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In this video my friend Noah came over and showed me his latest DIY project. He installed an in-line Hydrogen-On-Demand system into his Jeep Cherokee. It apparently increases his miles per gallon and claims that he is spending less time at the pump, effectively saving money. After some anticipated curiosity on my part, he finally came over and showed me his hydrogen cell contraption. Upon first glance I thought “nice science fair project” but when the engine started and the reaction occurred - “watch out Flux Capacitor.” I take no responsibility for this information and I am not claiming it is correct. I am only relating to you what my friend Noah was up to.

Eric Corey Freed is an architect who became well known for green building design and consulting. He has earned a place in the green architecture elite and thus was chosen to write the official Green Building For Dummies book.

Call it 8th grade humor, or just plain tipsy on cheap book-signing-wine, but upon looking at the signature table I couldn’t help to point out the admitted “dummies” all around, getting their Dummies book signed. Yes me included, but I ended up there by chance that night, I swear. It was held at my favorite club Temple.

It is typical that a green book signing would also take place in a club deemed to become the worlds first green nightclub. But they are not alone in this pursuit, a club in the Netherlands is making waves.

It is the green nightclub race of the decade. Temple’s club’s sustainability director, Mike Zuckerman also has plans install a power generating dance floor next year. He feels confident that they have found the person to do it. In the meantime, he is starting with something a little less ambitious which he calls a vertical garden shown here:

Elsa Wenzel at Cnet.com, whom I met outside of this book signing beat me to this story because it is her full time job to do so. She deemed this club the Chia nightclub in her Cnet Crave blog story. Look at the future vision of Temple nightclub in her entry and it will make sense.

This green night club business is great and all but it does nothing to offset the pollution created by those dj’s that fly millions of miles around the world year after year. Techno demi-god Richie Hawtin decided to do something about this problem and made an environmental pledge to his fans with this press release (PDF): Minimize Your Impact - by Richie Hawtin. I have not read any articles suggesting that others are following his footsteps, then again, Richie is always ahead of the curve on most things.

It is only a matter of time until we will all need to dance to keep the lights on.

Professor Il-Keun Kong from Gyeongsang National University in South Korea thinks it’s a good idea to clone glow in the dark cats. Is anyone concerned with losing their cat in the dark? This is what he said:

“We have proved our world-class ability in cloning animals that have modified characteristics,” said Kong. “We found that the red fluorescent protein in all the organs of the dead kitten, which means we have established an efficient way of cloning gene-modified cats.’‘

This all somehow ties back into 911. In third dimension which we percieve, we have 5 different solids, icosahedron, dodecahedron, cubes, and tetrahedrons. These elemental shapes have integrity within a 3 coordinate plane. We process this skeletal mathematical information to derive what we perceive. In a 4th dimension, there are 6 different solids and 4 coordinate planes. Although they can make computer models of this stuff, I believe most mathematicians will admit these are pretty abstract concepts. However, this smart guy named Ocneanu decided to make a sculpture that represents a 3 dimensional shadow of the 4th dimension. Oh yeah, the sculpture was partly dedicated as “a reminder of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001″

you must understand the 4th dimension requires a 4th coordinate and the structures around it are too complex for the human mind to comprehend because we don’t process information that way. However mathematicians can make models that represent something about th:

Yup, you heard that us humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes and all that. 23andme.com is offering a personal genetic analysis. You pay a cool $999,00 and you get a personalized kit with instructions on how to “spit” in plastic cup and send it back to them for analysis. What can they tell you? How about what diseases you are prone to, what traits you got from which relative, or will you be fat by 40?. Sound crazy? This guy feels great about it enough to write a play by play on his experience using this service. I must admit I feel tempted to try it.

Yesterday a friend of mine said: “Whoever invents a device that will find your keys or cellphone will be the next billionaire.” This comments sparked a brainstorm on how it would work around the house. I lose my keys on the way out of my apartment often and ‘bitch’ about it.

This idea is not new however and it will likely not be Joe Smoe in a Cupertino garage who builds this technology, rather it might be our friend, or foe, Google.

Several industry folks are discussing this topic after learning that Google is closely looking at H3TEC, a company that is working on detection technology designed to locate “anything, anywhere.” It is out of a sci-fi book because the inventor got the idea from the “Tricoder”, a detection device in the old Star Trek series. He built his own. Check out some of the applications suggested:

• Homeland Security (all over the world)
• Medical Applications (cancer and tainted food)
• Natural Resources (oil and gas, and minerals; currently, we are very active in this field)
• Military Theater (mapping battle grounds, patrolling, and base safety)
• Intermountain Bomb Removal Squad (currently testing)
• Airborne Sensors (flying over hazardous and remote areas, including HAZMAT)
• Shipping, Airport Security
• Peace Officers (officer safety, drug detection, and detection of the precursor chemicals used to manufacture methamphetamine)

How do you locate drugs and bombs? Apparently this technology can track atoms. NO JOKE! This could change our world quickly.

So, ask yourself, is Google your friend or your foe. At least ask yourself “what do they want to do with this?” Either way, I suppose I would rather have Google own this than the Department of Homeland Security, but they will get their hands on it anyway. Oh boy.

On a more lighthearted note, today someone revealed plans Google has to help you find your keys. They want to use RFID technology to track your possessions. Although I hate loosing keys, something about this makes me feel uneasy. It is a step closer to the “Idiocracy” idea. I think I would rather rant and swear as I try to find my keys. It is more human.