Archive for October 25th, 2006




Space Elevator Games – year 2

Oct 25th, 2006 | By Jesse

Sue hasn’t mentioned the Space Elevator Games yet this year so here goes nothing. The second year of the Space Elevator games can be described simply as impressive. The games are divided into two competitions: 1) tether strength and 2) climbing a tether. No one took home the cash ($200k) in either of the two [...]

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Wired News on Web 2.0, mashups, and revitalizing democracy

Oct 25th, 2006 | By Sue

Over at Wired News, Jennifer Granick has a nice article on how Web 2.0 apps, including mashups and online mapping, can help us get back to the essence of democratic government: “Though it may not be obvious, the road marks in this amorphous thing called Web 2.0 are political: grassroots participation, forging new connections, and [...]

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Life on Mars…..?

Oct 25th, 2006 | By Frank

Honestly, we just don’t know. Apparently the basis of most of our belief in the lack of life on Mars might be bad data. The Viking Mars Mission from 30 years ago flew close enough to Mars to see if it could remotely detect signs of life. Apparently scientists have reproduced the technology the Viking [...]

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