Future firefighters could fight fire with blasts of flame-bending electricity
In some respects, firefighting technology has come a long way over the past several decades—we now have flame suppressing foams and powders for instance, as well as new ways of delivering them to the fire. But fundamentally, we’re still fighting fires the old fashioned way: point hose/bucket/pressurized container and drench. But a team of Harvard…
10 Agribusiness Methods That Could Fail in the Next 20 years
A generation ago, most farms were still relatively small and independent, but the past 20-30 years have seen factory farms become a quasi-monopoly. What will farms look like a generation from now? One thing’s for sure — farming won’t look the same as it does now. Even if you ignore larger factors — like skyrocketing…
Did Gary Numan predict Facebook?
My life is increasingly mediated by the internet, even more than it was in college. I’m blogging more, using OKCupid, and repping the shit out of my writing all over Facebook. I stay up late drinking and chat with people, which is what I also did when I was in middle school (without the drinking).…