Juan Orbea

Economic, social and environmental drivers continue to force owners, developers, and homebuilders to find cost savings opportunities and innovative solutions .

There is also an innovation on the front of new fuels:

We can’t allow the excitement of science fiction to occlude the challenges of realizing it into science fact. Condensing fact from the vapor of nuance means finding the rare but tangible scientific advancements and propelling them forward on the path to commercialization. Otherwise, you’re investing in steam, and those returns on capital will just... See more

"The Origins and History of Consciousness" draws on a full range of world mythology to show how individual consciousness undergoes the same archetypal stages of development as human consciousness as a whole. 

How will we apply the thousands of trillions of bytes of information derived from each brain scan? With this approach, we don’t have to copy every single connection. Although the information contained in a human brain would require thousands of trillions of bytes of information (on the order of 100 billion neurons times an average of 1,000... See more

Network states, in Balaji's view, are a "de-centralized center" that could create a better alternative. 

Details 11 building blocks these Polymaths are utilizing - from cloud computing, to sustainability, to social networks.

Additionally, the heat engines that fission power plants use to convert fission energy into electricity (i.e., heat produces steam which turns a turbine) are incredibly inefficient. Another challenge for nuclear fission is optics and government backing. Demand for nuclear power has been heavily impacted by nuclear accidents. Today, nuclear power... See more