Flying car approved by the FAA
Posted by admin in Auto, Design on 30. Jun, 2010 | 0 Comments
Flying cars seem like a downright terrible idea. After all, if people can’t manage to deal with driving cars without getting into accidents while texting, how would they handle their own plane? But hey, the gang at the FAA must disagree with me, as they’ve just approved the Terrafugia Transition, a $194K street-legal car that [...]
The Future of Green Architecture: The Zero-Emissions Dice House
Posted by admin in Concept on 29. Jun, 2010 | 0 Comments
Roll the Dice The building’s designer, Sybarite, hopes to make its design the standard for zero-emissions homes. The Dice House looks like part of a Monopoly set, but the design has real-world ambitions. The 30-by-30-by-30-foot concept home, designed by the British architecture firm Sybarite, improves on standard building tech to erase its carbon footprint. The [...]
By 2030, Perennial Grains Could Revolutionize Agriculture, Save Humanity
Posted by admin in Science on 27. Jun, 2010 | 0 Comments
Could be the most important advance in agriculture since the invention of farming Wheat Field, Pullman, Washington The grain crops that we humans depend on daily to hold body and soul together are annual crops — they have to be planted every year. They germinate, bear their delicious product, and then die off; the following [...]
The Green Dream: Going Gray, Saving Blue
Posted by admin in Concept, Design on 25. Jun, 2010 | 0 Comments
A graywater system uses shower and sink runoff to flush the toilets. Plus: four more ways to save water at home Green Dream: The Specs House: 3,500-square-foot, four-bedroom contemporary Location: Greenwich, N.Y. Project: Install graywater recycling Cost: About $2,600 ($1,400 for the system; $1,200 for plumbing) Time to install: 2 hours Eco-advantage: Uses household runoff [...]
Man Builds Homemade Nuclear Fusion Reactor in Brooklyn
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on 24. Jun, 2010 | 0 Comments
The Fusion Core of Suppes’ Homemade Reactor Need a weekend project around the house? Mark Suppes, web developer by day, has built his own nuclear fusion reactor in a Brooklyn workspace. It kind of makes that project car you’ve got rusting in the garage seem lame by comparison. Suppes’ reactor – it’s about the size [...]
