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 [...]
Shortage of Rare Earth Minerals May Cripple U.S. High-Tech, Scientists Warn Congress
Posted by admin in Concept, Design on 18. Mar, 2010 | 0 Comments
Rare Earths Rare earth elements form a crucial part of everyday high-tech products. All those hybrid and electric cars, wind turbines and similar clean tech innovations may count for nothing if the U.S. cannot secure a supply of rare earth minerals. Ditto for other advanced telecommunications or defense technologies, scientists told a U.S. House subcommittee. [...]
This Tiny Crustacean Menace Could Fuel the World
Posted by admin in Science on 13. Mar, 2010 | 0 Comments
They don’t exactly look like the saviors of our energy economy, but that’s exactly what some researchers think they could be. Gribbles — tiny crustacean pests with a knack for digesting wood — have long been considered a marine parasite for the destruction they cause to wooden hulls and piers. But the enzymes gribbles use [...]
