updates.

Tags: Acez Software, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-06-18

Microsoft: Silverlight 1.0 breaks with Firefox 3

Microsoft: Silverlight 1.0 breaks with Firefox 3It seems odd that if it's a Firefox...problem that it would be fixed by a Silverlight update.M$ is trying to break firefoxsame old story: M$ releases an update that screws third parties.MS bad code, MS fix exists but not released?!According to the bug report,...

Tags: Web browsers, Nigel, Reading, Obviously Microsoft, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Silverlight 1.0

Discussion threads 2008-06-17

Wirelessly networking cows

Wirelessly networking cowsThat technology already existsIt is called a knife. (and I'm not kidding)RE: Wirelessly networking cowssarcasmWho knows, this technology may eventually be used to keep sex predators in line.(/sarcasm)RE: Being a dairy manager in the past...I'm wondering how long this cow hat will keep its solar panels poo-free so...

Tags: networking cow, network

Discussion threads 2008-06-09

Rule change: we're playing corporate greenmail now

Rule change: we're playing corporate greenmail nowSelf-flagellation or propaganda?I actually agree with some of the basic sentiments expressed at times here.But it's like opposing the Iraq war - one may oppose it, but it's miserable to be lumped in the with the kooks, addle-minded airheads, and unreformed, aging hippies that...

Tags: industry, General Motors Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-04

RIP OLPC

RIP OLPCWintel is a bit - well, 'legacy'Those kids that get XP rather than OSS olpcs will miss out on the rather more interesting experience. Certainly, for learning about computing, XP can hardly be regarded as an honest opportunity.Agree about editing and recompiling software though - it luckily isn't...

Tags: One Laptop Per Child project, RIP OLPC, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-05-20

Ideology and self interest won't win health care debate

Ideology and self interest won't win health care debateAmazingly enough...ideologically driven it may be, but I think what Armey proposes is essentially correct, though I would combine it with a strong does of patent reform to drive down costs.That said, I think the basic approach to any sort of legislation...

Tags: Taxes, Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care, tax

Discussion threads 2008-05-15

Biofuel just got even more unpopular across the globe

Biofuel just got even more unpopular across the globebiofuels is the latest political scamthrowing subsidies in our fuel tank and giving more reasons to countries to exercise population control is the way we will defend our interests overseas. If we play it smart we might be able to get some...

Tags: Food & Beverage, biofuel

Discussion threads 2008-04-14

Innovative model brings fiber to rural Vermont

Innovative model brings fiber to rural VermontDownside to living in the BooniesPeople who choose to live out in the middle of nowhere should expect limited utility services. It is expensive for Telcos and Cable Companies and other utilities to provide the infrastructure for their services to a smattering of...

Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, fiber, Innovative model, broadband

Discussion threads 2008-04-14

Biofuels, the debate continues

Biofuels, the debate continuesbio-fuels are the BIGGEST environmental threatThe truth is bio-fuels are the BIGGEST environmental threat of the near future.Why you ask:#1- You are destroying a food source to fuel highly INEFFICIENT vehicles. The best you can get out of bio-fuels is 20 MPGs, and that is if you...

Tags: Food & Beverage, biofuel, food

Discussion threads 2008-04-13

Biofuel's got an outspoken enemy

Biofuel's got an outspoken enemyIndia is not the only outspoken enemyI have being very vocal against biofuels for years. And I'm not the only person in this planet.The truth is bio-fuels are the BIGGEST environmental threat of the near future.Why you ask:#1- You are destroying a food source to...

Tags: Food & Beverage, Bio-fuel, Biofuel, food, outspoken enemy

Discussion threads 2008-03-26

25 environmental threats in our future

25 environmental threats in our futureBio-fuels: The biggest environmental threatSorry for the "tree hugging" people who think that bio-fuels are a solution to the energy crisis. But the truth is bio-fuels are the BIGGEST environmental tread for the future.Why you ask:#1- You are destroying a food source to...

Tags: Food & Beverage, Bio-fuel, Biofuels, food, crop, environmental threat

Discussion threads 2008-03-20

Yahoo layoffs: 'The ultimate poison pill'?

RSS pioneer Dave Winer wonders aloud about Yahoo's 1,000-person layoff this week, which has resulted in a number of key managers and technologists being axed from the company. Winer blogged: Why would Yahoo want to self-inflict more doubt about its future at this moment where doubt...

Tags: Layoff, Yahoo! Inc., Workforce Management, Human Resources, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-02-13

Gates misses the point on 'creative capitalism'

Gates misses the point on 'creative capitalism'It is not quite so black and whiteI believe in Capitalism, but it is in the interest of companies not to abuse their employees, and to try and provide a good environment for them. This does not mean providing foreign aid, but just...

Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, NASA, capitalism, creative capitalism, Charity Comes

Discussion threads 2008-01-25

FCC to investigate Comcast

FCC to investigate ComcastIt's about time!I think Comcast is going to have a really hard time explaining why they're basically [b]impersonating users via forged reset packets[/b]. The "den of thieves" defense fails on legit users who get blocked, as does "managing the network" when they're performing an illegal act as...

Tags: Federal government, NETWORKING, Comcast Corp., network, bandwidth, FCC

Discussion threads 2008-01-09