... one local project solidly under his belt, Drucker is pushing for infill on a smaller scale: one backyard at a time. Background: Lots of Potential throughout Downtown & ... market widened the gap between these neighborhoods and the near suburbs. A possible solution is being explored on a backyard scale. Drucker and others see potential infill housing occupying the underutilized rear alley-facing ...

Globalization ain’t all bad, according to a recent story from Oregon Public Broadcasting: As tuna canning has shifted overseas, small-scale tuna packing has taken its place. Why is that good for you, the West Coast tuna shopper? Because it means you can buy sustainably harvested, locally packed albacore tuna that’s much lower in mercury than conventional tuna. from Sift

... 8217;ve discussed before, bacterial motors could be scaled up to function at the human scale, but are much more likely to be used in microscopic applications. Imagine tiny computer chips that you could ... in its infancy, bacteria power is an exciting concept. Again, I doubt it will be used on the human scale because it’s not as practical as solar, wind, or even algae biofuel. On the microscopic ...

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... by IBM Research, has achieved significant advances in large-scale cortical simulation and a new algorithm that synthesizes neurological data ... toward discovering the brain’s core computational micro and macro circuits. After the successful completion of Phase 0, ... power, compact cognitive computers that approach mammalian-scale intelligence and use significantly less energy than today’s ...

Justin from the next desk just showed me this awesome video of the world's smallest working model train. Just look at the size of the train compared with the thumb, or even the ballpoint pen's tip! Now that's transportation taken to the nano scale. Details are at the maker's website. Microfabrication? MEMS? Kind of reminds me of the Micro Machines series of toy cars.