“The Fears of a Drone” my reference list for story development

Moisture
Rear attack from above
Nets
Lasers
Seekerbots
Highwinds
Inclimate weather
Autmatic shotguns
Poorly engineered hardware and parts
Badsoftware:
Plugins, OS, upgrades, trojans, fishing scams, MalewRe
Poorly written self repair routines
EMPs

Care to share any more you can think of?

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laboratoryequipment: Catalyst Sustainably Splits Hydrogen from WaterHydrogen gas offers one of the most promising sustainable energy alternatives to limited fossil fuels. But traditional methods of producing pure hydrogen face significant challenges in unlocking its full potential, either by releasing harmful carbon dioxide into the atmosphere or requiring rare and expensive chemical elements such as platinum.Now, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a new electrocatalyst that addresses one of these problems by generating hydrogen gas from water cleanly and with much more affordable materials. The novel form of catalytic nickel-molybdenum-nitride – described in a paper published online May 8, 2012 in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition – surprised scientists with its high-performing nanosheet structure, introducing a new model for effective hydrogen catalysis.Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news-Catalyst-Sustainably-Splits-Hydrogen-from-Water-051112.aspx

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Catalyst Sustainably Splits Hydrogen from Water

Hydrogen gas offers one of the most promising sustainable energy alternatives to limited fossil fuels. But traditional methods of producing pure hydrogen face significant challenges in unlocking its full potential, either by releasing harmful carbon dioxide into the atmosphere or requiring rare and expensive chemical elements such as platinum.

Now, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a new electrocatalyst that addresses one of these problems by generating hydrogen gas from water cleanly and with much more affordable materials. The novel form of catalytic nickel-molybdenum-nitride – described in a paper published online May 8, 2012 in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition – surprised scientists with its high-performing nanosheet structure, introducing a new model for effective hydrogen catalysis.

Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news-Catalyst-Sustainably-Splits-Hydrogen-from-Water-051112.aspx

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(via blouinartinfo) New media artists are using the Kinect’s 3D depth-sensing abilities to create an entirely new hybrid form of photography, on display in this video still from James George and Jonathan Minard’s “Clouds.” 

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New media artists are using the Kinect’s 3D depth-sensing abilities to create an entirely new hybrid form of photography, on display in this video still from James George and Jonathan Minard’s “Clouds.” 

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laboratoryequipment: New Accelerator Takes Special Approach to Fusion PowerThe just-completed NDCX-II, the second generation Neutralized Drift Compression Experiment at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), is an unusual special-purpose particle accelerator built by DOE’s Heavy Ion Fusion Science Virtual National Laboratory (HIFS VNL), whose member institutions are Berkeley Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.NDCX-II is a compact machine designed to produce a high-quality, dense beam that can rapidly deliver a powerful punch to a solid target. Research with NDCX-II will make advances in the acceleration, compression, and focusing of intense ion beams that can inform and guide the design of major components for heavy-ion fusion energy production.Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news-Accelerator-Studies-a-Special-Approach-to-Fusion-Power-050912.aspx

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New Accelerator Takes Special Approach to Fusion Power

The just-completed NDCX-II, the second generation Neutralized Drift Compression Experiment at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), is an unusual special-purpose particle accelerator built by DOE’s Heavy Ion Fusion Science Virtual National Laboratory (HIFS VNL), whose member institutions are Berkeley Lab, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.

NDCX-II is a compact machine designed to produce a high-quality, dense beam that can rapidly deliver a powerful punch to a solid target. Research with NDCX-II will make advances in the acceleration, compression, and focusing of intense ion beams that can inform and guide the design of major components for heavy-ion fusion energy production.

Read more: http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news-Accelerator-Studies-a-Special-Approach-to-Fusion-Power-050912.aspx

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Like Adam sittin’ naked ‘neath the apple tree
I don’t wanna go there
Feel like a forked-tongue serpent crawlin’ over me, oh
I don’t wanna go there

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"The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be"
Marcel Pagnol (via seabois)

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firsttimeuser: A ConVairCar, Model 118 flying car during a test-flight, California, November 1947. The hybrid vehicle was designed by Theodore P. Hall for the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Company of San Diego, California, but never went into production. Photo by FPG

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A ConVairCar, Model 118 flying car during a test-flight, California, November 1947. The hybrid vehicle was designed by Theodore P. Hall for the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Company of San Diego, California, but never went into production.

Photo by FPG

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"Private capital tends to become concentrated in few hands, partly because of competition among the capitalists, and partly because technological development and the increasing division of labor encourage the formation of larger units of production at the expense of smaller ones. The result of these developments is an oligarchy of private capital the enormous power of which cannot be effectively checked even by a democratically organized political society. This is true since the members of legislative bodies are selected by political parties, largely financed or otherwise influenced by private capitalists who, for all practical purposes, separate the electorate from the legislature. The consequence is that the representatives of the people do not in fact sufficiently protect the interests of the underprivileged sections of the population. Moreover, under existing conditions, private capitalists inevitably control, directly or indirectly, the main sources of information (press, radio, education). It is thus extremely difficult, and indeed in most cases quite impossible, for the individual citizen to come to objective conclusions and to make intelligent use of his political rights."
Albert Einstein (via crownless)

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"Every dreamer knows that it is entirely possible to be homesick for a place you’ve never been to, perhaps more homesick than for familiar ground."
Judith Thurman (via narcotic)

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(via laughingsquid) Brendon Grimshaw, 86 Year Old Owner & Caretaker of a Tiny Tropical Island

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