New Laser Burns Hot as the Sun with Potential to Blast a Nation off the Map… or Power it Indefinitely!
New Laser Burns Hot as the Sun with Potential to Blast a Nation off the Map… or Power it Indefinitely!
Photo via: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory A new laser currently being tested at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has caught the imagination of many scientists and critics. For one, it is one of the largest lasers ever to be developed. It takes up the space...
New Laser Burns Hot as the Sun, One Day to Create Fusion Energy
New Laser Burns Hot as the Sun, One Day to Create Fusion Energy
Photo via: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory A new laser currently being tested at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermoore National Laboratory has caught the imagination of many scientists and critics. For one, it is one of the largest lasers ever to be developed. It takes up the space...
Downsizing Your Home: How Much Space Do You Really Need?
Downsizing Your Home: How Much Space Do You Really Need?
The Smallest House in Great Britain, photo by ChicagoGeek When was the last time you really thought about how much space you really need to be comfortable? 250… 500… 1,000… 2,000… 3,000 square feet. While many people are concerned about their lifestyle, what they eat, what they...
Riding in Place to Fight Breast Cancer
Riding in Place to Fight Breast Cancer
Photo from City Coach How would you react if you lost your mother to breast cancer ? If you are Jonathan Cane , you’d organize a virtual-cross-country bicycle race in the storefront on one of Manhattan’s busiest streets . … Read more:  Riding in Place to Fight Breast Cancer
Clinton Climate Initiative & US Green Building Council Unveil "Climate Positive" Cities Initiative
The Clinton Climate Initiative, which works with 40 of the world’s biggest cities to reduce greenhouse emissions, is expanding. Working in partnership with the US Green Building Council , local governm… Read more: Clinton Climate Initiative & US Green Building Council Unveil "Climate...
Maker Faire 09: Books Are Not Dead
Maker Faire 09: Books Are Not Dead
San Francisco’s Center for the Book brought some of the old school printing know how to Maker Faire 09 to remind us all that while e-readers might be the buzz word, books are not dead. And with art like this behind them, they never will be…. Here is the original: Maker Faire 09: Books...
Mechanical Animals to Terminate Poaching
Photo: Tostie14 Via Flickr If you would have told me three months ago that a robot turkey was a worthwhile invention, I would have argued with you. “No,” I would have said. “I’m not quite sure what turkeys do with their time, but I’m pretty sure that we don’t need to replicate it mechanically.”...
Wild Pets: The World’s Strangest Feral Animals
Wild Pets: The World’s Strangest Feral Animals
(images via SF Citizen , Daily Mail and Miheco ) Everyone has seen their share of once-domestic cats who have left the litter-box behind in favor of an outdoor life.  Feral cats have made the transition easily.  They are natural predators and able to fend for themselves.  Other domesticated species...
Maker Faire 09: SCRAP Puts Junk Back Into Craftster Consumer Stream
Maker Faire 09: SCRAP Puts Junk Back Into Craftster Consumer Stream
Wandering through the textiles section of Maker Faire 09 , I saw a booth with bins of junk and a sign that said “Scrap.” Turns out they weren’t talking about the junk in the bins, but rather an operation that takes the trash from manufacturers and puts it back into the consumer stream...
Maker Faire 09: Green Stuff I Wanted to Buy at Maker Shed
Maker Faire 09: Green Stuff I Wanted to Buy at Maker Shed
The Maker Shed at Maker Faire 09 had loads of very cool books, kits and gadgets, including quite a few green-themed items. Despite the fact that it would have been really fun to load up one of the cardboard shopping baskets and bring home solar gadget kits and geeky books, I reminded myself that I don’t...
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