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more about #nathanmyhrvold GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: Uh, didn't Gizmodo post about Nathan today? [gizmodo.com] #gizmodoremainders more » Monty: Well, this is exciting since Microsoft controlling the climate means that I could potentially destroy the entire world with a tiny bit of code submitt... more » Xagest: mm, I'd love me some acid rain... #stratoshield more » Sonic_Euphoria: Sounds eerily familiar... more » Kaiser-Machead: Global dimming was also something that was brought up before as well, since the added vapor in the air left in contrails from aircraft create more clo... more » Kaiser-Machead: But plants and trees will die. Owls will deafen us with incessant hooting. I..I can't go along with this. It's crossing the threshold between regular ... more » Wilson Rothman: So, nobody's gonna take a stab at the reference in that top image that I worked so hard on? more » blackrider23: That has some great potential! Now we will just have to wait 4 decades for car companies to actually manufacture them. P.S. kudos for the photochop u... more » stopcrazypp: You can't much more efficient than a electric motor (80-90%), and since this uses electricity anyways I don't see why we don't just use electric motor... more » William_III_Earl_of_Dastardshire: Do I simple not get the idea, or is this really as stupid as it sounds. They want to use electromagnetism for the compression/exhaust steps in the ott... more » Hello Mister Walrus: In this economy, how is he going to get venture capital funding for this idea? Oh wait... more » AmityCachinga: The second image is the most intriguing to me since the "piston" looks to be free floating inside the cylinder walls. With combustion chambers on bot... more » bosskev: "Theoretically, the piston could operate entirely without fuel, using magnetism on both ends to rapidly repel and attract." Uhh...haven't we already k... more » Nick: i wonder the strength of those magnets and if any shielding will be necessary to avoid disruption with other electronic processes and thinga-ma-bobs. more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: A state of the art bus to transport children to school in an engine powered by magnets! more » -
#remainders
Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
The Expendables Trailer Looks Incredibly Silly, Explosion-y...Microsoft's Nathan Myhrvold Wants to Dim the Sun With Sulfur Dioxide...Plants Know and Work With Relatives, Unlike Some People...Luxury Wine Vending Machine for Less-Wealthy Oenophiles... More » -
#environment
Former Microsoft Technology Chief Wants To Block Out the Sun With Liquid Sulfur
Former Microsoft Tech chief Nathan Myhrvold wants to dim the sun's rays with liquid sulfur pumped from helium-filled balloons. But it's not like he is sitting behind a desk, tapping his fingers together muttering "excellent" or anything. More » -
#engines
Gates, Myhrvold To Patent Crazy Electromagnetic Combustion Engine
Bill Gates may love his Ford Focus, but he's got plans to improve on age-old combustion, applying—along with Nathan Myhrvold and others from the Intellectual Ventures gang—to patent a smart engine with electromagnetic pistons. More » -
#pulpbite
The New Yorker on Simultaneous Invention and the Intellectual Ventures Laboratories
Malcolm Gladwell (smart guy, puffy hair) has a feature in this week's More »
