The Capitol Steps
If you never saw the Capitol Steps perform, it is worth going to see them. They perform nationwide and their political satire is hilarious. On Wednesday night, they performed in Ridgefield, Connecticut to a full house. I signed copies of the new Election Attitude with the proceeds going to the Ridgefield Playhouse. Anyone interested in […]
Pluripotent Stem Cells
Embryonic stem cells have faced controversy for years. Less well known are adult stem cells found in various tissues. Of particular interest are pluripotent adult stem cells. These stem cells can differentiate themselves under certain conditions to transform into different cell types such as skin, muscle, bone, etc. The potential benefits of being able to […]
Sun Turtle
A friend of mine in Norway told me about a company is working with called Bright Products. The Norwegian company is on a mission to light up the world through “smart, simple, and sustainable power solutions”. Their vision is “A world where people see new possibilities”, literally. More than a billion people in Africa, Asia, and South America live […]
The Emergence of Solar Trees
This is an elegant solution to a very real problem, the large amount of space required for solar panels. Daljit Singh Bedi, chief scientist at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in New Delhi said that the solar tree utilizes about 43 square feet of space to produce energy which would require 100 times that space. The […]
WorldCat – The World’s Largest Library Database
This week 45 years ago, Ohio University entered library catalog information about 133 books into an IBM mainframe database. This was the beginning of an online database about books. During the four and a half decades, librarians around the world have contributed to the database, called WordlCat, and managed by OCLC, a nonprofit, library cooperative based in […]