Archive for July, 2018
New Way to Recycle Lithium-Ion Batteries
July 20th, 2018Cobalt has been a very well known choke-point in lithium based energy storage systems for many years. Tesla, for example, has been reducing its dependence on cobalt and will go cobalt free for its next generation of cells. Although, what that means, in terms of an ETA, isn’t clear. The point is that the largest […]
Waymo’s Autonomous Vehicles Are Driving 25,000 Miles Every Day
July 20th, 2018Via: TechCrunch: Waymo, the former Google self-driving project that spun out to become a business under Alphabet, has driven 8 million miles on public roads using its autonomous vehicles. Waymo CEO John Krafcik shared the company’s milestone Friday while onstage with Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval at the National Governors Association conference in Santa Fe, N.M. […]
Find the Best Second Passport for You
July 20th, 2018Via: multinational.io: Best second passport for you based on your current nationality – sorted by increase in ease of travel/quality of life etc.
U.S. Special Forces: 133 Countries Down, 17 to Go?
July 19th, 2018Via: Tom Dispatch: None of this should be surprising, since in Africa and across the rest of the planet America’s Special Operations forces (SOF) are regularly engaged in a wide-ranging set of missions including special reconnaissance and small-scale offensive actions, unconventional warfare, counterterrorism, hostage rescue, and security force assistance (that is, organizing, training, equipping, and […]
Putin Claimed Associates of Financier William F. Browder Funneled $400 Million to Clinton Campaign [???]
July 19th, 2018Update: Putin Now Says the Amount Was $400,000 Via: The Intercept: The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, dashed the hopes of conspiracy theorists across America on Tuesday by withdrawing the startling claim he made the day before in Helsinki, that Hillary Clinton’s campaign had received $400 million in donations from investors accused of tax evasion in […]
Pentagon Sees Quantum Computing as Key Weapon for War in Space
July 19th, 2018Disclosure: I am long Quantum Resistant Ledger (QRL). — I had not heard of quantum technologies being applied to inertial navigation systems before. Check out this 2014 piece from New Scientist: IN 2016 a British submarine will slip its moorings and set sail under the guidance of the quantum world. The navigation system it will […]
Baking Soda for Inflammation
July 19th, 2018Via: Lew Rockwell: Researchers at the Medical College of Georgia have discovered a nerve center in a cell layer in the spleen that controls the immune response and therefore inflammation throughout the body. Given that virtually all chronic age-related disease involves inflammation (called inflammaging), this discovery is of monumental significance and has widespread application for […]
The United States of Arms
July 19th, 2018Via: Will Geary: The United States of Arms from Will Geary on Vimeo. U.S. weapons exports from 1950 to 2017. Data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's Arms Transfers Database. Units are expressed in trend indicator values (TIV). Each dot on the map = one TIV. Visualization by Will Geary.
Can You Name a Country?
July 19th, 2018Via: YouTube – Jimmy Kimmel Live:
San Francisco: Non-Citizens Legally Register to Vote in San Francisco School Elections
July 19th, 2018Via: Sacramento Bee: San Francisco began registering non-citizens, including undocumented immigrants, to register to vote Monday in the November election for the city school board, reported The San Francisco Chronicle. The move follows passage of a 2016 ballot measure by San Francisco voters opening school elections to non-citizens who are over the age of 18, […]
