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How to Clean Up the Slums -- Cook on Garbage

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Posted by geri   
Friday, 31 August 2007
Garbage is piled up and rotting, but now a "community cooker" project in Africa's biggest slum offers a way not only of getting rid of garbage, but of creating work for unemployed youths, and providing hot water and cooking facilities. (Reuters) Best story this week!
 

Sony Runs Walkman off Sugar-Based Bio Battery

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Posted by Ed Torres   
Friday, 24 August 2007
"A year ago it seemed Sony couldn't even get a laptop battery right. A massive recall of lithium-ion cells tainted its image and had the company scrambling, but on Thursday it reported a sweet breakthrough in bio battery technology. Read more at: InfoWorld" Thanks Ed!
 

Google Earth Telescopes Skyward

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Posted by geri   
Wednesday, 22 August 2007
The world's most famous search engine now expands to the heavens, with the launch of Google Sky, an extension of Google Earth which allows users to glide into more than one million stars and 200 million galaxies. (BBC text, also, a video about how it works is here) Thanks, Andrew.
 

Weeds - The Next Big Energy Source

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Posted by geri   
Tuesday, 21 August 2007
Until the day when we no longer need liquid fuel: "Scientists say a new generation of biofuel sources could yield cheap energy supplies that do not compete with food crops." Enter, the weed crop. (Reuters)
 

Projects Across the Nation Seek to Harness Wave Energy

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Posted by geri   
Tuesday, 21 August 2007
Forty-five wave energy projects have been approved around the U.S. "It's low visual impact... So far, these devices are attractive to marine life. There's no noise generated. There are no moving parts about it." Oceanlinx is also developing a version that will desalinate water to turn sea water into drinking water. (Providence Journal)
 
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