Google has a special site designed to help non-profits get the tools they need to work more efficiently, watch the video below to see a non-profit get the Google make over. This is why I love Google, they offer so much technology and tools to people for free!..
Article Link: http://googleblog.blogspot.com
Website Link: www.google.com/nonprofits
Video Link: www.youtube.com
Archive for August, 2008
Google for Non-Profits…
Phoenix Lander: Sol 70…
So whats the Phoenix Lander been doing after 70 Martian days? Its been very busy testing soil samples in its different chemistry labs..
Video Link: www.youtube.com
Formula Zero…
Formula Zero is a World Premiere that researches and promotes zero emission technology through organising races. It is a new zero-emission race class for open fuel cell single seaters. The only rule: zero emissions. The 2008 Championship is a competition between university teams that develop their own fuel cell kart. This race class will scale-up to full-size racing cars, as commercial interest and the technology develop..
Article Link: www.treehugger.com
Official Website: www.formulazero.nl
Video Link: www.youtube.com
Special Effects Coming to Home Movies…
A new technique will allow amateur movie makers to superimpose extra features on their videos and make it look realistic..
Article Link: www.newscientist.com
Video Link: www.youtube.com
Better than Zero…
“Way too many people worry about huge scores and making BIG THINGS HAPPEN, well that is why they don’t make anything happen, watch this and get it!” - Gary Vaynerchuk. Gary is a very inspirational person and this is one of my favorite videos from him..
Official Website: www.garyvaynerchuk.com
Video Link: www.garyvaynerchuk.com/better-than-zero
Dew Transformed into Drinking Water…
In the arid coasts of Northwest India one engineer is searching for a solution to the region’s drinking water crisis. Dr. Girja Sharan has installed a large rectangular tank on the grounds of a school in the area. He’s experimenting to verify if dew formed from water vapor in the air can provide a viable supplement to human drinking water. An array of flat, plastic-lined panels run along the surface of the tank. At night the panels are kept at a temperature cooler than the surrounding air, allowing tiny droplets of water dew to condense on their surface. During the night the water accumulates into a relatively substantial amount. In one night 40 litres of water was collected..
Article Link: www.celsias.com
Video Link: www.youtube.com
Bejing Olympics Card Stack…
World Record cardstacker Bryan Berg has recreated the Bejing Olympic Village using 140,000 playing cards. As of October 2007 Berg says he has broken Guinness World Records seven or eight times. He first broke the world record for tallest house of cards in 1992 at the age of seventeen, with a tower 14 feet, 6 inches tall (4.67 meters)…
Video Link: www.youtube.com
The Windspire…
The Windspire is a low cost, plug-n-produce wind power appliance. At only 30 feet tall and 2 feet in radius, Mariah Power claims it will generate 25-30% of your home’s power. The Windspire sells for $4,995 and comes complete with a high efficiency generator, integrated inverter, hinged monopole, and wireless performance monitor so you can check your stats via your computer. Mariah Power also talks of a 3 kW version which is claimed to be able to supply 100% of your household power needs, this model is twice the width, but the same height..
Article Link: www.treehugger.com
Official Website: www.mariahpower.com
Video Link: www.youtube.com
Calculate your roof’s solar power output…
This is a cool site that uses Google maps to allow you calculate your roof’s potential solar power output..
Website Link: www.roofray.com
Video Link: www.youtube.com
Hottest water on Earth…
A team of scientists has discovered water hotter than 407 C, at the bottom of a trench which was over 3km deep..
Video Link: www.youtube.com
Impala Turf Wars…
In the video male impalas spar over territory to impress their female companions. Also showing impalas having some amazing jumping skill, as they can jump up to 9 feet high..
Video Link: www.youtube.com
CERN Rap…
This is a great way to learn about the CERN project, and no better way of explaining it except through song..
Video Link: www.youtube.com
Wild Giant Panda…
Yes more panda action! This time showing a Giant Panda in the wild..
Video Link: www.youtube.com
Fossil Colors…
Scientists are one step closer to knowing the true colors of some dinosaurs. Yale researchers found a clue to colors in bird feather fossils. This ScienCentral video explains..
Video Link: www.youtube.com
Trap-Jaw Ants…
These Trap-Jaw Ants can get some serious height with just over 8cm! For a human to compare they would have to jump 40ft high..
Article Link: www.37signals.com
Video Link: www.youtube.com
TED: Do schools today kill creativity?…
A must-see for every parent and teacher. Education guru Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it. Sir Ken Robinson is author of “Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative,” and a leading expert on innovation in education and business. (Recorded February, 2006 in Monterey, CA.)..
Official Website: www.ted.com
Video Link: www.youtube.com
100 Push Ups…
If you’re serious about increasing your strength, follow this six week training program and you’ll soon be on your way to completing 100 consecutive push ups! Think there’s no way you could do this? I think you can! All you need is a good plan, plenty of discipline and about 30 minutes a week to achieve this goal!..
Official Website: www.hundredpushups.com
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