Frank Whittemore on May 18th, 2012

One of life’s simple pleasures just got a little sweeter. After years of waffling research on coffee and health…

Click here to read the study results on the Businessweek website.

Click here to learn more about coffee.

Frank Whittemore on May 17th, 2012

Thomas Friedman addresses this subject in an opinion piece located in the New York Times…

Click here to read his observations titled “Come the Revolution”.

In it he mentions Coursera…
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Click here to access the Coursera website.

Also, a few days ago the Sigularity Hub posted information on this subject titled “Harvard And MIT Join Forces To Become Juggernaut Of Free Online Education”…

Click here and scroll down a bit to see that post.

Click here to learn more about the future of education

Frank Whittemore on May 16th, 2012

Let’s start with a look ahead…

Click here to read a report from PC World titled “Tablet Summer: What’s Ahead”.

Let’s compare e-book readers…

Click here to read a report from CNet titled “Kindle vs. Nook vs. iPad: Which e-book reader should you buy?”.

Click here to learn what Apple says about the iPad.

Click here to learn what Amazon says about the Kindle.

Click here to learn what Barns & Noble says about the Nook.

Click here to learn even more about tablet computers.

Frank Whittemore on May 15th, 2012

Over the past two years, Americans Elect has focused on achieving three clear goals…

Click here to read the complete statement.

Click here to view the Americans Elect homepage.

Click here for a news report titled “Americans Elect without a nominee”.

“Write it down: Americans Elect. What Amazon.com did to books, what the blogosphere did to newspapers, what the iPod did to music, what drugstore.com did to pharmacies, Americans Elect plans to do to the two-party duopoly that has dominated American political life — remove the barriers to real competition, flatten the incumbents and let the people in. Watch out.” per Thomas Friedman July 2011.

I’m still waiting.

Researchers are recruiting volunteers to test the effect of resveratrol, which is also found in red grapes, red grape juice, tomatoes and peanuts…

Click here to read the entire report.

Click here for a recent blog post titled “Controversial Anti-Aging Chemical Resveratrol Back In The Spotlight With New Details About How It Works”. You will have to scroll down a bit to view it.

Click here to learn more about resveratrol.

Frank Whittemore on May 13th, 2012

A scientific ghost town in the heart of southeastern New Mexico oil and gas country will hum with the latest next-generation technology — but no people.

Click here to view the Fox News report.

According to its website, Pegasus Global Holdings has proposed to locate a privately financed owned & operated Center for Innovation, Testing & Evaluation (CITE) in the State of New Mexico. With the support of New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez, Pegasus has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the state’s Department of Economic Development…
Click here to access their website.

Next a few words about the politics of building a ghost town…
Click here to read them.

Click here to learn more about ghost towns.

Polymer scaffolds guide stem cells growth into customized sizes and shapes…

Click here to view the entire report. You will have to scroll down a bit to see it.

Click here to learn more about the use of stem cells.

Frank Whittemore on May 11th, 2012

In case you missed the April 24th announcement or would like additional infomation on the subject…

Click here to view the first email in webpage format sent out by Planetary Resources, Inc. to those folks who subscribed to updates.

Click here to access the Planetary Resources website.

Click here to access the Moon Express website and learn about moon mining.

Click here for more information on space exploration.

Space exploration has been a major interest of mine ever since President Kennedy made our commitment to land men on the moon and my working for several years on the Apollo Project.

Frank Whittemore on May 10th, 2012

To be launched in international waters outside of Silicon Valley…

Click here to view the report found on the KurzweilAI.Net website.

Click here to learn more about floating island cities.

The athlete’s death during a routine run in late March surprised his friends and fans…

Click here to see the results of his autopsy, etc…

Click here to view my earlier post about his death. etc…