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HOMErgent shelters the needy, with room for Mother Nature

HOMErgent shelters the needy, with room for Mother Nature

Home is where the heart is. That makes HOMErgent's heart an easily transportable, flat-packed, high-quality shelter designed to house the...
 
How <i>Freakonomics</i> author Steven Levitt is wrong about climate change

How Freakonomics author Steven Levitt is wrong about climate change

Climate-change activists are blasting gonzo economist Steven Levitt — co-author of Freakonomics and, now, SuperFreakonomics — for the heresy of...
 
Battery-free remote, powered by your fingers

Battery-free remote, powered by your fingers

Here's a great way to avoid changing batteries in your remote control: use a remote that doesn't need any batteries...
 
Nuclear fusion: Coming to a basement near you soon

Nuclear fusion: Coming to a basement near you soon

Lawrenceville Plasma Physics Inc. debuted their Focus-Fusion-1 dense plasma focus research reactor in mid-October, after nearly 8 years of research...
 
H2Orb saves water, freaks out party guests

H2Orb saves water, freaks out party guests

If you thought a screaming phone call from your downstairs neighbor was the only way to know if you had...
 
Thinking solar for your home? Armageddon it

Thinking solar for your home? Armageddon it

Four-leaf clovers might bring you luck, but Armageddon Energy's three-leafed SolarClover solar panels promise something more concrete — cheap, green...
 
Grace is called the world's first E-Bike

Grace is called the world's first E-Bike

Build an aluminum electric bike with euro-fighter and Formula One parts, power its 1300-watt motor with lithium-ion batteries, and you...
 
PowerZoa lets you tune in and turn off anything in your house

PowerZoa lets you tune in and turn off anything in your house

Smart plugs of all kinds are all the rage these days, but the Powerzoa wraps up everything you need in...
 
Design concept 'shelf' protects your car while solar charging

Design concept 'shelf' protects your car while solar charging

The goal of the Green Life competition was to produce ecologically friendly solutions that were design-centric without looking completely unrealistic....
 
Joule Bio's patented bugs turn sunlight into biodiesel

Joule Bio's patented bugs turn sunlight into biodiesel

You might have heard about harnessing the power of algae to make biofuels, but the team at Joule Biotechnologies decided...
 
Solar collectors in space could finally solve Earth's energy problem

Solar collectors in space could finally solve Earth's energy problem

The Japan Space Agency, along with Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and IHI Corp., are getting even closer to next big thing:...
 
Eneloopy offers the cutest way to check your eco-batteries

Eneloopy offers the cutest way to check your eco-batteries

In hopes of jump-starting the popularity of its suite of rechargeable battery products for the holidays, Sanyo has applied the...
 
Underwater flight a possibility with the Super Aviator

Underwater flight a possibility with the Super Aviator

Uber-fanatical as I am about scuba diving, and all things deep blue, I'm just not convinced about the Super Aviator....
 
T.27 electric car a cross between Toytown tank and golf cart

T.27 electric car a cross between Toytown tank and golf cart

With a slightly misleading name (honestly, one expects the 27th-gen Terminator to be: a) purty; b) in possession of a...
 
Recyclable Paper Laptop is okay to throw away

Recyclable Paper Laptop is okay to throw away

How often do you buy a new computer? After two years? Four? For such complex products, we go through them...
 

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