Foresight Links for Sep 6, 6:00 am

// September 6th, 2010 // Digests, Foresight

  • Oesophageal Cancer Rising In Men, Anuradha Menon @ TFOT – The Future Of Things:
    Oesophageal cancer rates in men have risen by 50 per cent over the last 25 years, according to a study by Cancer Research UK. Researchers, who analysed latest available data on the disease, found around 2,600 men were diagnosed with oesophageal cancer …
  • Japan: Men Take Virtual Girlfriends On Vacation, Randall Parker @ FuturePundit:
    You might find this pathetic. In the first month of the city’s promotional campaign launched July 10, more than 1,500 male fans of the Japanese dating-simulation game LovePlus+ have flocked to Atami for a romantic date with their videogame character girlfriends. The men are real. The girls are cartoon characters …
  • Eternal Black Holes, Anuradha Menon @ TFOT – The Future Of Things:
    If you wanted to hide something away for all eternity, where could you put it? Black holes might seem like a safe bet, but Stephen Hawking famously calculated that they leak radiation, and most physicists now think that this radiation contains informat…
  • Future Of Solar Panels Is Bright, Anuradha Menon @ TFOT – The Future Of Things:
    Nine in ten Canadian homeowners are aware that using green energy reduces a household’s environmental impact, yet only five per cent are generating electricity by installing rooftop solar panels, according to a new survey from TD Canada Trust. The surv…
  • World’s Largest Tidal Power Turbine, Anuradha Menon @ TFOT – The Future Of Things:
    The oil and gas fields of the North Sea have been meeting the power needs of the UK population for a number of years but such things have a finite lifespan and there are different ways to get power from the sea. The world’s largest and most powerful ti…