Linky

I've been busy playing lately and have found little time to organize my thoughts enough to tell you anything really really cool... but I found a couple of really cool links

Acoustics being overlooked in LEED rated building Scientific American.

A trust fund for green tech Clean Technica

Google moves forward with Utility & Energy Mashups Clean Technica

What gas prices did to our economy The American Prospect

Gaiaships on the sea National Geographic

The efficiency of Urban Cities NY Times

http://www.data.gov/ FINALLY a solution to the *horrible* state of data publishing in our government. Now if they just need to hurry up with all those datasets :)

Greenhouses and printed buildings

Couple of fun bits today: greenhouse in cali that produces 20 times more tomatoes per acre than a conventional farm... but costs a million an acre to build.  

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-greenhouse14-2009may14,0,4784175.story

And the even cooler tech: D_Shape: 

The d_shape building process is similar to the “printing” process because the system operates by straining a binder on a sand layer. This is similar to what an ink-jet printer does on a sheet of paper. This principle allows the architect to design fantastically complex architectural structures.

http://d-shape.com/index.htm

Think about what 3d printing is doing for smaller items like this 'woven' bracelet:  http://www.shapeways.com/

Now scale that up to multi-story buildings.  

I'm thinking an extension of this would be awesome for the GaiaShip.  Think about printing out your building's interior.  

The great and powerful google ad algorythm

I stuck them below the fold because I'm actually not terribly interested in generating revenue from them... rather I was more curious about what the great and powerful google would present as ads next to my posts.  

And, If I happen to get a bit of cash from the rare clicky event - sweet!

Minor Milestone

Hah, I got my first spam comment.  

It's deleted of course - but it's fun to know something found me :) .  Of course it was on the post about smart grids... where I rehash other peoples news; not anything with my own comments. 

Sigh - good thing I don't rely on this as an income source.