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Monday, December 26, 2011

Bumi Kita Sekarang


Saat ini bumi kita semakin tidak bersahabat. Kita sering mengeluhkan bahwa pada siang hari matahari terasa begitu terik sedangkan malam hari terasa begitu dingin. Tidak salah jika kita merasa seperti itu. Karena data-data menunjukan bahwa bumi sudah mengalami peningkatan suhu yang mengkhawatirkan setiap tahunnya.
Hal ini menyebabkan lapisan ozon menipis dan sinar UV dari matahari tidak banyak tersaring lagi. Gunung es yang ada di kutub utara dan selatan pun sedikit demi sedikit mencair sehingga menyebabkan banyak bencana alam yang sekarang ini semakin lazim terjadi.
Apa yang menyebabkan semua ini? Mengapa lapisan ozon menipis? Inilah yang biasa kita sebut sebagai Global Warming atau pemanasan global. Pemanasan global pada dasarnya merupakan fenomena peningkatan temperatur global dari tahun ke tahun karena terjadinya efek rumah kaca (greenhouse effect) yang disebabkan oleh meningkatnya emisi gas-gas seperti karbondioksida (CO2), metana (CH4), dinitrooksida (N2O) dan CFC sehingga energi matahari terperangkap dalam atmosfer bumi.
Atmosfer bumi terdiri dari bermacam-macam gas dengan fungsi yang berbeda-beda. Kelompok gas yang menjaga suhu permukaan bumi agar tetap hangat dikenal dengan istilah “gas rumah kaca”. Disebut gas rumah kaca karena sistem kerja gas-gas tersebut di atmosfer bumi mirip dengan cara kerja rumah kaca yang berfungsi menahan panas matahari di dalamnya agar suhu di dalam rumah kaca tetap hangat, dengan begitu tanaman di dalamnya pun akan dapat tumbuh dengan baik karena memiliki panas matahari yang cukup.
Planet kita pada dasarnya membutuhkan gas-gas tesebut untuk menjaga kehidupan di dalamnya. Tanpa keberadaan gas rumah kaca, bumi akan menjadi terlalu dingin untuk ditinggali karena tidak adanya lapisan yang mengisolasi panas matahari. Sebagai perbandingan, planet mars yang memiliki lapisan atmosfer tipis dan tidak memiliki efek rumah kaca memiliki temperatur rata-rata -32 derajat Celcius.

Dampak Pemanasan Global

Sejak kira-kira tiga puluh tahun yang lalu, para ilmuwan sudah memberi peringatan pada dunia berkenaan dengan akibat buruk yang ditimbulkan oleh Global Warming atau pemanasan global, yang merupakan ancaman paling serius bagi umat manusia setelah perang dingin.
Pemanasan global mengakibatkan dampak yang luas dan serius bagi lingkungan bio-geofisik seperti pelelehan es di kutub, kenaikan muka air laut, perluasan gurun pasir, peningkatan hujan dan banjir, perubahan iklim, punahnya flora dan fauna tertentu, migrasi fauna dan hama penyakit. Sedangkan dampak bagi aktivitas sosial-ekonomi masyarakat meliputi:

Sunday, December 11, 2011

amazing consep the skyscraper

There's a bit of controversy going around about Dutch architect MVRDV's design for a residential environment in South Korea. Some people are concerned about the resemblance of MVRDV's "Cloud" to a twin towers explosion.


Yes, it is a 9-11 lookalike but it's not meant to be - it's a cloud - and an ingenious reinvention of the skyscraper using glass and sky and light and sun.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Kawasaki's 2012 ZX-14R Will be the most powerful production motorcycle ever


Kawasaki has released details of its 2012 ZX-14R and the Japanese giant has once again gazumped the competition to retake top spot on the motorcycle horsepower ladder.

No horsepower figures have been released, but the company has stated quite clearly that the 2012 ZX-14R will be the fastest accelerating motorcycle in production and that it has the most powerful production motorcycle engine ever built.

The whole "fastest" thing is now getting beyond a joke, even with the normally squeaky clean integrity Kawasaki applies to its claims. Across its press statements and web sites, Kawasaki is claiming the following for this bike "the World's Most Powerful Sports Bike" (from the press release headline), the "most powerful production motorcycle engine ever" (from the press release), and "the fastest production motorcycle on the planet."

Monday, October 31, 2011

"Venus Flytrap" The Robot that Could Eat bugs

ROBOTS that mimic the Venus flytrap could run on live insects and spiders, snatching and digesting them for fuel. Now two prototypes have been developed that employ smart materials to rapidly ensnare their prey.
Venus flytraps (Dionaea muscipula) catch insects using two specially adapted leaves. When a bug lands it brushes tiny hairs on the surface, triggering the trapping mechanism. The leaves snap shut in a mere 100 milliseconds, and the plant kills and digests its quarry (see diagram).

Recreating this method means finding materials that can not only detect the presence of an insect but also close on it quickly. At Seoul National University in South Korea, Seung-Won Kim and colleagues have done this using shape memory materials. These switch between two stable shapes when subjected to force, heat or an electric current.

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Nokia : Nokia Lumia the first Windows Phone smartphone

Nokia Lumia 800
 Windows Phone, especially with its newest update, is a damn fine mobile operating system, but also one lacking a truly killer phone. We were holding out hope that Nokia's first Windows Phone smartphone would be the one to get, and it just might be--the Lumia 800 is the first Windows Phone that's as eye-catching as the OS inside. Nokia also announced the 800's little brother, the 710, which is no slouch either.

Manufacture of Semiconductors Future of the Diamond

 After ages of controlling the international market for natural diamonds, the diamond cartel De Beers is starting to spread its tentacles into Silicon Valley, where the hardest form of carbon is prized for much more than glitter. De Beers is investing heavily in convincing IT pros that lab-grown diamonds — not long ago, the bane of diamond dealers’ existence — are the semiconductor substrate of the future.

During the past several years, a few firms have honed the process of manufacturing synthetic diamonds, using anvil cells to supplant billions of years of crustal compression and building diamond crystals atom-by-atom using chemical vapor deposition. These gemstones appear flawless and are chemically identical to the roughs mined from Africa and other places.

Friday, October 28, 2011

The Monster Keyboards For Gamers, Best Solution And Water Resistant

Aimed at heavy combat gaming, AZiO's new Levetron Mech4 is a modular keyboard design that enables the numeric keypad and macro D-pad with six programmable keys to be configured to suit your style. Mech4 also has comes special seals and drainage gutters that prevent spills from ending your virtual battle and the keyboard's life.