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02/12/11--05:28: Investing in Water not Oil (chan 2087774)

Posted by BobP: If you think investing in Oil is a good thing today, you might want to invest in Water instead. Within the next 25 years, and probably much sooner than that, the next wars will be fought over Water, not Oil. If you are trusty do you really care about Oil Investing in water purification equipment and companies will have a much better physical
Tags: curde oil, water shortage. Comments: 0.


02/12/11--05:28: Price-Fixing is now legal (chan 2087774)

Posted by BobP: Just in cased you missed the article in the Wall Street Journal , I thought you would find it interesting that "Price-Fixing" is now legal again. Price-Fixing Makes Comeback After Supreme Court Ruling Joseph Pereira / Wall Street Journal 2008Aug08. Hasn't it seemed odd to you that all the gas stations always have approximately the same
Tags: how money works or doesn t, curde oil. Comments: 0.


02/12/11--05:28: Electric Star Sun tied to changes in Radioactive Decay (chan 2087774)

Posted by BobP: Everyone is taught that our Sun is powered by the Fusion of Hydrogen into Helium. Generally what we are toughed in school seems to be wrong when you dig into the depths of the subject. There are a few obscure researchers that take a completely different view, which is that the Sun is an "Electric Star" . A new paper published this week (25
Tags: old physics, electric star. Comments: 0.


02/12/11--05:28: Main stream news reports new record prime number, with no details. (chan 2087774)

Posted by BobP: The Main Stream News is reporting today that a new record prime number has been found. In their typical style, the reports lacks any meaningful detail. The new number was actually found last month. Edson Smith , Computing Resource Manager for the UCLA Department of Mathematics summarizes the achievement here , and gives the details here .
Tags: math, mersenne prime number. Comments: 0.


02/12/11--05:28: Kiss My Math (chan 2087774)

Posted by BobP: Here at Obscure Research we are always on the look out for unusual and more importantly interesting ways, of teaching mathematics in a Home School environment. Actress and Author Danica McKellar , best known for her roles on the television series The Wonder Years and The West Wing has published her latest book Kiss My Math: Showing
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02/12/11--05:28: Matrix Math (chan 2087774)

Posted by BobP: In Embedded Systems you occasionally run up against a problem that involves Matrices. You can find good but dry articles covering the subject, if you have some basses Matrices to build from. If you don't your left scratching your head asking "what was that saying ". A short, and old (1972), book by Digital Equipment Corporation BASIC
Tags: danica mckellar, math. Comments: 0.


02/12/11--05:28: Bailout planed in 2002 or 1833 Will there be an election (chan 2087774)

Posted by BobP: The three and half hour long video the The Money Masters explains what is going on, using the same ploys that have been used in the past, as far back as 1833. Today's "Bailout" is based in history, and has been in the planing for years . If you don't have time to watch the full 3.5 hours, at least watch these few minutes at the following
Tags: how money works or doesn t, depression. Comments: 0.


02/12/11--05:28: Infected Picture Frames (chan 2087774)

Posted by BobP: The US Government is warning us all to be cautious with USB Sticks/Thumb Drives this coming holiday season. It seems that there are now Infected Picture Frames on the market. You load your picture of Grandma on your USB Stick from your PC, put it in the Picture Frame, where it gets infected, then when you put it back on your Windows PC it
Tags: spying, usb thumb drive stick. Comments: 0.


02/12/11--05:28: Your first Off The Shelf Ray-Gun (chan 2087774)

Posted by BobP: If you have ever wanted to have your very own Ray Gun, you can now buy the Silent Guardian Protection System from Raytheon . "The Silent Guardian protection system is a revolutionary less-than-lethal directed energy application that employs millimeter wave technology to repel individuals or crowds without causing injury. The system
Tags: silent guardian, non lethal weapons. Comments: 0.


02/12/11--05:28: Growth of Diamond Films from Tequila (chan 2087774)

Posted by BobP: Shall we tip a glass to the new use for Tequila for making Diamond Films that can be used in a myriad of new products Growth of Diamond Films from Tequila by J. Morales1,, L.M. Ap tiga and V.M. Casta o. If the original paper is a bit heavy reading for you, a good summery may be found on Phys.org , complete with pictures of Tequila bottles.
Tags: tequila, diamond films. Comments: 0.


02/12/11--05:28: Powering your Implants (chan 2087774)

Posted by BobP: When you run a web site like Unusual Research , you attract many unusual people. One recurring subject is "Implants", usually implanted in the body of a person without their consent by the Government or Extraterrestrials. Perhaps some of those cases are true, perhaps not, but I'll leave that to you to decide. The question I have asked for
Tags: government implants, extraterrestrials implants. Comments: 0.


02/12/11--05:28: Data-Driven Enhancement of Facial Attractiveness (chan 2087774)

Posted by BobP: The Main Stream Press is reporting on software to improve your looks today [Nov/26/2008]. As usual they report old news with no links to the real data. They didn't even get the authors name spelled correctly. Here is the actual original articles [404 Check: was link to http:/ / www. cs. tau. ac. il/ tommer/ beautification2008/ , anchor:
Tags: biometric data, looker. Comments: 0.


02/12/11--05:28: Whats in the Stimulus Bill Read it here. (chan 2087774)

Posted by BobP: For anyone in the US wondering what is really in the Stimulus Spending Bill you can read the official government copy: DIVISION B and mdash;TAX, UNEMPLOY2 MENT, HEALTH, STATE FISCAL RELIEF, AND OTHER PROVISIONS My personal favorites are: Sections 1100-1104 deal with Alternate Energy. Section 1141-1144 deal with Plug In Vehicles and Conversion
Tags: stimulus bill, pork spending. Comments: 0.


02/12/11--05:28: How the Financial Crisis Meltdown will end. (chan 2087774)

Posted by BobP: Last year we did a blog How'Money' (doesn't) Work or why is the price of Gas and Food so high today . Today we wanted to give you an update from Cassandra . This is what is going to happen next, she just does not know know the exact times: Hyperinflation. It is impossible to print money and not cause inflation, not even in theory.
Tags: bailouts, financial collapse. Comments: 0.


02/12/11--05:28: Earmarks in 2009 Appropriations Bills (chan 2087774)

Posted by BobP: Direct from the US Government Office of Management and Budget: Earmarks in 2009 Appropriations Bills On this page you can access preliminary information on earmarks in the appropriations bills for fiscal year 2009 as they move through the legislative process to become law. During the FY 2009 appropriations process, federal departments and
Tags: stimulus bill, money. Comments: 0.


02/12/11--05:28: Dominique Strauss-Kahn is saying there is a war coming over the dead dollar (chan 2087774)

Posted by BobP: Not long ago Cassandra mentioned the coming war in this past blog entry . Being Cassandra no one would believe her. Being Cassandra also means the prediction will come true, and now the head of the IMF Dominique Strauss-Kahn is saying there is a war coming too: "The crisis will push millions into poverty and unemployment, risking social
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02/12/11--05:28: Own your very own palm scanner (chan 2087774)

Posted by BobP: Have you ever watched one of those movies like James Bound or and nbsp; Bourne Identity where they use some cool Biometric scanner to prove that the person is who they claim to be Now you can own your own your very own palm scanner, in the way of the Fujitsu PalmSecure[TM] . The PalmSecure[TM] is contactless and non-intrusive. Simply
Tags: biometric data, palmsecure. Comments: 0.


02/12/11--05:28: A Single Nuke Could Destroy America (chan 2087774)

Posted by BobP: Newt Gingrich and William Forstchen have pubished a new paper [404 Check: was link to http:/ / newt. org/ tabid/ 102/ articleType/ ArticleView/ articleId/ 4091/ A -Single -Nuke -Could -Destroy -America. aspx, anchor: A Single Nuke Could Destroy America] . A few of the quotes from the paper: A rocket that can carry a satellite into orbit
Tags: electromagnetic pulse emp, inter continental ballistic mi. Comments: 0.


02/12/11--05:28: How to build network of tunnels to connect underground bases (chan 2087774)

Posted by BobP: For years there have been rumors and books written about Secret Underground Bases connected by a series of underground high speed monorail trains. If such conspiracy rumors are true or not, I'll leave you to decided. I do know that underground facilities do exist, as there is one not far from me, built in an old Lime Stone mine. Lots of
Tags: underground bases, geofoam. Comments: 0.


02/12/11--05:28: Missile Defense Agency Hosts Math Challenge Week (chan 2087774)

Posted by BobP: The following is a press release from the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) . To add to our series of math posts: Kiss My Math Trachtenberg Speed System of Basic Mathematics Matrix Math 09-NEWS-0007 April 7, 2009 Missile Defense Agency Hosts Math Challenge Week The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is preparing tomorrow's
Tags: missile defense, educational engineering. Comments: 0.


02/12/11--05:28: Man-made electromagnetic fields (EMFs): are we at risk Cell Phone Internet killing us (chan 2087774)

Posted by BobP: Is there a darker side to WiFi (Wireless Internet) and Cell Phones, are waves from human-made electromagnetic fields damaging our health The European Parliament thinks there might be as do many others, such as Dr. Begich at Earth Pulse Press , see Cellular Research - Cell Phone Convenience or 21st Century Plague , and Microwave News .
Tags: european parliament, cell phone brain cancer. Comments: 0.


02/12/11--05:28: Are Cell Phones and other devices killing us in our cars (chan 2087774)

Posted by BobP: The European Parliament has voted that Man Made Electromagnetic Fields may be dangerous. Take a look at this Simulation of In-Vehicle Human Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields from On-Board Transmittors to see if you are safe in your vehicle. Do you know where your teenager's head is right now and nbsp;
Tags: in vehicle exposure assessment, electromagnetic field exposure. Comments: 0.


02/12/11--05:28: Philadelphia Experiment and The Parallel Universe of T. Townsend Brown (chan 2087774)

Posted by BobP: One of the central characters, perhaps unfairly, to The Philadelphia Experiment is T. Townsend Brown . Paul Schatzkin put over six years of his life into researching Brown, only to have his work rejected by the Guardians of Status Quo. Paul has released the first, and most likely the last, draft of his book on LuLu the Self-Publishing
Tags: paul schatzkin, t townsend brown. Comments: 11.


02/12/11--05:28: Updated the page on The Philadelphia Experiment (chan 2087774)

Posted by BobP: I have updated the page on The Philadelphia Experiment at Unusual Research . For anyone that thinks the Philadelphia Experiment is a flight of deranged fantasy, read this months (May, 2009) headlines: New Technology Cloaks Ship's Magnetic Signature , see Office of Naval Research Demonstrates Revolutionary New Counter-Mine
Tags: philadelphia experiment, mind control. Comments: 0.


02/12/11--05:28: Can you legally fly your own UAV UAS in the US (chan 2087774)

Posted by BobP: A story on SlashDot got me to do a bit of digging to find out if you could legally fly your own UAV/UAS. Alas I found even the coolest UAV/UAS run by GNU/Linux probably are not legal for you to fly most places, at least in the US. See: "Subcommittee on Aviation Hearing on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and the National Airspace System"
Tags: unmanned aerial vehicle, unmanned aircraft systems. Comments: 0.


02/12/11--05:28: Time and Spacetime: The Crystallizing Block Universe (chan 2087774)

Posted by BobP: Time and Spacetime: The Crystallizing Block Universe : "The nature of the future is completely different from the nature of the past. When quantum effects are significant, the future shows all the signs of quantum weirdness, including duality, uncertainty, and entanglement. With the passage of time, after the time-irreversible process of
Tags: time travel, relativity. Comments: 0.


02/12/11--05:28: Design It Yourself, DIY, Drones (chan 2087774)

Posted by BobP: In a previous blog entry Can you legally fly your own UAV/UAS in the US , we asked that question. While the answer is clearly no, Design It Yourself Drones has some really interesting looking kits. Read more: Design It Yourself, DIY, Drones [click]
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