Who doesn’t hate mosquitoes? For centuries humans have had to endure this pest, and we started to win the war when DDT came out. Of course DDT isn’t allowed any…
Category: Technology
Swapping my lights: fantastic!
No more twisty bulbs for me! I’ve installed a new LED lighting system for my home that beats twisty bulbs in every way. It has been awhile since I discussed…
NASA to hold live web briefing on the SDO mission to the sun
WUWT readers may want to watch this webcast. From a media advisory – NASA to Hold Briefing on Advanced Mission to Study Our Sun WASHINGTON — NASA is scheduled to…
New GOES-P weather satellite getting prepped for launch
The GOES-P spacecraft is being processed for launch in Florida. I’m rather excited about it since it will sport some new features that will directly enhance weather forecasting and public…
How the UAH Global Temperatures Are Produced
by Dr. Roy Spencer, PhD. I am still receiving questions about the method by which the satellite microwave measurements are calibrated to get atmospheric temperatures. The confusion seems to have…
LED Stoplights Failing in Winter
LED Lights Don’t Melt Snow on Traffic Lights, Hiding Signals From Drivers By ELISABETH LEAMY and VANESSA WEBER Jan. 8, 2010 From ABC News A huge swath of the country…
Galactic GPS from Nature's Clocks
From NASA Nature’s Most Precise Clocks May Make “Galactic GPS” Possible 01.05.10 Pulsars slow down their rotation as they age and eventually cease their characteristic emissions. That can change if…
Steam train rescues stranded passengers in Britain where electric trains failed
Both my father and grandfather, both of whom had connections to steam locomotives in their life are undoubtedly cheering this story(wherever they are) from the BBC. So am I. Inconveniently,…
Greening your mileage with better tires
Here’s technology doing something useful. Who wouldn’t like tires with better mileage? It comes from a new chemical additive, shown below. I chuckled when I saw the chemical structure, which…
No longer the ENVI of the green revolution, Chrysler drops electric vehicle plan
The ENVI line can be seen here. This is rather sad really, I like electric cars. I drive one myself. From Reuters: Chrysler dismantles electric car plans under Fiat By…
Semi-truck Boat Tail Improves Fuel Efficiency 7.5%
I’m always for energy saving ideas when they payback the effort. Here’s one that would be an advantage for our long haul American Interstate trucking companies. This semi has both…
Oh, the tree huggers won't like this…exploiting trees for electricity
Electrical circuit runs entirely off power in trees From the University of Washington by Hannah Hickey hickeyh@u.washington.edu University of Washington Electrical engineers Babak Parviz and Brian Otis and undergraduate student…
Met Office supercomputer: A megawatt, here, a megawatt there, and pretty soon we're talking real carbon pollution
Weather supercomputer used to predict climate change is one of Britain’s worst polluters Excerpts from the story by the Daily Mail See WUWT’s original story on this The Met Office…
The Great Windfarm -vs- Lesser Prairie Chicken Fight
Just when the green energy movement thinks they have it all worked out, along comes a snail-darteresque moment that throws a monkey wrench in green plans. These are the big…
Antarctica to get surface based space weather monitoring network
Of course the big question is, will they be able to keep the stations from becoming buried in snow like weather stations in the flawed Steig et al paper that…
NASA powers up for the next UN IPCC
From NASA, new fossil fuel powered toys for the boys. Related: “Giant sucking sound” heard in Greenbelt, MD when the switch was thrown. Remember the day you got a brand-new…
Burt Rutan: engineer, aviation/space pioneer, and now, active climate skeptic
Recently after some conversations with a former chemical engineer who provided me with some insight, I’ve come to the conclusion that many engineers have difficulty with many of the premises…
Open hardware handheld computing platform for custom applications
I haven’t blogged on technology in quite awhile, so this is past due. My friend and regular WUWT and Climate Audit commenter Steve Mosher has started out on an open-source/open…
A few thoughts on the "climate change lowers wind speeds" study
By now you’ve probably read about Wind speed trends over the contiguous USA by Pryor et al. (2009, in press, JGR) There is also an Associated Press story which cites…
Energy Availability Is Almost Infinite
By Steven Goddard Energy Shortage? A favorite excuse to push the AGW agenda is that “energy is limited, so we have to preserve it for future generations.” But nothing could…
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