The Earth's solar shade
"Should we create a solar shade to cool the earth ?"
By Danny Hillis
Who is Danny Hillis ?
- He is an inventor, a scientist, an author and an engineer
- He graduated from MIT
- He pioneered the concept of parallel computers
- He holds more than 300 US patents
- He gave a TED Talks back in 1994 that is now considered as "practically prophetic"
- He currently is a Visiting Professor at the MIT Media Lab, a Professor of Engineering and Medicine, and has many other activities
An invention of his own : "The 10,000 Year Clock"
What is the TED Talk about ?
The tricky words
Geoengineering
Contrails
Fizzing bubble into the ocean
Chalk
Neat
Teragram
A teragram is basically 1 000 000 000 000 (a one followed by 12 zeros) gramsÂ
Hose
Silver bullets
The term "silver bullet", from the werewolf story, has been adopted into a general metaphor in informatic, where "silver bullet" refers to any straightforward solution perceived to have extreme effectiveness. The phrase typically appears with an expectation that some new technological development or practice will easily cure a major problem.
French lovers will say "Panacée"
Now the show !
