The shoe vending machine located in London’s Carnaby Street, has 24 pairs of running shoes in six different sizes. We can see this being a hit with tourist’s who wear bad footwear. After miles of walking in pain, trying to look stylish, a pair of running shoes in a vending machine will come across as […]

 
 
According to estimates there are 85,000 Alzheimer patients in our country and approximately 20,000 new cases every year. This spectacular increase is due to the increasing ageing population. Unfortunately it is still unclear precisely which ageing process forms the basis of this spectacular rise in the occurrence of the disease. VIB scientists affiliated to K.U.Leuven […]

eSolar has raised $130 million in funding for the deployment of its solar thermal power plants. The scaleable, pre-fabricated power plants are designed to cut construction costs and deliver renewable energy solutions tailored to the needs of particular communities.
Large scale solar utility projects can face significant construction costs in addition to requiring large parcels of […]

This Earth Day, Bon Appetit proposed a challenge to every one of us to reduce our carbon “foodprints” by 25 percent, because just our foodprints — all the energy it takes to grow, process, transport and prepare food — are responsible for ONE-THIRD of all global greenhouse gas emissions. Bon Appetit is serious about its […]

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Rail Tanker Implosion
This is why it is important to properly vent a tanker car before emptying it.
 

Part of saving our environment relies heavily on figuring out new ways to process our natural resources in a self-sustaining, cost effective way. Dean Kamen, the man who brought us the Segway, has just such a solution in the form of a water purification device called the Slingshot.

 
The US Military believes that humans will someday be able to regrow their limbs much like reptiles
The Department of Defense has announced the creation of the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine to ‘harness stem cell research and technology… to reconstruct new skin, muscles and tendons, and even ears, noses and fingers.’ The government is […]

New Scientist is reporting on a University of Washington project aiming to marshal swarms of ‘good’ computers to take on botnets. Their approach - called Phalanx - uses its distributed network to shield a server from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Instead of that server being accessed directly, all information must pass through the swarm […]

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The Ultimate Car Suspension Test
Here is an interesting way to make sure your car suspension is working well. Second video after the jump.
 

Cargo Bikes for Green Delivery
It’s a fact of life in the business world that companies in urban areas tend to require frequent, small deliveries of merchandise and other goods from the city outskirts and beyond. That’s a recipe for inefficiency, traffic congestion and pollution, as so many delivery trucks make their way in and out […]

Mechanical Mozart making a new fashion statement
Technological innovations are sometimes hard to explain. A robot designed in the 1980s hasn’t found its match even after two decades, despite the fact that robotics is evolving at a breath-taking pace. Video after the jump.

Gold, silver, and bronze medals were won in 91 categories of beer judged in the 2008 World Beer Cup competition held this past weekend in San Diego, CA. Additionally, the five best breweries in the world were named, including the first woman brewer ever to win this award! I’ll share the list of […]