Tools for doing your own energy audit: Mentions a thermal leak detector, which seems useful
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/solar-at-home/2010/01/03/tools-for-doing-your-own-energy-audit #energy #environment
http://www.amazon.com/Black-Decker-TLD100-Thermal-Detector/dp/B001LMTW2S
Can the Climate Corporation Help Farmers Survive? Mining #bigdata changes a most traditional profession
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/11/11/131111fa_fact_specter MT @PernilleT
ANNALS OF SCIENCE
CLIMATE BY NUMBERS
Can a tech firm help farmers survive global warming?
BY MICHAEL SPECTER
NOVEMBER 11, 2013
#Google Throws Open Doors to Its Top-Secret #DataCenter: No more AC; rather, hot & cold aisles
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/10/ff-inside-google-data-center via @ToddLamontUpton
How America’s Top Tech Companies Created the #Surveillance State: Subtle pressure created an intel-industrial complex
http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/how-america-s-top-tech-companies-created-the-surveillance-state-20130725
#Genomically Recoded Organisms Expand Biological Functions: Changing UAG from stop to a new amino acid in E. coli http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6156/357.abstract
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Daniel B. Goodman1,5,
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Jaron A. Mercer7,
Harris H. Wang8,
Peter A. Carr9,
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