Lifeboat Foundation: Safeguarding Humanity
Toggle light / dark theme

Blog – Page 6296

I recently set sail on Sunwater Marine’s Ramblin’ Rose, a 40-foot sailing yacht powered by solar panels and electric propulsion.

While we at Electrek often tend to focus on electric vehicles taking over roads, it’s important to remember that our inevitable abandonment of fossil fuels stems to all modes of transportation, whether it’s by land, air, or even the sea. I recently had the opportunity to set sail on Sunwater Marine’s Ramblin’ Rose, a 40-foot sailing yacht powered by solar panels and electric propulsion. It’s one of the only vessels of its kind on the West Coast.

It was founded by president James Richmond in 2,020 amid the global pandemic. Richmond had a little more free time to search for a boat for blue water cruising to which he could add solar.

Continue reading “I drove a rare solar-electric yacht to test clean-sea propulsion, here’s how it went” | >

A new interpretation of quantum mechanics sees agents as playing an active role in the creation of reality. Blake Stacey outlines the case for QBism and its radical potential.

The pandemic shut down our university when I was in the middle of giving a lecture. We had been anticipating the possibility for a few days, but it was still impeccable timing. I finished my spiel, out came the phones, and suddenly we weren’t going to see each other post-spring break after all. For the rest of the term, I did what so many teachers found themselves doing: gamely trying to soldier on. I scrounged and borrowed a whiteboard, easel and webcam, set myself up in the nicest light the house had to offer, and did my best to convey graduate-level physics to an audience of tiny rectangles. And like so many other teachers, I learned there’s nothing like a radical change of circumstances for driving one to re-evaluate what the essential ideas of a subject must be.

Read more | >

Common medications can accumulate in gut bacteria, a new study has found, altering bacterial function and potentially reducing the effectiveness of the drug. These interactions—seen for a variety of medications, such as depression, diabetes, and asthma drugs—could help researchers to better understand individual differences in drug effectiveness and side-effects, according to the study published in Nature.

It is known that bacteria can chemically modify some drugs, a process known as biotransformation. This study, led by researchers from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Toxicology Unit at the University of Cambridge and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Germany, is the first to show that certain species of accumulate human drugs, altering the types of bacteria and their activity.

This could change the effectiveness of the both directly, as the accumulation could reduce the availability of the drug to the body, and indirectly, as altered bacterial function and composition could be linked to .

Read more | >

All the way back in the 1940s, in Switzerland, work was underway on a breakthrough Bus that would be pure electric, and not need batteries. Introducing the Gyro-bus, a innovative look at storing energy in a flywheel! Mechanical Energy storage baby, and we’re doing a deep dive this week on Two Bit da Vinci!

》》》SUPPORT THE SHOW!《《《
Become a Patron! https://geni.us/TwoBitPatreon.
Become a Youtube Member! https://geni.us/TwoBitMember.
One Time Donation: https://geni.us/PaypalMe.

Use Our Tesla Products Link: https://geni.us/GoTesla.
Drone Quotes for Solar ⟫ https://geni.us/DroneQuote.
Two Bit da Vinci Merchandise ⟫ geni.us/TwoBitMerch.
Join OHM Connect & SAVE: https://geni.us/ohmConnect.
ALL of our Affiliate Links ⟫ https://www.twobitdavinci.com/links.

》》》COMPANY OUTREACH 《《《

Continue reading “This Insane Bus Was Pure ELECTRIC & Didn’t Need Batteries” | >

Fri, Dec 17 at 6 PM PST.

Targeted Ariane 5 launch date for James Webb Space Telescope.

- Ariane 5 Flight VA256 launching the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) is scheduled for December 18 2021, from the Guiana Space Center.

– Webb will be the largest, most powerful telescope ever launched into space.

Continue reading “Arianespace — Ariane 5 — VA256 James Webb Telescope — Guiana Space Center — Space Affairs Livestream” | >

Youthereum talking about rejuvenation, funding, there is a history lesson here but the modern look starts at 38:01.

My overview of the history of partial reprogramming — a novel approach to epigenetic rejuvenation that uses short bursts of Yamanaka factors expression to periodically roll back the epigenetic state of cells to a younger pattern.

Read more | >

The test was meant to simulate the impacts of being on a speed boat during high seas, an experience that can involve a ton of harsh G forces.

The device has its limits, however, particularly when it’s not used for its intended purpose. While technologically impressive, the Forge brace didn’t allow Rose to dunk a basketball, as he found out to his dismay.

“I was wrong to believe that I could fly and I feel stupid now,” a disappointed Rose said in the video.

Read more | >

Physicists sifting through old particle accelerator data have found evidence of a highly-elusive, never-before-seen process: a so-called triangle singularity.

First envisioned by Russian physicist Lev Landau in the 1950s, a triangle singularity refers to a rare subatomic process where particles exchange identities before flying away from each other. In this scenario, two particles — called kaons — form two corners of the triangle, while the particles they swap form the third point on the triangle.

Read more | >