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13 Creepy, Strange and Gross Green Inventions
Seriously. A lamp that works only with a drop of your blood. What an item to have at your Halloween party! Luminol is the secret ingredient behind the glow. (more...)
Edward Burtynsky's "Oil"
Trucker's Jamboree, Walcott, Iowa, USA, 2003. In "Oil," Edward Burtynsky's latest series of landscape photographs, there's nary a drop of the black stuff to be found. Yet he still (more...)
Green Robots Destined to Be Our Overlords
A future populated by robot armies working tirelessly to complete our most mundane jobs is a staple of science fiction. Increasingly, however, engineers, inventors, and scientists are developing robots (more...)
Invention Overload! The 2009 James Dyson Award
The James Dyson Award is given each year to a young inventor or designer who has solved a problem in a radical way. Some of this year's shortlisted designs—like (more...)
From the Earth to the Moon: The Beginnings of Space Travel
It All Started With a Vision Today (July 20th, 2009) is the 40th anniversary of the moon landing. It's important to celebrate the incredible achievement of all the people (more...)
The Mighty Power of Poo
Poo power may be a pretty neat way to turn waste into fuel, but it isn't really a new one; Modern Mechanix had it way back in 1922. Even (more...)
13 Hot Eco-Cars That Go Zoom
The Aero EV has a twin motor AESP producing a jaw-dropping 1,000 hp, 60 mph in 2.5 seconds, and its top speed is 208 mph. It can be charged (more...)
World's Dirtiest Rivers and Lakes
While it is hard to rank rivers and lakes around the world in terms of who is THE worst, there are a few that stand out in the crowd. (more...)
Urban Wind Turbines Circumvent NIMBYs
UK wind energy developer Ecotricity is a pioneer of large-scale wind-energy projects in industrialized landscapes. Not only do these turbines circumvent the NIMBY crowd's complaints about destroying our views, (more...)
