Atomic Comics: If Einstein Had an IRA in 2008

No Smoking - and Giving Thanks for What We Have

I wonder what Einstein would have said to this past year's bad economic news and how bubbles create essentially the same outcomes over and over again throughout history..

Hopefully we'll have a better 2009, the world will be wiser and things will start to get back to normal again with some public works investment programs to help spur things along. On this Thanksgiving day, let's give thanks for what we have: friends, family and ideas to help create a brighter future once again.

Atomic Links
Superconductivity Does the Twist - Science News
Atomic Magnetometers for MRI - MIT Technology Review (Video)
ITER : Recharging Hopes for Fusion Power - USA Today
Halloysite Nanotube Patents Granted - Small Times
Is this a Joke? Drinking Heavy Water to Extend Life - Mail Online

The Atomizer
Reality TV: An Astronaut's Life In Space - Statesman Journal

The FuseBox
Why Clean Energy is Still a Good Investment - Fortune
Entrepreneurs Live on the Edge - WTN News
Is the US Falling Behind in Chip R&D? - EE Times

The JukeBox
As Rates Fall, Homeowners Rush to Refinance - Washington Post
Can the US Bring Jobs Back From China? - Business Week

Labels: 2008 Economy, Comics, Ideas, Memories

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Atomic Comics: Science Idol Cartoon Finalists

Science in the New Century: A Paradox


The above cartoon by Paul Malden was a finalist in the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) 2008 Science Idol Cartoon Contest . For many other hilarious finalist entries and the 2008 Grand Champion Click Here.

Atomic Links
Holly's Cloud Chamber: See Thousands of Cosmic Rays Hit Your Body (Video)
Star Power: Why Fusion Proves Elusive - Wired
12 Yr Old Boy Invents Solar Energy Panel Enhancer - Asian Week

The ToolBox
Adaptable Design: A No Electricity Hot Tub - Make Blog
Robo Games Ready to Invade Austin - Wired
Working with Argentium Sterling Silver (PDF)

The Oil Pump
BP Statistical Review of World Energy (PDF)

The JukeBox
Catch Up TV - U2 Blog
O'Reilly: Stop Throwing Sheep, Do Something Worthy - CNET News
Impossible? Extreme Unicyclist to Ride Down Himalaya's - Gizmodo

Labels: Bravery, Comics, Gadgets, Science Ethics, The Unexplained

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Jon Stewart Warns Cold Fusion Scientists About 'Cook Book' (Spoof)

Play SAFE ..

Original Photo by: MICHIKO KAKUTANI of New York Times

[Update] America's most trusted man, comedian Jon Stewart is quietly chiming in about the new American Chemical Society (ACS) LENR Source Book on secret recipes for would be cold fusion experimenters. As he said recently in the New York Times: “In some respects, the heavier subjects are the ones that are most loaded with opportunity because they have the most — you know, the difference between potential and kinetic energy? — they have the most potential energy, so to delve into that gives you the largest combustion, the most interest. I don’t mean for the audience. I mean for us. Everyone here is working too hard to do stuff we don’t care about."

Atomic Links
Spintronics Goes Organic - MIT TR
A Metal Left Spinning - Nature
New Flying Car Hope - Detroit Free Press
Playing with Ice - Popular Science

The Oil Pump
Why is Oil So High Right Now? - Mother Jones
Are Oil Prices Rigged? - Time
3 Years Worth of Oil Under Arctic Region - AP

The JukeBox
Super-Cooled Quantum Computing is Coming- Tom's Hardware
"Lightning Bolt" - Fastest Man Alive - The Australian

Labels: Book Review, Comics, Foods, Fusion Energy, Guitar Hero, Materials, Nanotechnology

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Time for Some Campaignin ..

Jib Jab's Latest Animated Cartoon



(click Image above to go to Jib Jab's site)

Hold the press. Is this real? It looks like the folks over at Jib Jab are at it again with another Political Campaign Cartoon that pokes fun at our favorite politicians again. Want to fill in the question mark with a great idea or video sure to inspire the world? Great ! Let's see it. Psst ..looking at the economy lately, you never know, but maybe that person in the middle just might be you and your next job. So get out and vote !

[Disclaimer: Just for fun, I'm exercising my right of free speech to post the above cartoon. If you find it offensive in any way please send me an email : editor@atomicmotor.com or do the American thing and exercise your right of free speech and make a comment below]

Labels: Bravery, Campaign, Comics

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FY09 Cold Fusion Outlook - Bright and Shiny

But Where Will the Funding Come From?

"You know, it's really great to see many Americans conserving gasoline by driving smaller cars, parking the huge SUVs at home and pulling together trying to fund alternative energy here in the U.S without a lot of fighting and bickering." By the driving behaviors I see exhibited lately, I'de have a hard time believing that statement. In the mean time, while we decide who our next President is and who will staff offices in Washington DC, do any of you have a quarter you can spare at the pump? I think I see a hat being passed around.

Atomic Links
Funding Forecast(PDF) - R&D Magazine
Low Energy Water Filtration - MIT Technology Review
Hydraulic Hybrid Cars: No Batteries Required - Design News
Plugging Away in a Prius - IEEE Spectrum
The Memristor 'Missing Circuit Element' Found at HP labs - EE Times
Iron Exposed as Real Super Conductor - Scientific American

The JukeBox
Racetrack Memory Created by IBM - New Scientist
Observations Turn Up the Heat - Nature

Atomic Comics
Uranium Ore Now Available on Amazon - Craziest Gadgets Blog

Labels: Campaign, Comics, Confusion of Goals, Energy Efficiency, Gas Mileage, Oil, Research, Trends

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Atomic Comics - 'Proof' We Need Cold Fusion

Sparky Wilson Copyright(c) 2008 -Cold Fusion Media, Inc (click image to enlarge)

Earth day is coming soon. What better way to help mother Earth than to pledge new ways to clean up the environment, give the American taxpayers and consumers a break (to fix their aching backs) and allocate funds to reduce our middle east oil dependence and finally bring our troops home ...right?

For an interesting perspective on this, I'm living here in Texas, a state that once had oil fields that many claimed were dry simply because the cost of recovery from these old fields was not economical at the old oil prices of $10/barrel. So, you'de think that with the higher oil revenues that towns out in west Texas and eastern New Mexico would now show new signs of life (and wealth) again with this great price boom in oil. Right?

Well, on my last visit to New Mexico a couple months back as I drove through west Texas, all the small oil towns had their nearby fields filled with rigs pumping oil again it seemed, now that electricity costs could be paid to turn on old wells and even drill new wells in lower producing fields. Many that had been left for dry or left idle for years were now pumping again. With the price of oil way up, you'de think these towns would be coming back to life. Even with billions in tax breaks to this industry. Right?

Stark contrasts still existed. Most small towns still looked like they did years ago ago. I could hardly see any signs that higher oil prices have helped them at all so far in this boom cycle. So ask yourself this. Who are the higher oil prices really helping these last few years? Speculators on wall street? Wealthy foreign sheiks who invest, but we're afraid to offend? I really do wonder because it appears to me that the American taxpayers, US soldiers, small Texas towns, bankrupt airlines (who can't afford higher aviation fuel costs), and alternative energy industries who could sure use those oil tax breaks are getting the short end of the deal on this oil boom.

Atomic Links
Pushing the Envelope : Q&A With Wayne Pfeiffer - Dr. Dobb's Portal
Water is the Next Oil - MIT Technology Review