Al Fin Potpourri

Years ago, ketamine was found to have an "instant antidepressant" effect -- even in depressed people who had failed to improve whe...

Surviving in the land of the living dead can ride on a hair-trigger. In the middle of a massed zombie attack, you need to have memorised a ...

This article is cross-posted from Al Fin blog The Aeros rigid body airship zombie escape vehicle uses a novel buoyancy management syst...

This article was first published on Al Fin blog A post-nuclear war collapse of civilisation and dark ages, perhaps? We are entering a ne...

Tucked away on a tiny island off the Maine coast, this self-sufficient steel-clad dwelling offers exceptional protection from the distant zo...

Source SPACE.com: All about our solar system, outer space and exploration And now China appears to be developing its own space plane, w...

'Nature has solved the problem of how to design miniature flying machines. 'By learning those lessons, our findings will make it po...

The following is taken from ITWorld Hey, you never know when you're gonna find yourself locked out of an important drawer, room, or b...

Like many other California cities, the cost of pensions, pay, and benefit packages is bankrupting Stockton, California. The city cannot aff...

The novel anti-zombie shelter pictured below incorporates a number of features which should help protect you and your loved ones in the even...

Hobbit Hole Housing They said that Switzerland would be the last nation on Earth to fall to the zombie apocalypse. They said that because...

Previously published on both Al Fin and abu al-fin blogs The differences between the minds of monkeys and the minds of men are differe...

Flying Home When the zombie apocalypse hits, you may not have a lot of time to pack your things before making your escape. The idea o...

The high cost of college education is hobbling the economic present and future of millions of young people in the US. With over $1 trillion...

Multi-use tools allow for the saving of space and weight, when you are packing everything in yourself. And if you like to keep a small surv...

The Austrian D-Dalus design is meant to be the "hummingbird" of this class of unconventional rotor designs. Think of how maneuver...

The US Defense Department's DARPA is resuming efforts to develop a hypersonic "X-plane (HX). DARPA's plans are ambitious, and ...

This article was previously published on the Al Fin Energy blog Scientists at Argonne National Labs are developing ways of utilising 95% ...

How could you re-design your body so that instead of requiring over 2 litres per day of water, you suddenly need only about 30 ml? Such a ...

Vertical Ship Designed to Withstand Even Largest Sea Waves The vertical ship " Sea Orbiter " is supposedly designed as a res...

This nifty one-person seaplane has made its first test flight with a battery powered electric motor. It is so quiet that you can dive-bom...

This article was previously published on Al Fin Energy and the Al Fin blogs Green doomer eco-fascist cultists all follow similar guideli...

The images of the City In the Sky come courtesy of Inhabitat . The idea is to elevate parks, gardens, and perhaps residences high above st...