9/20/07

Mega List of Interesting Things

Since I have little time to write up a full summarized report on all the really sweet inventions and secrets I've come across while at college, I'm just gonna put them all in one big list.
  • Have someone else take over your cell phone contract, get a temporary one, and find a better plan without having to wait for the contract to end.
  • Create a visually appealing virtual desktop with myGoya just in case your real desktop isn't enough.
  • Chat with people looking at the same website as you or leave messages for others to read about the website with Chatsum or Xpanity.
  • Cooking 16 healthy burgers at home is cheaper than buying 16 fattening, sodium filled McDonald's burgers.
  • With the way we're using resources, the earth is expected to "expire" by 2050.
  • If heated at 680 degrees, a teflon coated pan WILL release toxic gases that can make you ill or possible cause death.
  • British scientists are positive that they have created a "miracle tube" that can cut heating bills in half because it produces more energy than is put into it.
  • A technology that can possibly fit over 1 terabyte (20 times larger than a full Blu-ray disk) of data onto a single disk could end the Blu-ray vs HD-DVD battle.
  • Turn any laptop into a tablet pc with this cool pen.
  • Quantum computer technology can greatly increase processing power and speed on normal computers.
  • Magnetically powered refrigerator that doesn't need electricity to come out in 2010.
  • Anti-aging pill could be on the market in 10 years by forcing the activation of the SIRT2 gene normally activated through eating a strict low-calorie diet.
  • "Pollution-eating cement" actually speeds up the chemical process of turning air pollutants into less dangerous compounds like water, carbon dioxide, and nitrates.
  • Bottle turns dirty water into clean drinking water in seconds without constantly changing the filter will prove valuable to millions of people.
  • Pee powered batteries are reusable up to 10 years but only give out a third of the power that alkaline batteries produce.
  • Clever student came up with a way to create power by adding odd looking wind turbines to highways that rotate when cars pass underneath making a lot of energy.
  • Ethanol as a fuel source is a scam because it costs almost as much as gasoline and while "our current ethanol production represents only 3.5 percent of our gasoline consumption... it consumes twenty percent of the entire U.S. corn crop, causing the price of corn to double..."
  • Sugar cane is MUCH more efficient than ethanol as a fuel source but with so high tariffs how can we even get it over here?
  • Vehicles can run on compressed air leaving behind no pollutants and can go extremely long distances at speeds up to 135 mph on a single tank while refueling takes a matter of hours over night.
  • Burning salt water using radio waves may be the next big, not to mention abundant, fuel source.
  • Apparently smart people tend to be liberal while the not-so-educated people will most likely be conservative says this study.
  • Student punished for wearing religious attire while school thinks it's disruptive.
  • "Bush Administration Says Warrantless Eavesdropping Cannot Be Questioned"
  • Leaders of America, Canada, and Mexico could be planning to combine all three countries into a very frightening and all powerful super-government.
  • The Federal Reserve is an illegal private bank creating money out of thin air while convincing people for nearly 100 years that a piece of paper has value.
  • Government is using authorities to crush opponents in order to create a Police State through Operation FALCON.
  • The facts about 9/11 are alarming to the point that our government could have perpetrated or at least allowed it to happen.
  • The best way to keep Americans ignorant to what's going on and to not question the government is to have political debates but limit the spectrum of topics to give the illusion of free thinking when it's really just propaganda.
  • Speak out, and actually be heard, for or against something with YouMob.

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