One of my favorite quotes from the Simpson’s is this one
Homer: In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!
The law which he is referring to is that energy cannot be destroyed only changed from one form to another. Basically you can’t make energy. Hence why Steorn could not get their perpetual motion machine […]

EU Commission sanctions the use of mobile phones on flights - hopefully the roaming charges from 30, 000 feet in the air as well as the means the airports use to make a buck from this development will keep mobile use at a minimun. Interestingly, a representative of a company who provide air phone technology […]

I never read Twenty Major nor do I plan to purchase his book because well i just don’t get it. But it is good to see that the blogosphere has more physicists in it. Also I can reveal Twenty’s real name. Dachi Yang. Here is an extract from his paper (Acedemic Subs required).

Electrochemical synthesis of […]

Words fail me.

To be seen to be green is emerging as an all imporant marketing tool for any number of products. There is interesting reading in this article from the UK Independent on the false claims of envronmental friendliness made by a number of companies. Information is the most important tool in creating an awareness of climate […]

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I posted before about the pitfalls of Nuclear power. The FT highlights the largest. The cost of storage of waste.
Energy companies cannot be charged a fully commercial price by the government for disposing of nuclear waste without “killing the prospect” of a new generation of reactors, a government adviser will […]

Recently I had a discussion with WBS over on Ceder lounge about the Space Shuttle and didn’t feel i laid my point out clearly so where is reasons not to like the space shuttle.
To access the Space Shuttle one needs to look at the reasons for it to be built.
1. It was to make Space […]

So this ultimately useless gimmick on the Microsoft website can enable you check the strength of your password. Mine is deemed of ‘medium ‘ strength. I consider it a lazy password, based on a very obvious element in my life and sometimes it does strike me I am foolish to be of the blase […]

So is a red sky at night Shepard’s delight and red sky in the morning Shepard warning? Firstly to figure out this question we need to first explain why we have coloured skies. The answer to this was first given by a guy from Carlow named Tyndall. While also a brilliant scientist and supposed creator […]

Todays Independent has a Digital Age supplement, its lead story covering the implementation of an EU Directive come the end of March which will require the storage of information on all our internet activity, emailing and browsing for a minimum of 2 years. The article discussed the obvious implications for our privacy, the burden placed […]