Firestarters: Highlights of the Highly Miscellaneous Part III: New Year Edition!

Posted by Unknown , Tuesday, January 01, 2008 9:18 AM

Though not all of these link posts will be themed, I thought I would theme this as Hope for the Future.

  • The Year's 10 Craziest Ways to Hack the Earth (Wired.com)
    • Geoengineering the next frontier? "Scientists have come up with extreme -- some might say crazy -- schemes to counteract global warming. This year saw the most radical geo-engineering ideas yet: man-made volcanoes, orbiting mirror fleets and ocean re-engineering to cool the planet and absorb carbon dioxide." It's awesome how creative we can be.
  • X-Prize Foundation
    • Though this organization has been around for a while, it's recently made news with its focus on designing energy efficient cars. One of the front runners going for this prize is a company in California that is planning on releasing 300 MPG hybrid within the next two years. They are the organization to be watching in the future.
  • World Wildlife Fund and the Golden Compass
    • I'm a regular donor to the WWF and a lover of the Golden Compass (as you all know), so this site is very exciting. Don't forget about animals in the coming year. While I don't believe that humans are a privileged kind among the animal kingdom, I do believe that we have a responsibility that comes with our intelligence and that we must work toward saving all creatures. This world would be a lonely place with just us, wouldn't it?
  • The Year's Top 10 Science and Tech Stories (Slate.com)
    • Some of the advancements on this list are absolutely amazing (regeneration? cyborgs?) Some are also very troubling (embryo manufacture? non-lethal beam weapons?). It's worth a look. If you're like me, you'll be shaking your head in disbelief of how far we've come (and how far we've yet to go).

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