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GATR: Ground Antenna Transmit and Receive…

The GATR-Com is the brainchild of engineer Paul Gierow, who spent 20 years developing large deployable space antennas for NASA. It’s an ultralight, ultraportable antenna tucked inside an inflatable shell that can pull down a superfast broadband satellite connection at any location. The GATR-Com is designed for disaster-relief responders, far-flung video producers and front-line troops-anyone whose job (or life) depends on getting digital information-video, Internet, calls-in and out of remote places..
Article Link: www.popsci.com
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PlayPumps…

PlayPumps International’s mission is help improve the lives of children and their families by providing easy access to clean drinking water, enhancing public health, and offering play equipment to millions across Africa. Check out there video below and this map of pumps already installed..
Official Website Link: www.playpumps.org
Video Link: www.youtube.com

The ZENN Car (Zero Emissions No Noise)…

The ZENN is a Canadian made Neighborhood Electric Vehicle being sold in the United States. On average it costs one to two cents a mile to drive the ZENN, it has a driving range of approximately 35 miles on a single charge and with a top speed of 25mph (40km/h)..
Official Website Link: www.zenncars.com
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Aquaduct Bike…

This is an amazing creation, where it not only transports and stores water, but also filters it! I hope someone or some company starts donating these to country’s in need..
Video Link:
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Learning while Giving…

Ever wanted to play a game where the better you do the more you donate to charity!?! Well now you can with freerice.com!
Test yourself on your vocabulary and for each question you get right, 20 grains of rice get donated.

This is a is an amazing idea of how we can help stop world hunger, and its really taken off around the world which is great to see. =)
Website Link: www.freerice.com
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Air-Powered Car in production…

10 years ago a French Formula One expert had an idea of an air powered engine, now with the help from an Indian car manufacturer the car is coming into production!
Article Link: www.ecogeek.org
This video shows the air powered car and also another air powered engine which are both amazing..
Video Link:
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Nanosolar, Innovation of the year 2007!…

The company produces its PowerSheet solar cells with printing-press-style machines that set down a layer of solar-absorbing nano-ink onto metal sheets as thin as aluminum foil, so the panels can be made for about a tenth of what current panels cost and at a rate of several hundred feet per minute..
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