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Idling Alternatives Cools Truckers, Save Gas and Help The Planet
2008-10-07 05:17:00 Not idling is one of the many good ways to save gas and be more environmentally friendly, but there are few to keep cool on hot days when, for some important reason, you just have to sit in your vehicle and wait. What is the average Jane and Joe to do to not idle and yet stay cool when there is need to stay cool in a vehicle and opening the windows just isn't enough? How about truckers? Art and Design Business Cars and Motors Computers Environment Gadgets Men Miscellaneous Products Technology Travel Women
Idling Alternatives Cools Truckers, Save Gas and Help The Planet
2008-10-07 05:17:00 Not idling is one of the many good ways to save gas and be more environmentally friendly, but there are few to keep cool on hot days when, for some important reason, you just have to sit in your vehicle and wait. What is the average Jane and Joe to do to not idle and yet stay cool when there is need to stay cool in a vehicle and opening the windows just isn't enough? How about truckers? Art and Design Business Cars and Motors Computers Environment Gadgets Men Miscellaneous Products Technology Travel Women
Russian Scientists Expand Horizons of Thermo-Diagnostics
2008-10-06 20:13:00 Natural thermal sensors are a byproduct of millions of years of evolution. If you don?t believe this, just ask any law-abiding mosquito how he or she always knows just where to bite into a ?fresh warm lunch? or put another way, into objects which are warmer than their environment. Read on, even if your appetite is suddenly waning. Environment Health Innovation International Invention Lifestyle News Science Technology
South Africa joins the Electric Vehicle Race
2008-10-06 03:54:00 The Paris Motor Show is in full swing, and as expected, the new concepts and hybrids are among the top reveals. One of the more interesting vehicles present at the show is the Joule MPV, which is the first electric vehicle to come from South Africa. Cars and Motors Environment Gadgets Innovation International Technology Travel Cars Automotive Auto News Battery Lithium-Ion Green Hybrid MPV
South Africa joins the Electric Vehicle Race
2008-10-06 03:54:00 The Paris Motor Show is in full swing, and as expected, the new concepts and hybrids are among the top reveals. One of the more interesting vehicles present at the show is the Joule MPV, which is the first electric vehicle to come from South Africa. Cars and Motors Environment Gadgets Innovation International Technology Travel Cars Automotive Auto News Battery Lithium-Ion Green Hybrid MPV
Travel By Dog: Carting & Scootering Are Hot!
2008-10-05 22:08:00 If your dogs just can't get enough exercise and you don't live in a very cold, wet climate where you can sled, there are snowless equivalents of dog sledding. You can go carting or scootering and leave the driving to them! Mush! Mush! Cars and Motors Environment Fitness Fun Innovation International Lifestyle Nature Outdoors Pets Products Shopping Sports Travel
Travel By Dog: Carting & Scootering Are Hot!
2008-10-05 22:08:00 If your dogs just can't get enough exercise and you don't live in a very cold, wet climate where you can sled, there are snowless equivalents of dog sledding. You can go carting or scootering and leave the driving to them! Mush! Mush! Cars and Motors Environment Fitness Fun Innovation International Lifestyle Nature Outdoors Pets Products Shopping Sports Travel
Mighty Wallet? - Put Your Money Where Your Art Is
2008-10-05 20:47:00 Tough economic times are hitting consumers where it hurts - in their wallets. MOMAstore Japan and artist Terrence Kelleman have the cure for your fiscal pain: the Art Lover Wallet. Art and Design Environment Innovation International Men Miscellaneous Products Security Shopping
Mighty Wallet? - Put Your Money Where Your Art Is
2008-10-05 20:47:00 Tough economic times are hitting consumers where it hurts - in their wallets. MOMAstore Japan and artist Terrence Kelleman have the cure for your fiscal pain: the Art Lover Wallet. Art and Design Environment Innovation International Men Miscellaneous Products Security Shopping
Nissan's Pixo Will Hit the Road in 2010
2008-10-05 05:16:00 As City Cars are becoming more popular and widely accepted, automakers are beginning to open up the market for them and add their own version to the mix. Nissan unveiled their addition to the city car genre at the Paris Motor Show and is promising a release date of Spring 2009. Cars and Motors Environment Gadgets Innovation Technology Travel Cars Automotive Auto News Nissan Pixo City Car Green
Nissan's Pixo Will Hit the Road in 2010
2008-10-05 05:16:00 As City Cars are becoming more popular and widely accepted, automakers are beginning to open up the market for them and add their own version to the mix. Nissan unveiled their addition to the city car genre at the Paris Motor Show and is promising a release date of Spring 2009. Cars and Motors Environment Gadgets Innovation Technology Travel Cars Automotive Auto News Nissan Pixo City Car Green
New Russian Water Purification Technology: Best in the World?
2008-10-04 20:32:00 Researchers from Pyatigorsk, a famous Russian mineral water resort, have developed a new technology for water purification, which they claim to be the best in the world. Read all about this exciting and innovative technological advance that does not require any energy sources to maintain itself. Environment Health Innovation International Lifestyle Miscellaneous Science Technology
New Russian Water Purification Technology: Best in the World?
2008-10-04 20:32:00 Researchers from Pyatigorsk, a famous Russian mineral water resort, have developed a new technology for water purification, which they claim to be the best in the world. Read all about this exciting and innovative technological advance that does not require any energy sources to maintain itself. Environment Health Innovation International Lifestyle Miscellaneous Science Technology
Art + Environment Conference at the Nevada Museum of Art
2008-10-03 19:45:00 Global interest in the intersections of nature and culture has broadened in recent years. In this expanding field, contemporary artists and designers have re-envisioned the concept of environment. To better understand the ideas shaping this dialogue, the Nevada Museum of Art will host creative practitioners whose works explore natural, built, and virtual environments"Art + Environment Conference at the Nevada Museum of Art"
By: weblogART
A Practical, Adorable, And Ghostly Salt Squad From d-VISION
2008-10-03 19:38:00 When something grabs you, well it just does, and you can't forget it. This happened to me when I spotted the Salt Squad on the d-VISION website. The attitude, the freshness, the impish, ghostly appearance of the Salt Squad shakers just drove me nuts... so now you can go nuts too! Art and Design Environment Food and Drink Fun Home Innovation International Lifestyle Products
A Practical, Adorable, And Ghostly Salt Squad From d-VISION
2008-10-03 19:38:00 When something grabs you, well it just does, and you can't forget it. This happened to me when I spotted the Salt Squad on the d-VISION website. The attitude, the freshness, the impish, ghostly appearance of the Salt Squad shakers just drove me nuts... so now you can go nuts too! Art and Design Environment Food and Drink Fun Home Innovation International Lifestyle Products
Ford Code-Names Their New Ethanol Boost System
2008-10-03 04:30:00 Even though Ford's current EcoBoost system has gotten a lot of positive feedback, they have already started working on the next iteration of the system. The project has been code-named Bobcat and it is moving through the stages of design very quickly. Cars and Motors Environment Gadgets Innovation Outdoors Technology Cars Automotive News Bobcat Ethanol Boost Ford Diesel Turbo
Ford Code-Names Their New Ethanol Boost System
2008-10-03 04:30:00 Even though Ford's current EcoBoost system has gotten a lot of positive feedback, they have already started working on the next iteration of the system. The project has been code-named Bobcat and it is moving through the stages of design very quickly. Cars and Motors Environment Gadgets Innovation Outdoors Technology Cars Automotive News Bobcat Ethanol Boost Ford Diesel Turbo
Loofah Gone Wild! 8 PIE Studio Natural Fiber Seating Designs
2008-10-02 21:43:00 Looking like huge modeled loofah scrubs, some of the seating designs by Project Import Export (PIE) Studio may look, at first, like misfits for home interiors But the furniture lines are sensual, the shapes are contoured, and with a few cushions they look really smart and very comfortable. Architecture Art and Design Environment Home Innovation International Lifestyle Products Shopping
Loofah Gone Wild! 8 PIE Studio Natural Fiber Seating Designs
2008-10-02 21:43:00 Looking like huge modeled loofah scrubs, some of the seating designs by Project Import Export (PIE) Studio may look, at first, like misfits for home interiors But the furniture lines are sensual, the shapes are contoured, and with a few cushions they look really smart and very comfortable. Architecture Art and Design Environment Home Innovation International Lifestyle Products Shopping
Guest Post Time Again ? Oklahoma Charlie Brings You ?Glowbull Warming?
2008-09-28 21:54:00 Guest Post III By Oklahoma Charlie, a.k.a., “Chuck” To Our Co-Bloggers And Readers Here At The Gun Toting Liberal? Once again, in the interest of truly “Fair And Balanced” political commentary, and in keeping true with our 2006 Finalist award for “Best Centrist... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Thanks For Coming, Now Go Away!
2008-09-28 05:21:00 Don't you sometimes wish that you could tell your guests to leave? Maybe it's not that they bore you, you're just not in the mood for company. Well, come in and see this crazy doormat.... Art and Design Environment Fun Funny Home Innovation International Lifestyle Products Shopping
Thanks For Coming, Now Go Away!
2008-09-28 05:21:00 Don't you sometimes wish that you could tell your guests to leave? Maybe it's not that they bore you, you're just not in the mood for company. Well, come in and see this crazy doormat.... Art and Design Environment Fun Funny Home Innovation International Lifestyle Products Shopping
A More Efficient Hybrid on the Horizon
2008-09-28 01:46:00 It is no secret that our beloved internal combustion engines are not very efficient. In fact, the average amount of energy lost is somewhere in the 65%-70% region, with most of this figure being lost in the form of heat through the exhaust system. Eric Mattessich, a senior at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, has developed a way to harness some of this energy and put it back into the system. Cars and Motors DIY Environment Gadgets Innovation Technology Travel Cars Automotive Auto News Hybrid Green Turbine Environment
A More Efficient Hybrid on the Horizon
2008-09-28 01:46:00 It is no secret that our beloved internal combustion engines are not very efficient. In fact, the average amount of energy lost is somewhere in the 65%-70% region, with most of this figure being lost in the form of heat through the exhaust system. Eric Mattessich, a senior at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, has developed a way to harness some of this energy and put it back into the system. Cars and Motors DIY Environment Gadgets Innovation Technology Travel Cars Automotive Auto News Hybrid Green Turbine Environment
How To Make A Toxin-Free Gold Nanoparticle
2008-09-28 00:53:00 Gold nanoparticles that are used today in medicine and other fields of technology, are broken down from gold compounds, or "gold salts," with synthetic chemicals, some of which are toxic -- bad for you, bad for the environment. A research team from the University of Missouri just made big news by finding a biocompatible and environmentally friendly method of obtaining gold nanoparticles through "green" chemistry. Environment Health Innovation International Nature News Science
How To Make A Toxin-Free Gold Nanoparticle
2008-09-28 00:53:00 Gold nanoparticles that are used today in medicine and other fields of technology, are broken down from gold compounds, or "gold salts," with synthetic chemicals, some of which are toxic -- bad for you, bad for the environment. A research team from the University of Missouri just made big news by finding a biocompatible and environmentally friendly method of obtaining gold nanoparticles through "green" chemistry. Environment Health Innovation International Nature News Science
Eco-Brolly: Is It an Umbrella Or Not?
2008-09-27 23:50:00 A skeleton umbrella, designed by Shiu Yuk Yuen, it is a ?green' design, created to help protect the environment. Clothing Environment Innovation Lifestyle Outdoors
Eco-Brolly: Is It an Umbrella Or Not?
2008-09-27 23:50:00 A skeleton umbrella, designed by Shiu Yuk Yuen, it is a ?green' design, created to help protect the environment. Clothing Environment Innovation Lifestyle Outdoors
The Dazzling NEW Museum Of Arts And Design (MAD)
2008-09-26 22:54:00 It's taken a few years from design to realization, but the Museum of Arts And Design (MAD) will finally re-open in its new dazzling diggs on September 27, 2008. Its new address: 2 Columbus Circle, right at the southwest corner of Central Park, and right at the heart of New York City's world stage for theatre, ballet, orchestra, opera, and now arts and design. Architecture Art and Design Education Entertainment Environment History Innovation International Lifestyle News
The Dazzling NEW Museum Of Arts And Design (MAD)
2008-09-26 22:54:00 It's taken a few years from design to realization, but the Museum of Arts And Design (MAD) will finally re-open in its new dazzling diggs on September 27, 2008. Its new address: 2 Columbus Circle, right at the southwest corner of Central Park, and right at the heart of New York City's world stage for theatre, ballet, orchestra, opera, and now arts and design. Architecture Art and Design Education Entertainment Environment History Innovation International Lifestyle News
House subcommittee debates cell phone radiation
2008-09-26 19:30:00 From - CNET Scientists told a House of Representatives subcommittee Thursday that more research is needed over the possible link between cell phone use and cancer. While past studies have found that cell phone radiation isn’t dangerous, the scientists pointed to research that has found just the opposite. “I cannot tell this committee that cell phones ...
By: News for Greens
9 Design Lab '08 Finalists: Brilliant Kitchen Appliances For The IGeneratio
2008-09-25 23:35:00 Wow! The finalists in the 2008 Electrolux Design Lab competition sure are some tough competition for their more seasoned colleagues. These undergraduate and graduate students in industrial design programs have created some awesome designs for the techie kitchen. I don't know how the judges will pick a winner this year. See if you have a favorite. Art and Design Computers Environment Food and Drink Gadgets Home Innovation International Invention Lifestyle News Technology Work
9 Design Lab '08 Finalists: Brilliant Kitchen Appliances For The IGeneratio
2008-09-25 23:35:00 Wow! The finalists in the 2008 Electrolux Design Lab competition sure are some tough competition for their more seasoned colleagues. These undergraduate and graduate students in industrial design programs have created some awesome designs for the techie kitchen. I don't know how the judges will pick a winner this year. See if you have a favorite. Art and Design Computers Environment Food and Drink Gadgets Home Innovation International Invention Lifestyle News Technology Work
Solar Spy Com-Bat May Soon Fly For The Army
2008-09-25 05:05:00 Is it a bat? A plane? It's neither yet. Instead, it's the Army's bat-shaped innovative spy plane concept. The idea is to create a miniature spy plane resembling a bat and its use of echolocation. The spy plane would run off a lithium battery recharged by wind, solar power and even vibrations. Art and Design Cars and Motors Environment Gadgets Miscellaneous Nature Outdoors Security Technology
Solar Spy Com-Bat May Soon Fly For The Army
2008-09-25 05:05:00 Is it a bat? A plane? It's neither yet. Instead, it's the Army's bat-shaped innovative spy plane concept. The idea is to create a miniature spy plane resembling a bat and its use of echolocation. The spy plane would run off a lithium battery recharged by wind, solar power and even vibrations. Art and Design Cars and Motors Environment Gadgets Miscellaneous Nature Outdoors Security Technology
Plants Produce Aspirin to Cope With Stress
2008-09-24 19:33:00 Researchers have found that plants stressed out from conditions such as drought may produce an aspirin-like chemical. Environment Health Miscellaneous Nature News Outdoors Science Technology
Plants Produce Aspirin to Cope With Stress
2008-09-24 19:33:00 Researchers have found that plants stressed out from conditions such as drought may produce an aspirin-like chemical. Environment Health Miscellaneous Nature News Outdoors Science Technology
Memorialize The Banana With The DIY Chiquita Chandelier!
2008-09-24 17:56:00 There's been a world-wide banana shortage since early 2008, and some have even predicted that the banana, as we know it, may become extinct. While you still can, you may want to create a memorial to the tasty, nutrient-rich banana, with this DIY project from Dutch designer Anneke Jakobs... The Chiquita Chandelier! Art and Design DIY Environment Fun Innovation International Lifestyle
Memorialize The Banana With The DIY Chiquita Chandelier!
2008-09-24 17:56:00 There's been a world-wide banana shortage since early 2008, and some have even predicted that the banana, as we know it, may become extinct. While you still can, you may want to create a memorial to the tasty, nutrient-rich banana, with this DIY project from Dutch designer Anneke Jakobs... The Chiquita Chandelier! Art and Design DIY Environment Fun Innovation International Lifestyle
Design Imitates Nature in Enviro-Friendly SunShade
2008-09-23 18:23:00 Like a flower opening to the sun, Lianne van Genugten's SunShade design opens at daylight and closes at dusk. Its power comes from the sun, like the flower.... Architecture Art and Design Environment Home Innovation International Lifestyle Nature News Outdoors Technology
Design Imitates Nature in Enviro-Friendly SunShade
2008-09-23 18:23:00 Like a flower opening to the sun, Lianne van Genugten's SunShade design opens at daylight and closes at dusk. Its power comes from the sun, like the flower.... Architecture Art and Design Environment Home Innovation International Lifestyle Nature News Outdoors Technology
EcoCabs, the Solution for Green City Transport
2008-09-23 13:02:00 Pedal-powered tricycles called EcoCabs are allowing consumers and businesses to make a dent in helping the environment. Cars and Motors Environment Technology Travel
New Bacteria Strains Could Be Used to Make Plastic
2008-09-23 05:58:00 What if plastic wasn't made from oil or natural gas? What if it was made from Bacteria? Would it be safer for the environment? Would it be safer for us? What if the bacteria were genetically engineered Escherichia coli (E. coli)? Announcements Art and Design Business Environment History Miscellaneous Nature News Science Technology
Create Your Own Fireworks With The Bright Star 'Antares'
2008-09-22 20:45:00 British lighting design company, Abraxus, has been providing festive commercial lighting for 15 years. Antares, its "star" constellation LED lighting design, is very popular in retail and hospitality settings, but this year, at London's 100% Design, Abraxus has introduced a line of more colorful and user-friendly Antares designs that can be used to create your own fireworks at home. Art and Design Environment Home Innovation International Lifestyle News Outdoors Products Shopping Technology
Sweet Smells May Give Sweet Dreams
2008-09-22 18:10:00 Wouldn?t it be great to be able to control the types of dreams you have? Well now you may be able to. Environment Health Lifestyle Miscellaneous News Science Women
Electricity from Trees Could Prevent Forest Fires
2008-09-22 17:40:00 MIT researchers are designing a system that uses electricity from trees to recharge batteries and generate power in remote locations. The small amounts of tree-generated electricity could be used to track forest fires and possibly "patrol" borders for smuggled radioactive materials. Environment Nature News Science
Einstein fridge design can help global cooling
2008-09-22 06:18:00 Scientists relaunch a 1930 invention that uses no electricity and would reduce greenhouse gases ...
By: News for Greens
24 Stunning HDR Photographs of Abandoned Places
2008-09-21 16:05:00 Something about the vibrant colors, stark contrasts and vivid depths of an HDR approach lends abandonments to HDR photography like few other subjects. Beautiful HDR pictures bring dead places and long disused spaces powerfully to back to life. Photographers like Julie Berlin (whose work is shown above) and many others (shown below) have opened the door ...
By: Web Urbanist
Another Guest Post From A Devoted ?Righty? Who Wishes To Straighten Out We
2008-09-20 19:00:00 Guest Post II By Oklahoma Charlie, a.k.a., “Chuck” To Our Co-Bloggers Here At The Gun Toting Liberal? [Editor's Note] Again, in the interest of truly “Fair And Balanced” political commentary, and in keeping true with our 2006 Finalist award for “Best Centrist... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere! |
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