The Tango, built in Spokane, WA is billed as the world’s fastest urban car powered by electricity. The Tango achieves 0 to 60 mph in 4 seconds and has a top speed of 130mph..
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In 2003, the Hubble Space Telescope took the image of a millenium, an image that shows our place in the universe. Anyone who understands what this image represents, is forever changed by it..
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SpaceX’s Falcon 1 became the first privately designed liquid fuel rocket to reach Earth’s orbit. The California-based company launched the rocket from the Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean and it successfully reached orbit more than 300 miles above the surface of the Earth. This was their fourth attempt at making it into orbit..
Article Link: www.popularmechanics.com
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You can now turn digital photos of your hand drawings into real life products simply by uploading them to the Ponoko website. This means you do not need to use graphics software to make something. This significantly lowers the entry barrier for all creative people who can hand draw using pen and paper but do not know how to use design software..
Website Link: www.ponoko.com
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A dhow is a traditional sailing vessel with one or more lateen sails. It’s primarily used along the coasts of the Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan, India, and East Africa. Watch the video below on the Dhow in Zanzibar, some made without nails and can withstand the force of monsoon winds..
Info Link: www.wikipedia.org
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The Mola Mola, aka The Sunfish, is the heaviest known bony fish in the world. It has an average adult weight of 1 tonne..
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Below is a video from newscientist on three of the main green cars coming to market, the Tesla Roadster, a Hydrogen Honda and the Chevy Volt, great to see these cars..
Article Link: www.newscientist.com
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This is from the National Geographic’s show ‘World’s Toughest Fixes’, as engineers must replace a rotor in a nuclear plant that has powered 1,000,000 homes for five years, the new rotor will boost its energy-producing capacity of the plant…
Official Website: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com
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Could a change in the rules governing commercial fishing actually reverse a worldwide trend of declining fish populations? This ScienCentral video explains a just-released study of where those rules have changed..
Website Link: www.sciencentral.com
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Ok this is another awesome project, the founder of Ecotricity (wind power provider in the UK), Dale Vince has started the ‘Wind Car’ project, where he is taking a petrol Lotus and turning it into an electric Lotus, view the video below to see his progress..
Official Link: www.zerocarbonista.com
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Its great to see that they are releasing images so soon, I can’t wait to see what this thing can do!..
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Shawn Frayne, a 28-year-old inventor has created a new type of wind generator which works on a very small scale (but has plans to create large scale ones in the future). Till then the idea is to get his generator the ‘Windbelt’ to replace diesel-powered and kerosene-based lighting in third world countries..
Official Website: www.humdingerwind.com
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Researchers have found a group of monkeys that seem to get pleasure from giving. The idea that it’s better to give than receive may not be limited to just humans..
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I love slow motion videos, you always get to see how things work in more detail, check out the second pulse the lighting sends, amazing stuff..
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This is a awesome short cartoon with an interesting view on humans and how we treat our earth..
Official Website: www.aniboom.com
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In todays electronics silicon is always at the heart making it work, but new research is showing that the future may hold plastic at the heart..
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The venomous Goliath Tarantula is the largest spider in the world. What should you do if one lands on you?
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Two divers explore the treacherous and fascinating world of sharks as they gather in deep pits carved from rock, examining what draws the sharks to these unique locales..
Article Link: www.nationalgeographic.com
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Where do old cell phones and mobile devices go when you recycle them? Why should you take those phones out of your sock drawer and take them back? What toxics are in a typical cell phone? How much gold and silver is in a cell phone? How do I recycle my cell phones and mobile devices? Watch the video below to learn the answers to these questions..
Official Website: www.secret-life.org
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This video is part of INFORM’s Secret Life Series, which explores the environmental effects of everyday consumer items. The Secret Life of Paper details the environmental impact of the paper industry and suggests solutions to our paper consumption problem..
Article Link: www.inhabitat.com
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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
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So whats the Phoenix Lander been doing after 70 Martian days? Its been very busy testing soil samples in its different chemistry labs..
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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
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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
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“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
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
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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)…
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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
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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
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A team of scientists has discovered water hotter than 407 C, at the bottom of a trench which was over 3km deep..
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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..
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This is a great way to learn about the CERN project, and no better way of explaining it except through song..
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Yes more panda action! This time showing a Giant Panda in the wild..
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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..
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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..
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