Day November 18, 2008

Fuel cell stickers

These fuel cell stickers use hydrogen as fuel, air as the oxidant, and emit nothing but water vapor which quickly evaporates. They are stackable, and thus can be used a power sources in portable electronics like laptops and cell phones.…

Somali piracy as systempunkt

Global Guerrillas on systempunkt In global guerrilla warfare (a combination of open source innovation, bazaar transactions, and low tech weapons), the point of greatest emphasis is called a systempunkt. It is the point point in a system (either an infrastructure…

Pirates seize oil tanker

Hijacked tanker Sirius Star The attack happened 450 nautical miles offshore and marks a major escalation in piracy. So, I’m wondering, how do the pirates expect to get the ransom then get off the ship alive? How did they board…

Limping Along

From Oligopoly Watch, on returning to blogging after recovering from knee replacement surgery I’ve used the time to think a little about the major changes in corporate power and the naked way in which national governments are manipulated to maintain…