February 2012
19 posts
Construction firm aims at space elevator in 2050 →
unexpectedtech:
It may be possible to travel to space in an elevator as early as 2050, a major construction company has announced.
Obayashi Corp., headquartered in Tokyo, on Monday unveiled a project to build a gigantic elevator that would transport passengers to a station 36,000 kilometers above the Earth.
For the envisaged project, the company would utilize carbon nanotubes, which are 20...
The Wonderful and Terrible Habit of Buying Too... →
bibliofeminista:
There are just too many books to read. And while one might make the very good point that you could just wait to buy them when you have more room, there’s something about putting them in a row with other books, read and unread, that creates the cumulative impression of your reading self. Because, when it comes to reading, there will always be more book that you haven’t read than...
Stowe Boyd: Some notable dates in the far future →
intothecontinuum:
Compiled below is a selection of estimated dates for some events given certain assumptions in the evolution of Earth, the Solar System, and the Universe. Most events are of an astronomical and cosmological nature though some are geological. A more complete list from which…
My mind was just blown.
Are we at Peak Telecom? →
futuresagency:
Martin Geddes says we’re at ‘Peak Telecom’ — the maximum point of expansion of telecom companies, just before the Internet gobbles them up and changes the economics drastically, commoditizing them into pipe:
Peak Telecoms by Martin Geddes
We’re at “Peak Telecoms”
The telco voice and…
“The classic register—I borrow the term from a fine forthcoming book by Michael...”
– Richard Taruskin (The New Republic, 2007 — I warn you, the article is an unformatted block of text)
Alive again after 32,000 years →
This is so fascinating.
Creative Loafing gives Echo Ono 4 Stars →
With nine releases in seven years, Pontiak has established itself as one of the most prolific, genre-proof and original bands on the American rock scene. With Echo Ono, they only up the ante. Nine songs over 33 minutes and change. All analog. No bullshit. Just organic heaviness cobbled out of guitar, bass, drums, subtle washes of keyboard and droning vocals. This music is performed, not...
“It’s an altogether different sound to all their previous output, yet is...”
– http://sonicmasala.blogspot.com/2012/02/ono-pontiak.html
