Archive for February, 2010

LIQUID GLASS NANOTECHNOLOGY

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

LIQUID GLASS NANOTECHNOLOGY (a comment on nanotechnology)

GIOIETTA KUO

senior fellow, American center for international policy studies. amcips.org

kuo@amcips.org

2-3-10

We have all heard of nanotechnology, but so far few of us can point to a particular field where its application has radically changed our lives. Finally something wonderful has to come onto the market which is about to revolutionize the way we live. It sounds too good to be true: a nontoxic spray invisible to the human eye that protects almost any surface against dirt and bacteria, whether it is hospital equipment or ancient monuments and expensive fabrics. The spray is in the form of ‘liquid glass’ – a fluid that flows over surfaces as if it were flexible thin glass covering everything. The secret of this spray is (more…)

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Ultimate Solution To Save Our Planet

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Ultimate Solution To Save Our Planet

Gioietta Kuo

Senior Fellow, American Center for International Policy Studies, amcips.org

may 31 2009

Almost all of us have a long wish list of how to solve the most urgent problems facing the world today. Starting with global warming, how do we grow forests, preserve water, energy and the list goes on. At the end of many articles on “how to save our civilization”, one invariably come to the final solution which comes down to limiting the world’s population. But how? Sex and reproduction seem to be inherent drives in the human existence.

Indeed, if one were to go through the chain of all the ills confronting the world today, one cannot but conclude that over population is the mother of all evils. Say if the population were to be reduced miraculously by even 10%, how many problems would simply vanish overnight.

It is befitting, therefore, that China, (more…)

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