As we discover ourselves to be a much poorer nation, one of my correspondents put it: “the bogus risk-swapping economy must be replaced by a net value-added economy.” That means actually making things, growing things, and rebuilding things, and that can only begin to happen if we do not stupidly sucker ourselves into a war with other nations who are liable to be extremely ticked off at us for destroying the global economy, but also competing with us for a dwindling supply of resources that are not equitably distributed around the world.

Clusterfuck Nation by Jim Kunstler : Easthampton Burning?

kazz7:

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youwillbeassimilated: The Beatles, “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” i ❤ this song so very much

Hayashi Shigeki, from Tajimi City, draws inspiration for these ceramic figures from images from science fiction, animated film and Japanese comic books known as manga, all of which have…

Hayashi Shigeki’s Ceramic Mecha

idiotandroid:

via Motorballer

The piezoelectric dance floor.

Wolven made a very good point in his comment on the Walking Power Plant post the other day; “Implementation needs to be reversed: under the sidewalk, retaining energy with Every Step.”.

youwillbeassimilated:

Via Flickr.

youwillbeassimilated:

“While You Were Sleeping” by Su Blackwell. Via don’t touch my moleskine.

Ultrasound cuff to stop the geysers of blood

From CNET News:

Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has contracted with Siemens Healthcare, the University of Washington’s Centre for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound and…