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Investing in Water not Oil

Posted by BobP: If you think investing in Oil is a good thing today, you might want to invest in Water instead. Within the next 25 years, and probably much sooner than that, the next wars will be fought over Water, not Oil. If you are trusty do you really care about Oil Investing in water purification equipment and companies will have a much better physical
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Are politicians leaders or servants

Posted by BobP: In the US today it is Independence Day. The day we celebrate telling the British Crown to kiss off, that we can govern ourselves, in the 1700's. The way "leaders" of the US have the country going, you have to wonder if that was really a good idea 'They' can't seem to lead unless being lead by their noise at the smell of money. When exactly did
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How Money (doesn t) Work or why is the price of Gas and Food so high today

Posted by BobP: In the US today it is Memorial Day , where we honer those who have sacrificed their lives to defend their country. Regardless of your country those who are willing to die to defend their home land deserve our respect. While I love my country, our government has been corrupted by "Money". The mission of Unusual/Obscure Research here has always
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Tonibio Bellocq s Compression Wave Pump in Operation

Posted by BobP: The grandson of Mr. Bellocq sent us a CD with video of the original Bellocq Compression Wave Pump in operation. I have uploaded the videos to the Internet Archive , you can watch the video here . Note that on this site I am deffering to the spelling of Mr. Bellocq first name as Tonibio as supplied by Mr. Bellocq's grandson, others spell it as
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Toyota s Smart Car is unsafe by being to smart.

Posted by BobP: Are "Smart Cars" about to get to smart I once almost had a accident on Interstate 80, in a construction zone. Somehow a car that was over packed pulled from between some construction equipment, in front of me. This driver could not see out any window but right in front of him, and he was pulling across the interstate traffic, not going with the
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Video - Generator powered by sugar and yeast Stale Beer Anyone

Posted by BobP: Got a better use for that stale beer "The rotor moves slowly most of the times but does pick up at certain intervals. This process continues for many hours. Since the rotor is quite heavy (and hence more inertia) a small geared DC motor can be connected to the rotor to generate power for cell phones, $100 laptops, and other things in Africa.
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First steps to Mind Reading Thought Police

Posted by BobP: "Scientists have developed a mind-reading technique that allows them to accurately predict images being viewed by people, by using scanners to study brain activity... The study raises the possibility in future of the technology being harnessed to visualize scenes from a person's dreams or memory..." Writing in the journal, Nature, the
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Exploding Magic Smoke Resistors now available off-the-shelf

Posted by BobP: Vishay has come out with a new product line known as the Electro-Pyrotechnic Initiator Chip Resistor (EPIC) , that is designed to go up in flames. " Vishay's New Electro-Pyrotechnic Initiator Chip Resistor is Industry's First to Offer Joule Effect Ignition For Fast Firing Times Down to 50 microseconds, and a No Fire/All Fire Ratio up to
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Federal Government is going to turn off your TV in 2009.

Posted by BobP: Did you know that in 402 days from today, you will no longer be able to get television programs without Cable, Satellite, or a Set-Top Box Tens of millions of TV sets will go dark in February of 2009. You may be wondering why the Federal Government is about to turn off your TV. The usual reason, Money . The FCC is going to auction off 700
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Is the Neural Peptide Aspartame causing Autism

Posted by BobP: As a follow up to our last posting, Are new Ultrasonic technologies causing Autism , I wanted to mention that Aspartame is also mentioned from time to time as a cause of the increase in Autism, and the time line fits as well as the Ultrasound idea. Did Mom-to-be drinking to much Aspartame, commonly known as Nutrasweet, or giving it to the
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Are new Ultrasonic technologies causing Autism

Posted by BobP: There are new Ultrasonic based sound systems coming on the market, such as Holosonics's "Audio Spotlight", and similar technology that are summarized here: Sound focusing technologies make recent headlines . Has any of this new technology been tested to see if it is harming our Prenatal Children Midwifery Today Issue 80, Winter 2006,
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Texas Instruments RF360 to be used in National ID cards

Posted by BobP: The Texas Instruments RF360 has been announced for use in National ID cards. RF360 smart integrated circuit platform for the government identification market The Texas Instruments RF360 is the first contactless smart integrated circuit (IC) platform developed specifically to meet the rigorous demands of the government electronic
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Enforcing Insurance Health Incentives

Posted by BobP: Employers and Insurance companies are talking of "incentives" to keep premiums low, by punishing those that do not have good health habits. 'They' now have the tool to enforce the monitoring. Do you want an Ankle Bracelet from your Insurance Company Using 2.4 GHz RF to monitor good health habits is counterproductive if the monitor itself
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San Francisco Bails on Open Source Voting

Posted by BobP: The December 7, 2007 Off the Shelf newsletter from the Linux Journal , had an interesting item about Electronic Voting : OUT IN THE FIELD [06] San Francisco Bails on Open Voting For better or worse, we can typically count on San Francisco to push the Status Quo. This week, however, San Francisco decided to stick with business-as-usual
Tags: touchscreen voting machine, open source. Comments: 0.

NeuSheild Radiation Mascara

Posted by BobP: Hybrid Plastics has released a new line of radiation shielding for your face, and your electronics. You can get their NeuSheild material in several formats: Plastic caps, glue sticks, Duct Tape, and Mascara (Sun Screen). The Duct Tape is meant for Wiring Harnesses. The Plastic Caps are for your memory chips to prevent Single Event Upsets .
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Putting Bicycle Power in perspective

Posted by BobP: Put pedal power in perspective is something that you will find useful around the Holidays. You can inflict it on your Spouse, as they complain about you lounging on the couch after a big meal. Bicycle generators are nice to read about, but what can you really get from them . . . .
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Vomit Inducing Flashlight AKA LED Incapacitator

Posted by BobP: In the [404 Check: was link to http:/ / www. sbir. dhs. gov/ SBIRAwardsExcel. asp SortField=Proposal%20ID%20Number and amp;SolicitationID=3 and amp;Phase=1, anchor: 6/1/05 - 12/15/05] time frame Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc. , was granted INNOVATIVE LESS-LETHAL DEVICES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AKA "LED Incapacitator" or "LEDI" , by the [404 Check: was
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No Time Travel if Time does not exist at all

Posted by BobP: You can not have 'Time Travel' if 'Time' does not exist at all. You may have seen in the news the information about someone in Israel coming up with the design for a "Time Machine". The main problem is that 'time' doesn't work that way. Secondly if that method of 'time travel' did work, then the operator of it, in the future, would have came
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The answer to why Curde Oil is Measured in Barrels

Posted by BobP: The local Oil City Newspaper, birth place of the Oil Industry, The Derrick explains the history of why the measurement of Crude Oil is the [404 Check: was link to http:/ / www. thederrick. com/ stories/ 08022007 -4014. shtml, anchor: Barrel] . "So what is a barrel A barrel contains 42 gallons, or 34.97 imperial gallons. The 42 gallons
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The randomest number ever generated

Posted by BobP: True random number generator goes online : Computer scientists at the Ruder Bo kovic Institute in Croatia have developed and launched the Quantum Random Bit Generator Service (QRBGS), a "true" random number generator that relies on the unpredictable quantum process of photon emission. It is available online, providing the academic and
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Implantable ultralow-power radio chip facilitates in-body communications

Posted by BobP: From RF Design Magazine : " Targeting implantable applications like pacemakers, nerve stimulators, drug pumps, and other such medical devices, an ultralow-power RF transceiver chip has been developed that delivers high data rates, low power consumption and unique wake-up circuitry. This article discusses the design of an in-body
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Coal reserves are either getting harder and or thinner

Posted by BobP: Here is one more reason that we need more Unusual Research into alternate energy devices: On page 53 of the June 2007 issue of Coal Age Magazine , Philip Smith, global product line manager of Joy Mining Machinery says: "In the U.S., it seems that the coal reserves are either getting harder or they are getting thinner." If
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Lets measure our body parts

Posted by BobP: If that is what you where thinking of, goto the back of the room as this is a family blog list. "Finger Length Helps Predict Test Exam Results, Homosexuality, Cancer, Musical Ability and Aggressive Personality -- Study Shows ." "Reading, writing and arithmetic... In a recent study, the results of mathematics and literacy (reading) tests for
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NASA has released some Mars Rover Source Code

Posted by BobP: NASA has released CLARAty Robotic Autonomy library source code . You can now use Mars Rover technology in your own in your home Robot project. "CLARAty is the Coupled Layer Architecture for Robotic Autonomy. The first release of its software, version 0.10-beta, is now available publicly at http://claraty.jpl.nasa.gov . CLARAty is
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Biocompatible ink tattoo with chipless RFID

Posted by BobP: Somark Innovations is a technology company that is developing a proprietary ID system based on a biocompatible ink tattoo with chipless RFID functionality. When applied, the ink creates a unique ID that can be detected without line of sight. The technology will be initially leveraged to the livestock industry to help
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Pored Pyramid theory does not work

Posted by BobP: The people that are promoting the Pored Pyramid theory have not done their home work. Writings at the time indicate that the stones where moved "by singing to the stones". Some type of sonic levitation device to reduce their mass. Also [404 Check: was link to http:/ / www. coralcastle. com/ home. asp, anchor: Ed Leedskalnin at Coral Castle]
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New presidential directive gives President dictatorial power

Posted by BobP: The National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive , signed on May 9, 2007 declares that in the event of a "catastrophic event", the president can become what is best described as "a dictator". National Continuity Policy: This directive establishes a comprehensive national policy on the continuity of Federal Government
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