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Texas and Brown Gold

By David Barach | October 9, 2008

Greed and deregulation has sent the US economy into the toilet. The sooner we accept it, the sooner we can use it to start making some money! That’s exactly what San Antonio, Texas is doing. A state that struck it rich with Black Gold is doing it again, but this time with what they are [...]

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Kudzu – Rock Band or Cuddly Doll

By David Barach | August 22, 2008

Neither, kudzu is a fast growing vine that has various nutritional and medicinal uses (it even helps with hangovers – I kid you not. Look it up!) the US Natural Resources Conservation Service encouraged southern farmers to use from 1935 -1950 for control of ground erosion. The problem is that this Japanese import grows completely out [...]

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Robots with Biological Brains

By David Barach | August 14, 2008

Scientists at the University of Reading in England have created a robot that receives input to, and processes responses from, a brain made of rat brain cells. The robot knows how to steer to avoid colliding with objects.
I don’t really understand what all the hoopla is about. Americans did this in the 1980s. Doesn’t anyone remember Ronald [...]

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