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Boeing Uses Potatoes to Test In-Flight Wi-Fi
The spuds are helping the aircraft maker to improve Wi-Fi signals throughout the plane.
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Foldify Brings Downloadable Designs To Your iPhone
This is fun, and this is the future, as you design and print out neat toys right on your phone.
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Paper Waste Could be Made into Eco-Friendly Bricks
Waste material from paper mills can be used to make a more environmentally-friendly brick.
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Make Your Own Tablet Device from an Old Macbook
It doesn't take a lot of money to make your own tablet device (but it does take some skill and courage!).
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How Greater Efficiency Leads to Greater Waste, Or Jevons Paradox in the Mens' Room
Proof that the apocalypse has arrived: Now we have TVs running ads over urinals. This is wrong on so many levels.
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Tiny Armies of Microsubmarines Could Clean Up Oil Spills (Video)
A great short video explains how this new technology can help restore marine environments harmed by oil spills
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Machine Sorts Used Batteries for Recycling
The Optisort uses optical recognition technology to sort 10 batteries per second.
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Printed Circuit Boards Inspire Lighter Wind Turbines
A light-weight motor for wind turbine generators borrows the design of a printed circuit board.
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2012: The Year of the Fixer
We dub 2012 “the year of the fixer”: More and more people are breaking out their screwdrivers, and the headlines have been full of repair stories. Here are a few we missed.
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Wind Developer Offers Scholarships to High School Seniors
First Wind is helping to support students studying science, technology, or the environment, through its annual scholarship program.
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Samsung Leads Energy Efficiency Rankings for Refrigerators
A new report from Enervee rates the major appliance brands and tells you how much you can save.
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Powerful Portable Solar Power with WakaWaka Device
This popular solar charger is back with a new version of the device, and it is blowing its Kickstarter fundraising goals out of the water.
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Robotic Squirrel Tempts Rattlesnake Strikes
A team of researchers is using this robo-squirrel to study the interaction between predator and prey.
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Detect Drafty Windows with Your Smartphone
A thermal imaging accessory for smartphones lets you check for heat leaks in your home without having to pay for an energy audit.
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Can the Power of the Sun Pour You a Cocktail?
Erik Trinidad travels to Singapore's solar gardens to answer the question: Can a solar-powered device pour a cocktail from 72 feet?
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Utilities to Spend $1.4 Billion a Year on Smart Grid Analytics Software by 2020
Utilites are starting to spend big on big data.
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Automated Photo-ID Technology Helps Researchers with Grey Seals
Scientists have figured out a way to overcome the problems of using image software on animals that don't always look the same in every photograph.
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Most Awesome Robots of 2012
We take a look back at our favorite robot stories: from the miniature to the hulking, from the record-breaking to the mundane.
