Mr. W
A cleverly directed clip.
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Electric cars and charge challenge
Japanese giant manufacturer Mitsubishi motor sell its first mass-market electric car in showrooms today. This electric-powered vehicle technology is one of the key answers to international calls for emission reduction in the automobile industry. And the great thing in 2010 is the affordability of this technology to reach the mass.
The electric car can travel 160 km in a single charge which takes about 14 hours using household electrical outlet or a quick 30 minutes charge using designated charging station at public places. Presently, there are about sixty public charging stations in Japan and the government is planning to increase the number in the coming years as more electrical cars hit the road and demand for such charging station increases.
Other car manufacturers like Nissan, Toyota, and Ford are preparing their electric cars for sale in the next 1-2 years. Meanwhile, Microsoft and Ford are collaborating to develop smart technology to manage and tackle the charging challenge which is likely to happen when there’s a surge of electric car ownership in a neighborhood.
Certainly, the automobile industry, electrical and utilities board, information-technology player, and our society in general are progressing towards a cleaner transportation mode which put less strain on our planet.
Hopenhagen
Hopenhagen is a movement, a moment and a chance at a new beginning. The hope that in Copenhagen this December – during the United Nations Climate Change Conference – we can build a better future for our planet and a more sustainable way of life. It is the hope that we can create a global community that will lead our leaders into making the right decisions. The promise that by solving our environmental crisis, we can solve our economic crisis at the same time.
Hopenhagen is change – and that change will be powered by all of us.
I’ve written my hope in Hopenhagen, just a few days before the United Nations Climate Change Conference takes place on 7 December 2009. Have you?
Google Wave
I’ve been busy crunching numbers and digesting journals in the recent weeks, so much that I didn’t have much time to open Google Wave invitation that has been sitting idle in my inbox for long. Well, today I did, after the majority of my loads are off of the list.
Google Wave’s fun factor depends on the number of friends (or family and colleagues) you have in your contact list. Only those with Google Wave account can hop on your communication wagon.
The interface design is pretty good, but it is still not intuitive enough for beginners to discover what they can do with it and how to do it. Perhaps mimicking typical email interface to something that is revolved around the complexity of Google Wave isn’t a good idea afterall.
Judging by the performance, Google Wave isn’t that great when it’s running on my Safari; It ran slower as soon as I opened Google Wave. Aside from that, there’s really nothing much to comment at this moment…
Still, Google Wave is an interesting communication concept that works pretty decent at its preview stage; It worth trying and exploring. I feel excited imagining a streamlined communication and collaboration for work and leisure. Not to mention the amount of reducible paperwork if this streamlined communication works well.
Why don’t you take Google Wave a spin yourself and see how you like it? I do still have some Google Wave preview invitations left. Drop me a line if you wanna get one.
If you know fun ways to use Google Wave, drop me a line, leave a comment below, or wave me directly.
Earth Hour 2009
Earth Hour starts at 8.30 tonight! The Merlion, Fullerton, Esplanade, Singapore Flyer as well as major buildings and shopping malls are taking part. Will you?
Visit the official Earth Hour’s website for Singapore to read related articles about this event and see Sydney, Hong Kong, Beijing, New Delhi, Athens, Berlin, Paris, London, Madrid and New York among other cities of the world take part in Earth Hour 2009; Catch the iconic buildings and landmarks in the dark.
New Zealanders are now having their Earth Hour. Follow the tweet as Earth Hour
2019 Future Vision Montage
What possibilities do technology and computer may bring to our world in 2019? Environmentally sustainable computing? Natural gesture-operated computer? Voice recognition, translation, and voice speech on the fly? The possibilities are endless.
Watch this exciting and inspiring montage clip to see our world in 2019 through the vision of the folks in Microsoft.
Homo Evolutis
Even as mega banks topple, Juan Enriquez says the big reboot is yet to come. But don’t look for it on your ballot or in the stock exchange. It’ll come from science labs, and it promises keener bodies and minds. Our kids are gonna be… just different.
Enriquez said the fact that we are the only living species of humans is an anomaly – or at least out of sync with the history. Millions of years ago, there were as many as five different species of humans co-existing on the planet.
Well, perhaps modern humans like us are the end result of all evolution. Aren’t we smart and capable enough to domesticate and cultivate the nature, or even conquer the world?
And perhaps we have reached the very pinnacle of natural selection and genetic drift. (Darwin?)
On the other hand, as Enriquez suggested, perhaps those are slightly arrogant conclusions.
Spare your eighteen minutes and let Enriquez show you his perspective. Arstechnica has also published a decent and thorough article about Enriquez keynote.
Juan Enriquez will change your view of change itself.
–Nicholas Negroponte
Reuse Plastic Bags
Ways to reuse plastic bags:
- Tiny trash can liner
- Doggy duty
- Soggy laundry
- Tomorrow’s lunch bag
- Care package padding
Reuse Plastic Bag
The Great Global Warming Swindle
The following movie, titled The Great Global Warming Swindle, is a well compiled ideas from various sources contradicting the popular Inconvenient Truth. This movie was screened in one of my GE3223 Environmental Change In The Tropics lecture, one way to stimulate critical thinking of Geography students I guess. Haha
Aside from that, my days are… hmpf… just like that! I’ll try to write some ’bout it in this coming Christmas break — hopefully with a mood to write ’bout it…
There are moments where I just wanna run into the jungle and shout HOLY SHIT out loud!
Erm… Where to run into when there’s no jungle around, huh? Haha
Update: Angeline told me her bro found these two sites that debunk false information shown in the movie. The movie itself is a swindle!
Coffee Can
I had a long afternoon break between tutorial and lecture last week; Pasted stripes of correction tape on my vanilla coffee can (vanilla!) and doodled on it…
on the other side of the can…
and it ended up in recycle bin.
