PCMag…very cool article on the movement, the ‘company,’ the machine and the process.
Buildatron….
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Sealand : Great evidence the British are American kin
This fascinates me in all sorts of ways, reading their short history makes one see clearly how narrow is the viewpoint of many older nations. By the by from a layman’s viewpoint it certainly seems like the claim of sovereignty has some basis.
The history of Sealand is a story of a struggle for liberty. Sealand was founded on the principle that any group of people dissatisfied with the oppressive laws and restrictions of existing nation states may declare independence in any place not claimed to be under the jurisdiction of another sovereign entity. The location chosen was Roughs Tower, an island fortress created in World War II by Britain and subsequently abandoned to the jurisdiction of the High Seas. The independence of Sealand was upheld in a 1968 British court decision where the judge held that Roughs Tower stood in international waters and did not fall under the legal jurisdiction of the United Kingdom. This gave birth to Sealand’s national motto of E Mare Libertas, or “From the Sea, Freedom”.
3D printing for kids! Hey I want one First!
Just found MachineDesign again and saw this tidbit.
A 3D printer still in the prototype stage targets kids age 10 and up. Called the Origo, the device first started to take shape as inventor Artur Tchoukanov’s Masters project while he was attending the Umea Institute of Design in Sweden. Today, Origo is both the name of the device and the company. The device is intended to let kids print their own custom toys or small items. The printer is said to be as easy to use as an Xbox or Wii.
Just for Kids? What’s that all about? I want one!
Stratolaunch think spaceship 1 + Falcon and there you go.
Spaceflight Now | Breaking News | Private spaceflight gets new contender with Stratolaunch
Now that’s the ticket!
ExoSkel hup!
Neat little article. Heinlein’s starship troopers had these, but before that E.E.Doc Smiths lensmen series. And who can forget the ending of Aliens?
JSF – What’s Really Happening
JSF – What's Really Happening.
This is enough to make one sigh and retreat to a cave. It seems like we have lost (in the big ticket arena) our ability to run a program.
Ooops
165 MPH gusts in Scotland. The ‘mill was supposedly feathered and locked but something bad happened, nobody hurt fortunately.
Could the Jetsons be Close? This would foment radical change and growth…
I had not realized that LENR (low energy nuclear reactions) research had continued. The PPT’s are actually pretty exciting but the proof is in the repeat ability. There does appear to be some developing theory and theory based experimentation, if this work bears fruit it would be a game changer.
Picture has nothing to do with the article, just APOD ‘eye candy.’
AWST – NASA, SpaceX Set First Dragon Launch To ISS
NASA and SpaceX announce a February launch for Dragon to the ISS.
Later in the article is this, first articulation of something that should have been policy from the start:
Philip McAlister, director of commercial spaceflight development at NASA headquarters, told the conference he expects regular commercial cargo deliveries to the ISS to begin next year, followed in about five years by commercial crew flights. Although it is currently funded only through 2020, McAlister says he expects the station to continue to operate “as long as it is safe and productive,” serving as an anchor destination for a growing space economy in orbit.
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