Forecast for Large Commercial Jet Transport – a market report by Forecast International projects the size of Airbus A320 to be 8,224 and Boeing 737 to by 10, 316 by 2019. Fleet size greater than 10,000 for a specific model has not been observed since the DC 3. (Bob F) – unable to locate a web reference
Astronomers who examined eight relatively nearby galaxies have found evidence of a surprisingly high abundance of faint, low-mass stars — each has about 10 times as many as the Milky Way. Those elderly galaxies are so chock-full of faint stars that the researchers extrapolate that the heavens contain up to three times the total number of stars previously estimated. (Rog R)
During May-2003 as a Minnesota FBI InfraGard Alliance Chapter liaison with Mn Department of Emergency Management (DEM), I facilitated a CRTK-USEPA Presponse Systems Thinking session that adapted Group Decision Support Systems (GDSS) "Hoshin Planning Hazard Tree" Failure Mode & Effects Analysis. Where CTRK = Community Right To Know federal regulations on transporting hazardous materials on interstate corridors (crossing inland waterways) ...
The cumulative impact of our collective Errors & Omissions (E&O) exceeds most "smoking hole in the ground" operational continuity assurance scenarios ... BioERROR thinkLets
The IAEM Annual Conference provides a forum for current trends and topics, information about the latest tools and technology in emergency management and homeland security, and advances IAEM committee… Organized by International Association of Emergency Managers | Type: conference
Oct. 27, 2010
Oil price at which fuel sources become economically viable ... wisdom
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19 -- Intel Corp. announced plans to build a 22-nanometer chip factory in Oregon and upgrade four others -- two in Oregon and two in Chandler, AZ. to maintain its technology lead in semiconductors.
Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal - by John Vomhof Jr.
Date: Thursday, October 21, 2010, 6:06pm CDT
3M Co. announced Thursday it has invested in Perceptive Pixel Inc., a developer of touch-screen control systems,
through 3M's New Ventures business unit.
New York-based Perceptive Pixel was founded in 2006 by Jeff Han, a pioneer in so-called "multi-touch" technology — the ability to control a touch-screen interface or similar system using multiple points of contact.
The technology has gained widespread use both in consumer electronics, through devices like Apple's iPhone, and in the news media. CNN, for example, has used a multi-touch wall screen from Perceptive Pixel for election coverage.
Click here to see a 2006 demonstration by Han on YouTube.
Peter Drucker once said that “Innovation is the only competitive advantage a company really has, because quality improvements and price reductions can be replicated, as can technology. Therefore, if a company could have just one major capability, it should be innovation.”
Oct. 20, 2010
J Street Minnesota presents: “Achieving Two-States: Why the Security of Israel Depends On It”
Nanotechnology Education - nanohub.org - purdue university (Hank L.)
Google is testing cars that drive themselves - Over 140,000 miles drive in CA by automation system - with human engineers along for the ride and to intervene ...
Articles in this series examine innovative attempts to reduce the world's dependence on coal, oil and other carbon-intensive fuels, and the challenges faced. (Bob B)
Gen. James Jones will resign as President Barack Obama’s national security adviser
Without the words “acting” or “interim”, it is Tom Donilon as the new National Security Advisor. The dynamic between Defense Secretary Gates and Donilon, and between the Armed Services and Donilon, will bear watching.
Complete description: Acclaimed neuroscientist Christof Koch is renowned ... Other materials on this topic: quantum healing mind body medicine health ... http://sci-tech.ws/index.html?key=Pioneering&page=5 (Bob B.)
How Much Is Left? The Limits of Earth's Resources (great graphics)
4P medicine (Predictive, Personalized, Preventative, Participatory) reviewed in article "The Gene Healer: an interview with Leroy Hood" by Pamela Weintraub in Discover Magazine July/Aug 2010 issue pp 72-73 http://discover.coverleaf.com/discovermagazine/20100708?pg=74#pg74 (full article)
ClearWire to bring 4G cell service for $9.95/mo to Grand Rapids, MI with WiMax (Roger) also coming to Plymouth, MN following Brooklyn Park, MN - cell and data service for about $25 - $30/month - additional information at "Sprint, Clearwire Expand WiMAX Footprint" http://www.phoneplusmag.com/news/2010/08/sprint-clearwire-expand-wimax-footprint.aspx
WFS-BetaMembers Sidebar: Google and Verizon have gone public with a joint policy framework that will have enormous ramifications for the future of the Internet as we know it.
Kaboom - New Republic article by Steve LeVine 13May10 pp12-14 - "fracking" - shale gas drilling boom may increase US reserves of natural gas (Bob F) http://www.tnr.com/article/kaboom
CleanTech Open comes to Minnesota - start-up business plan competition - North Central Region competition in progress, part of national expansion of the program (David K) http://www.cleantechopen.com/app.cgi/content/home/index
April 30, 2010
N.D. Industrial Commission estimates possible reserves in Three Forks-Sanish shale oil formation underneath Bakken field at 1.9 billion barrels. (Dick S.)
March 30, 2010 - Disappearing car doors from JATECH - very impressive video - maybe not practical for the "skateboard chassis" auto model though. (Dick S, with comments by David K)http://www.flixxy.com/high-tech-car-door.htm
Rumors flying about a new 4G iPhone version for Verizon (based on CMDA technology used by VZ, rather than xxx used by AT&T) for release this summer (David K) http://www.i4u.com/article32238.html
March 30, 2010
Quantum properties observed in real world (David K)
This week, the IETF is holding its 77th meeting in Anaheim, California. Last year around this time, the IETF met in San Francisco, and the Internet Society took advantage of this large gathering of Internet engineers to promote IPv6 and tell us that that it's high time to trade in the dusty 1980s Internet Protocol for the shiny 1995 version. Tuesday, the news was that people are actually starting to heed the advice.
Geoff Huston of APNIC, the registry that gives out IP addresses in the Asia-Pacific region, looked at various numbers that could tell us how much traction IPv6 is gaining. One metric that's easy to observe is the global routing table. After all, if you want people to reach your IP addresses, you'll have to tell them what those addresses are so packets can be routed in the right direction. This is done with the BGP routing protocol.
Currently, there are more than 322,500 IPv4 address ranges announced in BGP, and 2,770 IPv6 address ranges. However, because of the need to conserve IPv4 addresses, ISPs get small IPv4 blocks and frequently have to come back for more. Meanwhile, they can get a single, huge IPv6 block all at once, making this an apples-to-oranges comparison.
(there's much more, many, many ways of measuring are discussed in the article.-- htom)
March 26, 2010
Duluth Vies for Wind Turbine Plant
Duluth officials and Minnesota lawmakers hope to attract an unnamed wind turbine manufacturer and more than 1,300 jobs to northeastern Minnesota with a mixture of tax-increment financing, JOBZ measures and grants.
One portion of that is $12.7 million in tax breaks included in a Minnesota House jobs bill that could be voted on this weekend.
The stakes are high: The European company has narrowed the number of prospective sites for its North American headquarters to Duluth and Ohio, an industrial state that also eager to host the project.
“This is an opportunity we’ve been working on for the past 10 months,” said Duluth Mayor Don Ness, who addressed the House Taxes Committee earlier this week to ask that the tax credit provisions be included in the House jobs bill.
Ness said that the Duluth-based Area Partnership for Economic Expansion, a group of private industrial interests, has spent more than $200,000 to assemble a package of incentives to lure the wind turbine maker.
Ness said the city of Duluth, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, and Iron Range Resources also have contributed to the effort to attract the wind turbine maker.
Landing the development would be a coup for Duluth, where the North American headquarters and nacelle factory (which includes enclosures for mechanical equipment atop wind turbine towers) would be manufactured. The Head.uarters and nacelle factory would create about 600 jobs. In addition, a wind turbine blade manufacturing plant would be built in another range city, employing up to 700
20 Mar, 2010
Top 50 VC Funded Greentech Startups = Interesting Reading - David G
"Start-up runns out of time, cash" article by Janet Moore Star-Tribune pg D2 - Disc Dynamics shutting down after $65 million invested but failed to get FDA approval (Duane C) http://www.startribune.com/business/83690312.html
Humor - breakdown of the word Politics - poli = many + tics = blood sucking bugs (Brian T)
28 Jan, 2010
Attended Annual Meeting for Northeren Technologies International - Company presented compostable plastic bags and bottles as well as drill bit hardness coatings. CEO G. Patrick Lynch, Company established 1970, Lino Lakes, MN (Duane C) www.ntic.com
24 Jan,2010
50th Anniversary of the Laser - as reported by Curt Suplee of the Washington Post, printed in Star Tribune pg A8 24jan10 edition (David K) Global Party at http://www.laserfest.org/
Retail Health Clinics: A Prognisis - by Christopher Snowbeck, St. Paul Pioneer Press pg D1, D4 24jan10 editions (David K) chart data follows
Price Check - 2009 Study by Annals of Internal Medicine compared cost per episode for similar services in diffferent care settings:
Retail Clinic $110,
Doctor's Office $166,
Urgent Care $156,
Emergency Room $570
Growth Stalls - Merchant Medicine LLC reports halt in growth rate of retail health clinics:
Year end 2005 Total Clinics 1 30 Annual Growth Rate -,
Year end 2006 Total Clinics 351 Annual Growth Rate 170%,
Year end 2007 Total Clinics 901 Annual Growth Rate 157%,
Year end 2008 Total Clinics 1,175 Annual Growth Rate 30%,
Year end 2009 Total Clinics 1,183 Annual Growth Rate 1%.
• Webinar Announced - "A Study of Nanotechnology Commercialization Trends In the US Manufacturing Industry" Hosted by Soc. Mfg Engr (SME), Presented by Dr. Manish Mehta National Center for Manufacturing Sciences 03Feb10 at 1 pm. FREEREGISTRATION (David K) Jan 18, 2010 Make Your Own Star Trek Phaser - diagrams and 30 sec. video (David K) •http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/01/18/make-your-own-star-trek-phaser/Jan 20, 2010
Saltwater Biomass?
Boeing, Etihad Airways, Honeywell's UOP subsidiary, and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in Abu Dhabi will team up to develop "sustainable energy solutions" using integrated saltwater agricultural systems to support the development and commercialization of biofuel sources for the aviation and co-products industries.
Masdar, an affiliate of MIT, will provide laboratory and demonstration facilities in and near Masdar City, which aims to be the world's first zero-carbon city.
The partnership said saltwater will be used "to create an aquaculture-based seafood farming system in parallel with the growth of mangrove forests and salicornia, a plant that thrives in salty conditions." The "closed-loop" 2-sq.-km. system will produce an "affordable, nutrient-rich" fertilizer that will aid in the production of biomass that can be used to create aviation biofuel and other products. "Developing low-cost, nonpetroleum fertilizers is one of the keys to achieving genuine carbon emissions reductions from any biofuel source," the group said.
'200 Bank Failures Expected in 2010* by Martin D. Weiss,
Washington has so thoroughly botched its supervision of the banking industry that 200 banks are likely to fail this year — easily surpassing last year's 140 bank failures ... inevitably involving the greatest bank losses in history ... and already costing the FDIC *ten times* more than the great S&L and banking crisis of the 1980s did.
The US Commodities Futures Trading Commission last week proposed to set position limits for futures and option contracts in the major energy markets in a move hailed by the Air Transport Assn.
This close-up view of comet Hartley 2 was taken by NASA's EPOXI mission during its flyby of the comet on Nov. 4, 2010. It was captured by the spacecraft's Medium-Resolution Instrument.
This close-up view of comet Hartley 2 was taken by NASA's EPOXI mission during its flyby of the comet on Nov. 4, 2010. It was captured by the spacecraft's Medium-Resolution Instrument.
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ACCTTS-LLC Malware Alert: The website at www.topachievement.com contains elements from the site id-tester.info, which appears to host malware – software that can hurt your computer or otherwise operate without your consent. Just visiting a site that contains malware can infect your computer.
>> August 2005 — Present (5 years 5 months)
To explore and better understand the effects of the integration of social competence and systems thinking
in the present classroom curriculum in order to further the development of the whole student.<<
Chrome OS doesn't use any other underlying operating system, such as Windows or alternative Linux-branded OSes. It connects directly to the Web. For that reason, Chrome OS could turn out to be a potential Windows killer. @ http://futurethought.pbworks.com/w/page/34298417/Google-Chrome-OS-Notebook
PBworks Capacity Management "current reality" metrics :: Used 312 MB (0.3046875 GB) of 10 GB (10240 MB)
Convert MB to GB - Conversion of Measurement Units
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Bob-RJ Burkhart said
at 5:45 am on Sep 6, 2010
DNSnag ... http://minnesotafuturists.pbworks.com/Virtual-Team-thinkLets
:: Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.
* This problem can sometimes be caused by disabling or refusing to accept cookies.
Bob-RJ Burkhart said
at 10:35 am on Sep 6, 2010
To resolve this DNSnag, I used Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> Exceptions & added this PBWorks domain …
Bob-RJ Burkhart said
at 3:13 am on Dec 27, 2010
ACCTTS-LLC Malware Alert: The website at www.topachievement.com contains elements from the site id-tester.info, which appears to host malware – software that can hurt your computer or otherwise operate without your consent. Just visiting a site that contains malware can infect your computer.
Bob-RJ Burkhart said
at 3:17 am on Dec 27, 2010
Google Chrome Advisory for Safe Browsing
Diagnostic page for id-tester.info
http://safebrowsing.clients.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=http://id-tester.info/ts/in.cgi%3F2&client=googlechrome&hl=en-US
Bob-RJ Burkhart said
at 4:03 am on Dec 27, 2010
Where cited ... "Social Network Analysis - knowledge management skills" search for:
[256 Hits] LinkedIn "FutureThought"
>> August 2005 — Present (5 years 5 months)
To explore and better understand the effects of the integration of social competence and systems thinking
in the present classroom curriculum in order to further the development of the whole student.<<
[66 Hits] LinkedIn "MinnesotaFuturists" @ http://bit.ly/euobVf
[59 Hits] LinkedIn "MinnesotaFuturist"
Bob-RJ Burkhart said
at 7:19 am on Dec 30, 2010
Chrome OS doesn't use any other underlying operating system, such as Windows or alternative Linux-branded OSes. It connects directly to the Web. For that reason, Chrome OS could turn out to be a potential Windows killer. @ http://futurethought.pbworks.com/w/page/34298417/Google-Chrome-OS-Notebook
Bob-RJ Burkhart said
at 9:59 am on Jan 5, 2011
What "value-added" innovations or insights has the Minnesota Futurists "Community of Practice" brought to this knowledge management (organizational learning) domain?
http://futurethought.pbworks.com/w/page/14011523/Anticipatory-thinking-(futures)
Bob-RJ Burkhart said
at 10:29 am on Jan 9, 2011
PBworks Capacity Management "current reality" metrics :: Used 312 MB (0.3046875 GB) of 10 GB (10240 MB)
Convert MB to GB - Conversion of Measurement Units
Quickly convert megabytes into gigabytes (MB to GB)
using the online calculator for metric conversions and more.
http://www.convertunits.com/from/MB/to/GB
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