Even before the main syzygy base was connected to near-Earth space through the tether system, construction of this main base had begun on the asteroid psyche manufacturing site.

The segments of the main base look like dumbbells with two modules at the ends, which could be habitation or manufacturing structures. The modules have a level of artificial gravity determined by the length of the momentum extending out from the axis of rotation. Different radial accelerations can be used in different modules, as long as the center of rotation is in the correct location. …

There has been a flurry of activity around carbon sequestration. For example, Elon Musk has offered a prize for a breakthrough method of carbon sequestration, emphasizing new technologies. Most proposals are based on high-tech means such as sequestration of carbon dioxide from power plants and or coal gasification facilities via chemical separation followed by pumping carbon dioxide into old gas or oil wells or possibly storing it as a liquid at the bottom of the ocean. Other fantastical suggestions propose removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere using chemical engineering techniques.

It seems that the people making these proposals do not…

I have ALS, and my mind is clear. In fact, I have been a contributing member of society through my inventions. I’ve run out of money and so I can’t continue to live independently. But I’m not able to get on Medicaid without having a lawyer. I thank God that in my case, my family is able to help me do this.

Nursing homes are all private businesses. The caregivers are often very great people, but they don’t get to let me in… The administrators rule the roost. And their eyes are firmly on profit.

I have been rejected by…

Figure 1 shows a conceptual design for a vertically oriented gas-powered mortar capable of launching a large rocket ship at a velocity above the speed of sound. Figure 1 is not to scale in that the five-kilometer-long rocket launch tube and a one-half-kilometer-long combustion chamber below the launch tube are not shown to scale for the SpaceX Starship build 11.

Figure 1a shows a mechanism for having the rocket launch tube at atmospheric pressure during the launch. This figure shows the overall layout of the mechanism, including the elevator shaft needed to load rocket ships into the breach of the…

The Shared Manifold Ventilator (SMV) is an inexpensive ventilator that could serve 20 or more patients at once. It could be used in a typical hospital situation but is designed for shared ventilation wards that are being set up for COVID-19 patients. Each patient is connected to an oxygen manifold and an air manifold via solenoid valves which allows individualized control of the oxygen (20–100%) in the breathing gas, and the breathing cycle.

Figure 1 above shows a 20 patient version of the Shared Manifold Ventilator. Each patient is connected to the air and oxygen manifolds through solenoid valves which…

There has been a flurry of activity around carbon sequestration. For example, Elon Musk has offered a prize for a breakthrough method of carbon sequestration, emphasizing new technologies. Most proposals are based on high-tech means such as sequestration of carbon dioxide from power plants and or coal gasification facilities via chemical separation followed by pumping carbon dioxide into old gas or oil wells or possibly storing it as a liquid at the bottom of the ocean. Other fantastical suggestions propose removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere using chemical engineering techniques. It seems that the people making these proposals do not…

This concept enables competition between multiple manufacturers of standardized component parts of an electric bicycle. This would be similar to the way that computer parts from multiple different manufacturers can easily be used to build a customized computer. The bicycle is comprised of standardized parts; for example, several different battery packs would be available with different quality and performance characteristics, but all would fit into the same location in the standardized bike frame, and similarly for all of the other major components.

Creating a customized bicycle would be a mix and match deal in the sense that the electric bicycle…

The recent power outages due to weather events and forest fires are a warning shot across our bow. Grid operators have ferociously resisted putting the transmission grid underground for a long time. They fall back on the higher cost of putting power transmission lines underground, but underground transmission does not necessarily have to be more expensive than overhead transmission lines. This is especially true when one considers the externalities of overhead transmission such as weather and fire sensitivity, habitat disruption, and aesthetics.

There is an interesting possibility presented by the high real estate values in urban areas. If the existing…