Evolutionary algorithms now surpass human designers - tech - 28 July 2007 - New Scientist Tech

Evolutionary algorithms now surpass human designers - tech - 28 July 2007 - New Scientist Tech: "the emerging spat centres on evolutionary algorithms (EAs), which mimic the processes of natural selection and random mutation by 'breeding', selecting and re-breeding possible designs to produce the fittest ones."

Run a Fast Meeting / Wired How To's

Run a Fast Meeting / Wired How To's: "1. Don't have a meeting at all. 2. Prepare a clear agenda. 3. Invite as few people as possible."

Colossal Magnetic Levitation Wind Turbine Proposed (TreeHugger)

Colossal Magnetic Levitation Wind Turbine Proposed (TreeHugger): "It's a vision of a magnetically levitated wind turbine that can generate one gigawatt of energy (enough to power 750,000 homes). This is the device proposed by a new Arizona-based company, MagLev Wind Turbine Technologies. The company claims that it can deliver clean power for less than cent per kilowatt hour using this wind turbine."

Newsflash: Time May Not Exist — Discover Magazine

Newsflash: Time May Not Exist — Discover Magazine: "Efforts to understand time below the Planck scale have led to an exceedingly strange juncture in physics. The problem, in brief, is that time may not exist at the most fundamental level of physical reality. If so, then what is time? And why is it so obviously and tyrannically omnipresent in our own experience?"

TNO - Market introduction of mobile SHS frying unit: "About five years ago, TNO has introduced super heated steam technology (SHS) to the food industry. Since then, many new applications have been developed. The most recent success is the market introduction of a stand-alone SHS frying application for restaurants and caterers, offering the first healthy, practical and safe alternative for conventional frying."

Things I wish I’d known when I was younger - lifehack.org

Things I wish I’d known when I was younger - lifehack.org: "I don’t buy the romantic notion that my life has been somehow richer or more interesting because of all the times I screwed up; nor that the mistakes were “put” there to help me learn. I made them myself—through ignorance, fear, and a dumb wish to have everyone like me—and life and work would have been less stressful and more enjoyable (and certainly more successful) without them."

Reason Magazine - Hit & Run > Are Some Ideas Too Dangerous to Discuss?: "Though I am more sympathetic to the argument that important ideas be aired than to the argument that they should sometimes be suppressed, I think it is a debate we need to have. Whether we like it or not, science has a habit of turning up discomfiting thoughts, and the Internet has a habit of blowing their cover." Warning: Contains some extreme statements, you might get offended.

The Dilbert Blog: Writing Funny

The Dilbert Blog: Writing Funny: "Today I will teach you how to write funny. I will be referring to my earlier post about the world’s tallest man. Read that one first, two posts below, if you haven’t already."

Harry Potter Book Disguises: "Do you love Harry Potter, but think you're too old and too awesome to be seen reading the books? We have the solution, my friend. Print these out and you can safely read your Potter in front of all those ex Navy SEALS at the local strip club."

Nine Brain Quirks You Didn’t Realize You Had - lifehack.org

Nine Brain Quirks You Didn’t Realize You Had - lifehack.org: "I think the brain is most interesting when it doesn’t work the way you expect it should. Psychology often confirms our intuitions about how our minds work, but it offers quite a few surprises as well. Although some psychology buff’s will have heard a few of these before, here’s a list of quirks in your brain you probably didn’t realize you had"

Keep an eye on the waterline

Keep an eye on the waterline: "Turns out both advisories were short on science and long on myth. Water, though vital for health, is - like everything else - best consumed in moderation."