Tag: Cambridge
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MIT Plan to Slash Energy Consumption on Campus Could Save $50 Million
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is partnering with
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Ant Weight-Lifting 'Champ' Hoists 100x Its Own Weight
To a human, 500 milligrams is the size of a vitamin pill. But to an ant, it's 100 times its body weight, making lifting it the equivalent of the average American man hoisting 19,000 pounds -- with his teeth.
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Can You Track Me Now?
Here's a novel feature we bet even the latest high-tech cellphones don't yet have: the ability to track air pollution. A team of bicycle couriers in Cambridge, UK, has been using special sensor-equipped cellphones to
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Greenward Opens in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Here's yet another reason for us to get off-island and take a day trip to Boston more often. The recently opened Greenward, located in Cambridge, Mass., is the only eco-boutique in the Boston area that specializes in home essentials, cool gifts and
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The DIY Propeller Trike—300 RPMs of Spinning Fury (with Video)
Topping the third round of Popular Mechanics' DIY Rally 2007 is the work of Damon Vander Lind of MIT. He says he's been reading PM since he was a kid, and it shows. His recumbent propeller trike is cobbled together from Frankenstiened bike parts and
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The Postman Always Pings Twice: A Bus Brings lnternet to the Developing World
For those of us who thought this page took a little too long to load, a bus may not seem like the best way to transport data between your home computer and the internet. But if you live in a far-flung village off the grid, that option sure beats walking
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The 1914 Galt Prius
For everyone who thinks hybrids are new, we offer the Galt Gas Electric, built in Galt, Ontario (now merged into Cambridge ON, home of one of Toyota's biggest plants). This was, according to the Globe, "a masterpiece of engineering." It had a
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Turning the Ship: Five Weeks of Dialogue on Sustainable Business
While a number of recognizable companies have jumped into the vanguard of sustainable business thinking, many, many more still struggle with reconciling the environmental impact of their products and practices with the bottom line. On February 5th, the
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Blended Wing Concept 3000 Times Quieter, 35% More Efficient
The Brits and the Yanks have teamed up to tackle what seems like an untackleable problem. How do we turn aviation, the loudest form of transportation, into the quietest? The Silent Aircraft Initiative has combined old ideas with some brand new
