Turning Landfills into Power Plants

Turning Landfills into Power Plants

Swedish researchers have discovered a method of harnessing and storing the hydrogen released from landfill incinerator ash. Usually the ash is used to covered landfills or can also be used in the manufacture of construction…

Google Fiber Next Stop Looks to be Austin, TX

Google Fiber Next Stop Looks to be Austin, TX

It looks like Google’s super-high-speed internet service is headed for Austin. A post entitled “Google Fiber’s next stop: Austin, Texas” appeared momentarily on the official Google Fiber blog this past Saturday — before vanishing, bolstering…

Why Don’t We Have Holodecks?

Why Don’t We Have Holodecks?

In one of the classic Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes, “The Big Goodbye,” Captain Picard dons a fedora as 1940s sleuth Dixon Hill. Picard found a brief escape from life on the Enterprise by…