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Beyond Green Roofs: 15 Vertically Vegetated Bui...

(http://webecoist.com) - scanned by: Adam Cutsinger over 4 years ago
Vertical gardens bring lush, verdant life to even the coldest and barest of surfaces, both indoors and out. These ‘living walls’ increase interior humidity, purify the air and provide a much-needed touch of nature in spare, angular urban spaces li... More>>>
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Skyscraper Retrofits for Power and Food

(http://ecoble.com) - scanned by: Adam Cutsinger over 4 years ago
Clearly we can’t very well tear down all of the world’s old skyscrapers for not being environmentally friendly - that kind of approach would itself be (ironic and) wasteful. At the same time, many of these buildings are projected to last for decad... More>>>
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Cisco Partners with NASA on Planetary Skin Proj...

(http://www.memebox.com) - posted by: Garry Golden over 4 years ago
Planet Earth is about to get its own version of the Web! Cisco Systems is partnering with NASA to create a massive online collaborative global monitoring platform called the "Planetary Skin" to capture, collect, analyze and report data on environ... More>>>
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Clinton Foundation to fund LED Street Lamps for...

(http://www.memebox.com) - posted by: Garry Golden over 4 years ago
The Clinton Foundation has announced a plan to help the City of Los Angeles retrofit 140,000 street lamps with more efficient white-light LEDs that offer longer lifetime, lower energy use and less 'light polllution' that restricts night sky views.... More>>>
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The Sociology of Robots: A New Paradigm in Huma...

(http://www.zygbotics.com) - scanned by: zygbot over 4 years ago
An exciting and important new prospect for sociological research that is steadily appearing on the technological horizon involves the domain of human-robotic interactivity—or what might be called the “sociology of robots.” More>>>
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Molecular ice chain structure could be used to ...

(http://www.nanowerk.com) - scanned by: Garry Golden over 4 years ago
an international team of scientists have discovered a novel one dimensional ice chain structure built from pentagons that may prove to be a step toward the development of new materials which can be used to seed clouds and cause rain. More>>>
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Phoenix, a multilegged creature

(http://forums.trossenrobotics.com) - scanned by: Adam Cutsinger over 4 years ago
For almost 9 months ago I started with a hexapod project called Phoenix. Each leg has 3 DOF. Almost all parts are custom made. The coxa design was inspired by micromagicsystems hexapod v4b. More>>>
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Researchers design nano-crystals for high effic...

(http://www.memebox.com) - posted by: Garry Golden over 4 years ago
Researchers at US Los Alamos National Laboratory (LLNL) have confirmed a unique energy phenomena known as 'carrier multiplication' via nanoscale sized semiconductor crystals that could improve the efficiency of solar cells by squeezing more ene... More>>>
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Researchers discover a potential on-off switch ...

(http://www.physorg.com) - scanned by: Garry Golden over 4 years ago
Berkeley National Laboratory and Columbia University teams are studying how electrons flow through a molecular junction—a nanometer scale circuit element that contacts gold atoms with a single molecule. Their findings reveal the electrical resista... More>>>
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NASA, Cisco Partnering for Climate Change Monit...

(http://news.prnewswire.com) - scanned by: Garry Golden over 4 years ago
NASA and Cisco Inc. announced Tuesday a partnership to develop an online collaborative global monitoring platform called the "Planetary Skin" to capture, collect, analyze and report data on environmental conditions around the world. More>>>
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Connected Vehicle Proponents to Ask: Is it Time...

(http://news.prnewswire.com) - scanned by: Garry Golden over 4 years ago
The international Connected Vehicle Trade Association (www.connectedvehicle.org) and connected vehicle services provider ATX Group (www.atxg.com), of Dusseldorf, are championing an initiative to collaborate on how drivers and passengers can safely... More>>>
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Stem cell breakthrough may transform future of ...

(http://www.guardian.co.uk) - scanned by: Jeff Hilford over 4 years ago
Scientists have found a way to make an almost limitless supply of stem cells that could safely be used in patients while avoiding the ethical dilemma of destroying embryos. More>>>
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