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2014/04/232014/04/23

Yoda: Hypertemporal Multispectral Imaging & Intelligence

Fun this is. Hypertemporal imaging: the next Big Challenge for high-performance embedded computing By John Keller, Editor Military & Aerospace Electronics, 1 April 2014 It might be a fun exercise to sit with the leading practitioners of high-performance embedded computing (HPEC) to trade opinions about what are the toughest, gnarliest, most knee-buckling HPEC challenges in …

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2014/04/232014/04/23

Yoda: Super-Capacitors to Store and Release Energy

Unethical, energy policies are. Repressed, possibilities are. Ultracapacitors Made of Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene are High-Functioning, yet Cheap Using two one-atom-thick materials, scientists have created a high-functioning yet cheap ultracapacitor. The creation of the ultracapacitor was made possible after mixing graphene flakes with single-walled carbon nanotubes. This groundbreaking device is actually an energy storage device …

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2014/04/202014/04/21

Yoda: Movement Grows to Legalize Marijuana

Wise, this is. 420 festival: How far and fast could legal marijuana spread? The 420 festival in Denver Sunday shows how the legal marijuana cultural phenomenon is growing. But it’s Colorado’s success in keeping things safe and orderly that has some ‘cautiously optimistic’ about the industry. EXTRACT A New York Times/CBS News poll found that …

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2014/04/202014/04/20

Yoda: Movement Grows to End Federal Land Ownership

Wise, this is. Nevada range war: Western states move to take over federal land The fight over Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy’s cows grazing illegally on federal land is a symbol of a much larger issue: control of land in western states, where the federal government is dominant. EXTRACT In Salt Lake City Friday, representatives from …

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2014/04/162014/04/16

Yoda: Google $50 Smart Phone

$50 Project Ara Modular Smartphone Coming in January By Stephanie Mlot PCMag, April 16, 2014 The first Project Ara device will be a gray phone, designed to be intentionally boring so users will customize it. Google’s Project Ara initiative aims to change the future of smartphones, and it just might, when the first modular device …

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2014/04/072014/04/07

Yoda: US Government Gets It Right on Open Data

Open Data Law Aims To Demystify Federal Spending Landmark DATA legislation, near passage, would transform the US government’s spending information from a maze of confusing documents into easily accessible open data. Both houses of Congress stand poised to pass a law three years in the making that would standardize how the federal government’s spending data …

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2014/04/052014/04/05

Yoda: Saudi Arabia on Brink of Revolution?

Leftward Shift by Conservative Cleric Leaves Saudis Perplexed Robert F. Worth New York Times, 5 April 2014 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — When this country’s ultraconservative clerics make news, it is often for embarrassing reasons: unleashing fatwas against soap operas, for instance, or declaring Mickey Mouse to be a “soldier of Satan.” Lately, however, one of …

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