Technology

I have just been looking at New Scientist magazine trying to find something to do a blog on. Apparently on british television they're doing an experiment where people are given MDMA and their brains are scanned. They know all about the long term effects of MDMA use but this experiment has never been done before. Some of the participants will be celebrities who will be interviewed about their experiences. There will be commercial rocket launches from Virginia to the International Space Station soon presumably delivering cargo and supplies. The launchpad is trying to get NASA verification & have developed a rocket called Antares & will be the first commercial one in the world. It has been proven that the least efficient shape to pack in a square box is a 3d sphere. No other shape is less efficient. The police probably in a few years will be able to construct a photo-fit from a persons DNA. This technology is still in its infancy but looks promising. In Switzerland scientists have photographed atomic bonds using an atomic force microscope that was modified. They photographed carbon molecules. A comet went through the suns corona and amazingly passed through it but 2 hours later had melted in the extreme heat. At the Technical University of Munich they have been developing a biometric application that can recognise someone by how they walk or their gait. They have achieved 80% accuracy. In 20-30 years there may be floating offshore cities far out at sea. The first ones will probably just be converted passenger liners. They think the optimal population at which they can become self sustaining is 20,000-100,000. The first ones may be built off brazil, west africa and the galapagos.