Sepp Hasslberger: Sun Splits Water to Produce Hydrogen — the Holy Grail of Energy + Water Energy RECAP

Slowly getting there … when the universities get in on the act, we just might end up with a clean energy economy! Have we found the ‘holy grail’ in cutting emissions? Power plant claims to produce hydrogen by splitting water with sunlight The University of Colorado at Boulder has designed a hydrogen plant that uses …

2013 Robert Steele: It’s Time for Crisis Mappers to Spin Up Corruption Mappers 2.0 + Corruption RECAP

I share with Lawrence Lessig the conviction that corruption is the principal threat to humanity.  I would add to that my own view that corruption is responsible for 50% of all investments being wasted, be they in agriculture, energy, health, or the military, as representative domains.  I also believe that corruption will persist until individuals …

Owl: Is DHS A Police State? Or Just Moving Money?

Other Pieces of the US Police State are Moving Into Place on Schedule “Documents obtained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation from the Homeland Security Department’s Customs and Border Protection indicate that the agency is close to finalizing payload standards for its drone aircraft. Among the things the CBP might want to use in its unmanned …

DefDog: Cost-Price of Smart Phones Diving + AltC2 OpenBTS RECAP

Smartphone Makers Hit By Rising Competition Samsung gives weaker-than-expected earnings guidance and HTC posts tepid results EXTRACT: “The mid and entry-level smartphones are quickly picking up share, and are getting quite powerful in their capabilities,” said CK Lu, an analyst at Gartner in Taiwan. “Basically, a year ago, you didn’t have many choices in low-end …

Opinion: China’s Empire Soft and Pervasive + Meta-RECAP

Opinion: China’s Economic Empire By HERIBERTO ARAÚJO and JUAN PABLO CARDENAL New York Times, June 1, 2013 EXTRACT By buying companies, exploiting natural resources, building infrastructure and giving loans all over the world, China is pursuing a soft but unstoppable form of economic domination. Beijing’s essentially unlimited financial resources allow the country to be a …