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. . . CONCEPT
Through the 'Think' project, Casavaria aims to develop major new technologies to help bring the costly aspects of everyday post-industrial life in line with what the planet, and civilization itself, can sustain. The project seeks to reduce instability in technology for communication and to develop an entirely new sort of renewable "fuel" source.
Both of these inaugural projects are at present in the theoretical phase. To continue research and development, Casavaria will be seeking to collaborate with experts in diverse fields of study and engineering, and to find funding for projects whose results should resonate at the heart of everyday experience in today's world.
Think is envisioned as a forum which may bring together scientists, authors, researchers, critics, hobbyists and lay people, in an effort to spur discussion and to foment innovation. Projects proposed by Casavaria will remain the intellectual property of the Think project, though collaborators may from time to time be officially recognized by the editors, due to their contributions in this forum.
With Think, Casavaria takes the view that research must be open and avoid bias toward even its own stated goal, but research will be conducted, promoted or discussed, with the policy that the problem is not whether a good idea is possible, but how to achieve it, or which of various possible scenarios is optimal for all involved.
. . . THE PROJECTS, AT INCEPTION
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The most important of the Think research projects will encompass a broad array of computational, spatial and energy conducting technologies, with the aim of creating a unique renewable resource for power generation, which could outstrip the limitations of finite natural materials and eliminate the risk of contaminating or combustible fuels.
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Another bold initiative of the Think project is a new system designed to revolutionize the way anti-virus or software-security services work, with the aim of being able to take action against possible computer security threats, before they are well-known or fully understood.
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A third main project, which has always underlied Casavaria's design and development, is to create a complex but user-friendly system for customized editing and design of printable materials online. The aim is to permit an expansion of the creative and expressive capabilities of the online platform, and to bring readers into the process of content creation.
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Examining the manner in which financial news is reported in the popular media, Think proposes to create a system whereby live-update, rss-technology, and financial and editorial expertise, come together to produce a reliable up-to-the-minute resource for evaluating broad economic trends and engagements, without limiting analysis to single-parameter references like GDP or individual stock indices. [Go to Project Quipu]
. . . THE FORUM, OPEN & INTEGRATED
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The Think forum will work like a voluntary think-tank, without a set or limited staff or research facility. It will evolve in stages, from theory and discussion, to conceptual and design research, to prototype and testing, and eventually, broad-market production.
The forum will be open in the sense that anyone can contribute comments and ideas, but integrated in the sense that a select few "innovators" who contribute to the project may be chosen to participate as partners in ongoing research and development, with possible royalty rights, depending on the choice of the project's directors and/or existing partners.
BEFORE CONTRIBUTING, VITALLY IMPORTANT:
Casavaria will not relinquish the exclusive right to develop ideas based on already-existing internal documentation, discussion or research, on the basis of a similar concept being aired by an outside party. All contributions to Think are with the understanding that Casavaria may with absolute discretion decide which ideas are unique or new enough to warrant a potential contractual partner status. All other comments will be treated as voluntary contributions.
We are wrong to want to 'get beyond' or even 'smooth over' the imperfect, because that separation between one thing and another, even between ideal and actual, is what gives the constellation of difference in which we all come to be, in which all human relations situate both the core and the outer limits of their reason for being... [Full Text]
WORKING OUT THE KINKS IN RENEWABLE ENERGY'S GREATEST PROMISE: WIND POWER
CONSERVATIONISTS COMPLAIN WIND TURBINES CAN HARM THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT THERE ARE SOLUTIONS TO PREVENT IT
Opponents of wind-harvested power generation —usually lobbying for subsidies or public support for fossil fuels purveyors, but also including conservationists— like to crow that giant turbines kill birds, destroy pristine habitat and even "emit" carbon dioxide indirectly. The gist: that an "environmentally friendly" power source is in point of fact not so environmentally friendly. [Full Text]
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