All of you out there who are engrossed in this debate between science and religion ought to recognise that one of the things that religion uses to its benefit is the power of song. When science starts using song to promote its own visions and ideals, it will be a wonderful day.

This is an "auto-tuned" mash up of words from Richard Feynman, Carl Sagan, Bill Nye, Neil de Grasse Tyson... four people who were/are passionate about science.

For those of you with slightly different tastes in music, here's a more grayscale melody by the same youtuber.

I love innovators. I am excited by people like David Sanborn Scott 1 2, who insists that we need to switch over to a hydrogen based energy infrastructure. I also like following the work of the folks over at Aptera. But innovators don't get rich. They die poor. Think of Leonardo da Vinci, or Nikola Tesla. Innovating takes time. The people who get rich, and who actually change the world in their day, are those who use existing technology and ideas prudently. This is a video about a guy talking a large australian audience about his company's proposal to change the world. (There's a short ad you'll have to bear with at the very beginning of the video. And to watch the full video, you'll have to visit the Fora.tv website, here).

This is a preview of an excellent film I just watched. It is basically a series of aerial video shot all around the world... with a emphasis on simple geometry. The narrative takes you through a very straightforward and simply worded history of our relationship to nature. And it prods one to think about the effect that we humans are having on our planet. You can watch the entire film at youtube, ---> here <---

A star-trek-like holodeck has been created. If you'll notice, the gentleman is wearing special glasses, and there are double images on the walls. This is because when you're wearing the glasses it's a 3d environment.

More information can be found here.

French engineers have teamed up with Indian factories and have created a production ready car which is powered solely by compressed air - in much the same way pneumatic power tools are. It goes 125miles on a fill up at 65mph and costs a little over $2 to fill up at any gas station. The cheapest model of the car will cost about $5000 new. Quite cool, huh? Watch the film.

This is a concept that I've mused on deeply. I'm glad to see someone is actually pursuing it. We need to redesign our manufacturing processes to allow for full recycling of all products. This film is by Rob van Hattum and features the ideas of William McDonough and Michael Braungart.

The Massachusetts institute of technology has been doing research into hydrogen production and storage. Biology is a good tutor - hydrogen is used in cell biology as a power source, and a vehicle for energy. So these scientists studied the process of photosynthesis to come up with this new technology.

They have discovered that they can use cobalt and phosphate which are non-toxic, abundant and cheap materials, to do this stuff. It will work with normal water and at room temperature.

They hope that commercial companies will take this technology and run with it.

• The mit article

• A little bit more analysis

watch the film.

One of the most promising areas of energy research right now has to do with biofuels which are made from algae. This short film is an interview with a couple which is engaged in this project.