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Upcycling win: A vintage shoe that also makes phone calls
This project doesn't make much sense on a practical level, but we're into it anyway.
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Big Steps Forward for US Climate Movement
There are two major events being organized by the US climate movement over the next month. The first and most immediately significant event is what is being described (accurately) as the biggest climate demonstration in US history, taking place February 17th in Washington, D.C. Tens of thousands of people have already signed up indicating their […]
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This bike pumps out clean air while you ride it
The wheels turn a generator that runs an air filter. The clean air goes through a tube, into one of those fighter pilot masks that make the wearer look like an alien.
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Superpowered squirrel has subzero body temperature for eight months of the year
Would you like to watch a hibernating squirrel wake up from deep freeze? We think you would.
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GOP could reach out to cities, if not for the elephant in the room
Harvard economist Ed Glaeser argues that Republicans should mend fences with American cities -- and that city folk are natural GOPers. Dude clearly doesn’t know many city folk.
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Dolphins have been acting really nice lately and we’re scared
Perhaps we've been too hasty in trashing dolphins. Or perhaps something weird is going on.
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We kinda never want to get on the subway again after reading this horror story
D.C.'s WMATA did when it left hundreds of passengers stranded underground for hours after a track fire stopped service.
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Newly discovered bacterium poops gold
Everybody run out and get some Delftia acidovorans, so you can add to the emergency stash of precious metal that you keep under your basement stairs!
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Barriers to Distributed Renewable Energy [slideshow]
The following presentation by ILSR Senior Researcher John Farrell examines the five major barriers to the expansion of community-based and conventional distributed renewable energy. The barriers range from the challenge of raising capital to forming a legal structure that allows for local ownership and for access to tax incentives. It also examines the uphill struggle against utility […]
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Gigantic, beautiful sand drawings take hours to make and minutes to start washing away
Tony Plant's sand drawings are meant to be "left to nature and passersby."
