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Moby Hotel or disaster relief housing?

April 16, 2012

Is this the shape of the future?

If you happen to be curious about what the future home of your grandchildren might look like, take a glance at Remistudio’s concept hotel called The Ark. Russian architect, Alexander Remizov, is the mastermind behind the project, he believes that his floating “slinky,” which can hold up to 10,000 people can have multiple uses, including a safe house for disaster relief. The prototype’s main materials are timber, steel ,and high-strength ETFE plastic and it is built to handle land and/or water…

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Breakthrough Thinking, Health & Fitness, New Inventions, Science & Technology News

Machine that turns toilet waste into drinking water

April 7, 2012

The new invention could make waste water from toilets safe to drink.

Billionaire, Bill Gates, is funding a new invention that aims to turn used toilet water into drinking water, a British nanotechnology expert says.

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Analysis, Health & Fitness, Science & Technology News

Bottled water contributing to rising rates of tooth decay in young children

March 21, 2012

About 45 percent of parents give their children bottled water instead of tap water.

Amy Wilson was shocked when the dentist had to fill six cavities in her 4-year-old son’s baby teeth. The New York Cit y mother of three scanned her family’s habits, trying to figure how Seamus, now 7, could have developed such tooth decay so early.

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Food, New Inventions, Science & Technology News

U.S. Army develops sandwich that stays fresh for 2 years

December 7, 2011

The Two-Year Sandwich

The military’s Meal Ready to Eat (M.R.E.), or those freeze-dried packages full of gummy pastes and freeze dried dreck that soldiers carry into the field is getting a much-needed upgrade. It’s not better tasting dehydrated foods or better freeze-drying technology. Rather, the U.S. Army has developed the world’s most cutting edge sandwich, one that can be served fresh after sitting on the shelf for two full years.

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Science & Technology News, Space

NASA plans first space washing machine that could microwave laundry

December 2, 2011

A space laundry machine designed by UMPQUA (left) and Astronaut Buzz Aldrin walks on the surface of the Moon (right).

What if you could put dirty clothes into a washing machine, leave, and only coming back once the freshly cleaned clothes have been dried out by microwaves. That out-of-this-world-laundry concept could someday become a reality for astronauts and space explorers headed for the moon, asteroids or Mars.

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Crazy Stuff, Great Videos, Latest Trend

Flare surfing – the hottest thing on water

September 2, 2011

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There’s nothing better than sitting on the beach, watching the surfers tear it up except for sitting on the beach and watching the surfers light it up.

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Analysis, New Discoveries, Science & Technology News, Space

NASA discovers there may be flowing water on Mars

August 5, 2011

Dark seasonal streaks on crater walls could be flows of salty water.

We have known for a while now that ice exists on Mars. We have seen a lot of suggestions that liquid water may have once existed on the surface in huge rivers and oceans. But NASA has announced for the first time, they may have actually spotted some flowing, liquid water.

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New Discoveries, Science & Technology News

The future of energy storage – graphite and water

July 15, 2011

Graphene sheets

Graphite and water, a combination of two ordinary materials, could produce energy storage systems that perform on par with lithium ion batteries, but recharge in a matter of seconds and have an almost indefinite lifespan.

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Analysis, Food, Latest Trend

Average consumer in the U.S. drinks 45 gallons of soda a year

June 27, 2011

Soda is the most consumed beverage in the U.S.

With summer in full swing, Americans will be quenching their thirst with a variety of fizzy, sweet and intoxicating beverages with soda being the number one drink consumed.

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Science & Technology News

Firefighters in the Future Could Fight Fires with Flame-Bending Electricity

March 28, 2011

Firefighters could someday snuff out flames by zapping them with pulses of electric current.

In some respects, firefighting technology has come a long way over the past several decades–we now have flame suppressing foams and powders for instance, as well as new ways of delivering them to the fire. But fundamentally, we’re still fighting fires the old fashioned way: point hose/bucket/ pressurized container and drench. But a team of Harvard researchers envisions a day when firefighters will snuff out flames not with a physical suppressant but with a blast of electric current.

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Animals, Crazy Stuff, Science & Technology News

Amazing Photo of a Frog Riding on a Snake to Escape the Floods in Australia

January 13, 2011

Frog rides a snake to escape flood.

Sure, they’ve had their differences in the past, but when times are tough even frogs and snakes can share in a little cold-blooded solidarity. Amid the devastating floods in Queensland, Australia, computer technician Armin Gerlach spotted an unusual sight — a frog riding atop the surface of the water on the back of a snake as the pair sought out solid ground. It’s hard not to be inspired by the cooperative duo, particularly considering that snakes are quite fond of eating frogs, and vice versa.

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Health & Fitness, New Discoveries, Science & Technology News

China’s New Method to Mass Produce Light Water

January 7, 2011

New method to produce healthier drinking water.

In an effort to produce mass quantities of healthier H₂O, Chinese scientists have come up with a new method to change water’s chemical composition. It involves making light water.

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