In the 1930's to 1950's Urban Renewal meant building highways so cars could more easily drive around. It was Robert Moses who drove this effort in New York City, destroying many local neighborhoods and perhaps it is he and is "urban renewal" that is responsible for the destruction of the South Bronx and the departure of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
The City Repair Project ....an all-volunteer grassroots organization helping people reclaim their urban spaces to create community-oriented places.
Natural Resources and Sustainable Development is a public forum for information and communication concerning natural resources and their interface with the economy, the environment and society. Natural resources featured on this website include minerals, oil and gas, biodiversity, energy, and water. It appears to be managed by the UN Conference on Trade and Development
A husband and wife team living off the grid in the deserts of West Texas. On their web site they publish an extensive collection of information on alternative energy and other forms of sustainable living necessary to live off the grid.
This video shows some early research that's very promising as a way to improve the human-computer interface. Why should we be limited to mice and keyboards for the next thousand years? As computation power and graphics capabilities increase, why shouldn't the computer interface improve?
A few years ago I had some ideas bubble in my head that would be well served by the following:
I think I'll dust off my notes and write them up.
Site with descriptions of several projects you can (surprisingly) build by yourself. Like, a turboprop engine, or a CNC Mill.
Site with descriptions of several projects you can (surprisingly) build by yourself. Like, a turboprop engine, or a CNC Mill.
