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"Double Bubble" Architecture, Tail-Mounted Engines Could Increase Aircraft Fuel Efficiency. Popular Science (5/17, Dillow) reported, "An MIT team aims to bring aviation into the 21st century with two bold new designs for commercial airliners that could trim fuel use by up to 70 percent while increasing passenger capacity." The D series and H series designs "are part of a $2.1 million research c..

Google's Collection Of Private Data Causes Anger In Europe. The New York Times (5/15, O'Brien) reported on its webpage, "European privacy regulators and advocates reacted angrily Saturday to the disclosure by Google...that it had systematically collected private data since 2006 while compiling its Street View photo archive." Google was "being pressed by European officials about the kind of data..

Scramjets Called "Future" Of Spaceflight. Spaceflight Now (5/16, Covault) reported, "The first hypersonic X-51 scramjet powered long-duration flights to give the Pentagon a new 'Prompt Global Strike' capability that ties atmospheric and space propulsion will begin as early as May 25 at Edwards Air Force Base." According to the article, scramjet propulsion is the "future" for spaceflight as even..

Air Force Looks To Establish Cloud Computing Research Center. Military & Aerospace Electronics (5/16, Keller) reported that the Air Force is looking "to establish a research center of excellence in assured cloud computing," and as part of that effort is "looking to partner with a college or university to host and collaborate in assured cloud computing research." A recent broad agency announceme..

By 2050, One Quarter Of Global Electricity Could Come From Solar, IEA Reports. The Los Angeles Times (5/13, Hsu) reports, "By 2050, the world could be getting a quarter of its electricity from solar power," according to the International Energy Agency, which yesterday released "two 'roadmaps' for photovoltaics technology and concentrating solar power." The IEA also "recommends that governments ..

Nanotube Transistor Converts Biological Chemical Energy Into Electricity. New Scientist (5/12, Barras) reported, "A novel transistor controlled by the chemical that provides the energy for our cells' metabolism could be a big step towards making prosthetic devices that can be wired directly into the nervous system." The transistor, developed by researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab..

"Nanodot" Memory Could Store 50 Times More Than Flash. Technology Review (5/11, Graham-Rowe) reports on a "new technique, developed by researchers at North Carolina State University, [that] makes it possible to arrange magnetic 'nanodots' -- particles around six nanometers wide -- in orderly arrays, making it easier to use them to store bits of information magnetically. Jay Narayan, a professor..

X-51 Scramjet Will Launch Later This Month. New Scientist (5/7, Courtland) reported, "In the last week of May, thousands of square miles of airspace above the Pacific Ocean will be cleared to make way for a skinny, shark-nosed aircraft called the X-51." The scramjet will be dropped from a jet, where it will attempt to maintain hypersonic speeds for minutes. Boeing X-51 Program Manager Joe Vogel..

Scientists Warn Jordan River Could Dry Up By 2011. The AP (5/4) reported a team of Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian environmental scientists released a report saying that "large stretches" of the Jordan River "could dry up by 2011. And much of what remains is nothing but a canal of sewage." According to the report, "sadly, it is one of the efforts to save the river that has helped doom it. ....

Cluster Of Smartphone Chips To Emulate 1 Billion Neuron Brain. New Scientist (5/4, Marks) reported that Steve Furber, a computer engineer at the University of Manchester, is planning a "1-billion-neuron silicon brain" made from low-cost microchips. Furber argues "that if we want to use computers with even a fraction of a brain's flexibility, we need to start with affordable, practical, low-powe..

2010년 5월 2일(일) 전북 완주군과 김제시에 걸쳐있는 모악산 산행길에 전주김씨 시조 김태서 님의 묘를 보게되었다. 전주김씨 시조는 경순왕 4자의 殷說의 8 세손(경순왕의 9 세손) 金台瑞이다. 김일성이 전주김씨 32세손으로 알려져 매스콤을 탔던 묘소이다. 未方을 등지고 丑方을 향하는 未坐丑向 으로..

2010년 5월 1일토) 오후 두시에 14기생 11명이 유곡 교수님과 진호 강사님을 모시고 첫 번째 관산을 가게 되었다. 첫번째 관산지로 국립대전현충원의 국가원수묘역을 찾게 되었다. 오후 2시에 모여 다같이 현충탑에 단체로 참배를 드리고, 국가원수묘지에 들렀다가 지난 4월 29일에 장례식을 ..

2010년 3월 10일(수) 개강일 충남대학교 평생교육원에서 매주 수요일에 수강하는 풍수지리학 입문과정이 오늘 개강하였다. 지도교수는 유곡 김진철 교수님이고, 강사님은 진호 박지선 강사님으로 풍수지리학 제6기 졸업생으로 전문과정까지 마친 여성 강사분이다. 오늘 23명이 참석하였고,..

2010년 4월 27일 기차 여행중에 우연히 매일경제신문의 1면 기사를 읽게되었다. 기사 내용은 네델란드 총리의 서면 인터뷰 기사로 다음과 같다. "농업에도 혁신을 추구하는 기업가 정신이 필요하다. 네델란드는 기업가적 농민이 있었기 때문에 농업 강국이 되었다" 새만금 사업 협력 등을 논의하기 위해 ..

2010년 4월 25일(화)에 유성생명과학고등학교(구 유성농고)에서 식용작물학 중간시험을 마쳤다. 시험범위가 제4장부터 제8장까지 벼의 구조에 대한 전반적인 범위로 넓어서 시험을 준비하는데 4일을 투자하였다. 매일 퇴근후 유성도서관에 들러 교과서를 읽고 어제는 사무실에서 주관식 예상문제 39 개..

New Bluetooth Technology Expected To Reduce Power Consumption. The AP (4/20) reports, "A new version of the Bluetooth wireless technology could expand what can be done by watches, toys, home sensors, medical monitors and other devices that typically have been limited in their functions because they don't get their batteries changed or charged very often." A low-energy version of Bluetooth was o..

2010년 4월 19일 새벽까지 첫 학기 과제물 두 개를 성공적으로 온라인으로 제출하였다. '동서양의 고전' 과목은 학번에 따라 정해진 고전을 읽고 40쪽 분량의 범위를 잡아 발췌요약본 5쪽을 작성하고 독후감 1 쪽을 쓰는 과제물이었다. 나는 '원효의 금강삼매경론'을 선정하였다. 어려운 불교 용어들을 이..

2010년 4월 3일 대전충남지역대학 301호실에서 출석시험을 마쳤다. 정말 오랫만에 시험이란걸 준비하고, 약간의 스트레스를 즐기고, 시험이 끝날을 때의 기쁨을 맛보았다. 차일 피일 미루다 목요일부터 오늘 오전까지 시험에 낸다고 교수님들이 공지해 준 문제들을 정리하고 암기하느라 머리를 굴렸다. ..

NASA, NAS To Probe Unintended Vehicle Acceleration. NBC Nightly News (3/30, story 2, 2:20, Williams) reported that given the lingering mystery as to the cause of unintended acceleration in Toyotas, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood announced yesterday that the federal government is "stepping in." LaHood: "We couldn't find it at DOT. Toyota couldn't find it, so we are going to hire the exper..

Farmers Sue Bayer CropScience Over Genetically Modified Rice. The AP (3/29) reports on a type of genetically altered rice called Liberty Link, which was developed by Belgian researchers to "withstand a popular herbicide that kills weeds in the fields," and eventually came to be owned by Bayer CropScience. Now, "lawyers for Bayer CropScience are in an Arkansas courtroom, fighting the latest of s..