About Autonomous (Smart) Systems

By Hans Konstapel June 16th, 2010, under Biology, Completed, Computer and Communication Technology

Volvo Trucks begins installation of EV charging infrastructure Volvo Trucks has begun the installation of charging infrastructure for a fleet of electrified commercial trucks, which is being implemented in partnership with Greenlots, a member of the Shell Group. This round of heavy-duty fleet charging stations will be the first of four installations by Greenlots at [...]

About the Hospital

By Hans Konstapel June 8th, 2010, under Completed, History

When it comes to helping your child to live a happy, healthy life, yearly checkups are crucial. Unfortunately, many parents avoid taking their children to the doctor if they aren’t sick, which actually causes problems in the long run. Bringing your child in for regular exams helps doctors to understand what is normal for your [...]

About Magic and the Memory Palace

By Hans Konstapel June 1st, 2010, under Completed, History

In the 5th century AD, Martianus Capella defined the Seven Liberal Arts: Grammar, Dialectic, Rhetoric, Geometry, Arithmetic, Astronomy, and (Musical) Harmony. The System of Capella became the model of the Medieval University. The term liberal means “appropriate for free men“.  The Liberal Arts represented the kinds of skills and general knowledge needed by the Elite. The Servile [...]

About Darwin’s Superorganism

By Hans Konstapel May 8th, 2010, under Biology, Completed

Many people believe that the theory of Evolution is based on the concept of competition. They believe that every gene, every cell, and every organism is designed to promote its own evolutionary success at the expense of others. The big problem with this concept is that it does not explain the enormous amount of cooperation [...]

About Stress

By Hans Konstapel May 3rd, 2010, under Biology, Completed

Most of the time we Sense the world with our Expectation. A wall painted white is unlikely to be physically the same colour along its full length, especially if a bright light is shining on it, but we Think it as a white wall. We perceive the world with our knowledge from previous experience. Our [...]

About the Great Flood

By Hans Konstapel February 11th, 2010, under Completed, Cycles, History

At December 25, 3117 B.C. a total solar eclipse was visible at Sunrise at the Winter Solstice point. This date marks the date of the start of Biblical, Hindu and Maya Calendars. It is also the start of the Reign of Me-Sin or Menes the first Pharao King that united Egypt. The beginning of the new [...]

About Old Fashioned Thinking

By Hans Konstapel December 21st, 2009, under Completed, History, Philosophy

  Success Tips for First-Time Entrepreneurs   Being a first-time entrepreneur can be challenging and nerve-wracking but also very exciting and rewarding. There is no end to the many financial, legal, staffing, marketing, and customer issues that will come up as you launch your business. A‎nd, unfortunately, there is a lot of conflicting advice out [...]

Will McWhinney: About Grammars of Engagement

By Hans Konstapel December 19th, 2009, under Completed, Philosophy

This is a version of chapter Eight out of the never published book Grammers of Engagement of Will McWhinny. Will spend more that 10 years to write a new book that contained everything he learnt after writing Path of Change (1997). Will worked with many people to test his texts and I was one of [...]