“The builders of the world’s biggest particle collider are being sued in federal court over fears that the experiment might create globe-gobbling black holes or never-before-seen strains of matter that would destroy the planet.” -msnbc cosmic log
Check out that link for a great article about two guys suing the scientific community in court over the possible destruction of the planet. The man made doomsday machine the Large Hadron Collider is getting ready to fire up and for a more positive spin on the possible end of the world/solar system check out the home page for the collider -link
“Your safe haven must be self-sufficient and capable of growing some kind of food,” Mr. Biggs writes. “It should be well-stocked with seed, fertilizer, canned food, wine, medicine, clothes, etc. Think Swiss Family Robinson. Even in America and Europe there could be moments of riot and rebellion when law and order temporarily completely breaks down.”
Here is a New York Times article about the new breed of survivalist. One who grows his own food and takes his home off the power grid in preparation for the coming apocalypse. Reminds me of someone I know….The article
An Afghani electrical engineer wired up a way for his cellphone to control a AK-47 remotely to deter would be thieves…I’m thinking this has a better purpose in the war with the mindless robot hordes…or zombies. Both of which you want to be as far away as possible. Of course by the time we have a use for this, the cell network will most likely been overtaken by the robots to control the zombies.
More on the Gizmodo (you’re probably thinking, why don’t I just read Gizmodo…I have no answer).
This is the 1958 Ford designed Nucleon, a concept nuclear powered car that could go a minimum of 5000 miles before needing to recharge its core. America would be number-one-awesome today if we had nuclear powered cars.
We could have had nuclear powered toasters, washing machines, MP3 players, pacemakers, blenders, lawnmowers, and anything else we could have fit a nuclear reactor into by now.
Only the Nucleon can save America from high gas prices, Middle East war, and a tanking economy.