Gefunden beim Verein „[Neue Arbeit — Neue Kultur](http://www.neuearbeit-neuekultur.de „Neue Arbeit – Neue Kultur e.V.“)“
> Die Freiheit beginnt, wenn man ökonomisch unabhängig ist. [High-Tech Eigenproduktion](http://www.neuearbeit-neuekultur.de/htep_uebersicht.html „Neue Arbeit: High-Tech Eigenproduktion“) (englisch: High-Tech Self-Providing) hilft uns, weniger auf Geld angewiesen zu sein und mehr Zeit für die wichtigen Dinge im Leben zu haben. Denn mit HTEP ist es möglich, Dinge des täglichen Lebens im lokalen Rahmen (Gemeinde, Dorf, Stadtteil) selbst herzustellen.
> Die Maschinen dazu stehen in einem lokalen Zentrum. Dass funktioniert wie in einem Copyshop: Gegen eine geringe Gebühr kann selber etwas herstellen. Die Maschinen sind sehr modern und zum größten Teil computergesteuert, doch ihre Bedienung sehr einfach. Wenn man selbst nicht weiter kommt fragt man einen der Betreiber des Shops, die auch für Wartung und Material sorgen.
links, technology
A recent [post on Treehugger](http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006⁄10/biologically_in.php#perma) mentions the company [BioPower Systems](http://www.biopowersystems.com) which develops power generation appliances that convert wave energy into electricity. The design is taken from natural elements, as can be seen above in the pictures. Sounds promising, not?
Read more: [BioPower Systems](http://www.biopowersystems.com), [WorldChanging](http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/005178.html) and [Nature](http://www.nature.com/news/2006⁄061023/full/061023–12.html)
links, technology biomimicry, energy
It seems like we are finally reaching the fun stage in nanotechnology. Some Japanese scientists have invented a nano motor that is driven by bacteria! The little creatures are sliding along and are pushing the motor, just like the old hamster wheel.
It is funny, as the bacterium in question is called *[mycobacterium](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycobacterium) mobile*, which can move at a fast 5 micrometers per second; if you think about its size: it moves about 3–4 times its own size per second. A human would thus be moving at 6 meters per second, or 21.6 km per hour, not bad for a critter 
[via [treehugger](http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006⁄10/motor_powered_b.php#perma) and [physorg](http://www.physorg.com/news79873873.html)]
[Citation: Hiratsuka, Yuichi, Miyata, Makoto, Tada, Tetsuya and Uyeda, Taro Q. P. „A microrotary motor powered by bacteria.“ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. vol. 103. no. 37. 13618–13623](http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/103⁄37/13618)
science, technology
Reading this article about a failing hard drive as well as this note Ⅰ realized that it would be pretty neat if Ⅰ had an available backup solution off-site (like somewhere on the net) for free – just to store really essential files/folders, maybe a total of 100 MB. There would be the possibility of .mac (which is quite easy and useful but not free); then there is my storage at GMX – accessible via WebDAV, but horribly slow; my webhoster (with too few space), and then there is gmail – free, 2 GB space, searchable, accessible from anywhere with a web connection. And happily all you ever need to store stuff is just a fast connection to your webserver. And a script that does the job for you – maybe with a Cocoa-GUI where you can drag & drop certain files & folders – and whoopie, they get sent to your backup gmail address daily. You can always delete stuff from gmail if necessary – or just create another backup account!.
Has anyone seen this little script/tool for OSX yet?
ideas, lazyweb, technology apple, backup, cocoa, feature_request, gmail, google, hack, programming, python, script, software
Ⅰ just found Jim Roepcke’s notes on the 2003 O’reilly conference keynote by Tim O’Reilly – and even though it is hard to actually just read someone’s notes – one thing that strikes me as especially interesting is Tim’s great analysis of apple’s iApps and their problems. Ⅰ have written a rant about what Ⅰ do not like about the current iPhoto – but Tim’s rant was almost two years before that – and his visions are true today – if not even more so.
And (this is quite annyoing) – his points are still valid and most of his criticism is something Ⅰ totally agree with. Yes.
Now where is the developer who vamps up OSX’s address book with some integration of friendster, del.icio.us, etc.? The data is there, on an OS level – all other apps have acces to it! There are soo many things one could do… Ⅰ wish someone would give me enough money for half a year to live on – Ⅰ would code it. And much more.
technology apple, iApps, rant, software
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