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    "A Drop of Water" Watering Can Collects Rain

    No Cars Allowed On The Eco-Friendly Kurilpa Bridge

    Automatic Aluminum Can Crusher Is Eco- And Battery-Friendly

    Forget Silicon, This Teenager's Solar Panel Uses Human Hair as a Conductor

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    Image of met2art met2art
    10/19/09

    In reply to "A Drop of Water" Watering Can Collects Rain
    I was expecting something more amazing... I clicked, and then there was a pregnant pause as a story about water broke... #adropofwater
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    Image of MonicaDickey MonicaDickey
    10/19/09

    In reply to "A Drop of Water" Watering Can Collects Rain
    that's cool, I like the look of it.

    But how much do you water your plants when it's already raining enough to fill up a watering can? haha #adropofwater
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    Image of ilovexspin ilovexspin
    10/19/09

    In reply to "A Drop of Water" Watering Can Collects Rain
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    Edited by ilovexspin at 10/19/09 7:52 PM ilovexspin was starred ilovexspin was unstarred
    Image of stevewoz stevewoz
    10/13/09

    In reply to No Cars Allowed On The Eco-Friendly Kurilpa Bridge
    It's hard to say if anything is 'green'. Do cars travel a longer route? Does cost equate to energy, dollars per jewel, in the manufacturing costs of something? So something more expensive uses more energy overall. Lifetime cost of photovoltaic cells is higher than other forms of energy for the lights. That's true even if the photovoltaic cells are free is what Larry Page tells me, and he is well invested in such technology. And if something is cheaper, the savings go elsewhere and still wind up as energy. Is an electric car cleaner than a gas car? It's hard to get a clear answer, and that depends on how 'green' your power source is.

    Since technology is what lets us use more energy per person, it could be that technology is the great enemy of 'green'.

    This bridge is beautiful in form and function and the way I'd go regardless. To me, this bridge is like using solid state storage instead of hard spinning storage, an type of intellectual 'art'.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    10/13/09

    @stevewoz: Is an electric car cleaner than a gas car? It's hard to get a clear answer, and that depends on how 'green' your power source is.

    A common argument, and one with little validity. Regardless of what kind of centralized power source, producing power and emissions from a single source is always more efficient than producing power and emissions from millions and millions of individual sources. That efficiency results in less pollution.
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    Image of psychonaut2021:Secrets of the Pineal Gland psychonaut2021:Secrets of the Pineal Gland
    10/13/09

    @stevewoz: On the same token, technology is whats making us go 'greener'. Whatever the hell that means.

    "If you wanna see greeeeen! Move to the jungle! Come jaguars and tigers inside the jungle!!

    Forget Canada!

    Jungleeee!"

    [www.weebls-stuff.com]
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    Edited by psychonaut2021:Secrets of the Pineal Gland at 10/13/09 5:29 AM psychonaut2021:Secrets of the Pineal Gland was starred psychonaut2021:Secrets of the Pineal Gland was unstarred
    Image of psychonaut2021:Secrets of the Pineal Gland psychonaut2021:Secrets of the Pineal Gland
    10/13/09

    In reply to No Cars Allowed On The Eco-Friendly Kurilpa Bridge
    That bridge was made for walking, but what if it walks all over you? Weird ass design. Reminds me of when I was a kid and used to build stick fences covered in barbedwire to keep my sister out of my room. Ahhh..the memories... Good times. Good times.
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    Edited by psychonaut2021:Secrets of the Pineal Gland at 10/13/09 1:18 AM psychonaut2021:Secrets of the Pineal Gland was starred psychonaut2021:Secrets of the Pineal Gland was unstarred
    Image of (Starman) Cookie_Monster (Starman) Cookie_Monster
    10/13/09

    In reply to No Cars Allowed On The Eco-Friendly Kurilpa Bridge

    Oh cool. Great to see that they've extended the concept of the walkway overpass (over the freeway) onto a bigger body of water.

    But I just realized that this could become new major retail space as well! I mean, just look at the Ponte Vecchio!

    Just don't light any cigarettes of lanterns while you're on it. ;)
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    Image of psychonaut2021:Secrets of the Pineal Gland psychonaut2021:Secrets of the Pineal Gland
    10/13/09

    @(Starman) AnalysisDialysis: That yellow building looks like its begining to lean backwards a bit.
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    Image of delagato delagato
    09/29/09

    In reply to Automatic Aluminum Can Crusher Is Eco- And Battery-Friendly
    useless, just step on it
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    Image of shadowthief0 shadowthief0
    09/29/09

    In reply to Automatic Aluminum Can Crusher Is Eco- And Battery-Friendly

    Really?
    You know there have been manpowered can crushers forever, right?
    [www.amazon.com]
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    Image of zaxwashere zaxwashere
    09/28/09

    In reply to Automatic Aluminum Can Crusher Is Eco- And Battery-Friendly
    We have a manual one...extremely simple in design, but it get the job done just as well as that.

    As for laziness, i have 2 little brothers and a little sister

    That's my rechargeable battery/electric motor
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    ReconToaster. promoted this comment zaxwashere was starred zaxwashere was unstarred
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    09/28/09

    @zaxwashere:

    Yeah, I've had one of those before, and it's MUCH faster, and requires a lot less patience than this. And it's kinda fun...
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    09/28/09

    @ReconToaster.: The 2 little brothers or the little sister?
    *ba dum pish*
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    Image of jmonty jmonty
    09/28/09

    In reply to Automatic Aluminum Can Crusher Is Eco- And Battery-Friendly
    Eco? I don't think so. This thing took resources to build and also uses electricity for something that doesn't need it. In the end this thing is just something that itself will eventually end up in the land fill or have to be dismantled and recycled. It's a joke to call it "Eco".
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment jmonty was starred jmonty was unstarred
    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    09/28/09

    @jmonty: In the sense that it promotes recycling to some who might be too lazy to crush cans with a non-automated tool (or no tool at all for that matter).
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    Image of Avizzv92 Avizzv92
    09/28/09

    In reply to Automatic Aluminum Can Crusher Is Eco- And Battery-Friendly
    Why can't he put a full one on it? Atleast make it interesting...
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment Avizzv92 was starred Avizzv92 was unstarred
    Image of macpatrik macpatrik
    09/28/09

    In reply to Automatic Aluminum Can Crusher Is Eco- And Battery-Friendly
    I just step on it.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    09/09/09

    In reply to Forget Silicon, This Teenager's Solar Panel Uses Human Hair as a Conductor
    Sorry blondes. Brunettes only.
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    09/09/09

    In reply to Forget Silicon, This Teenager's Solar Panel Uses Human Hair as a Conductor
    I was waffling on whether or not this was a hoax, so I did some Googling. I found this article entitled "Semiconductor Properties of Natural Melanins".

    [www.researchgate.net]
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    ripfire promoted this comment anon was starred anon was unstarred
    Image of ripfire ripfire
    09/09/09

    @craighyatt: That title right there contradicts this article.

    How can melanin (a semiconductor) be a good conductor?
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    09/09/09


    @ripfire: I assume you aren't pranking me. :) As I understand it, semiconductors make good solar cells because it's easy or photons of light to knock electrons loose. That being said, I tested some of my wife's jet-black hair and got nothing. Not conductive. No electrical potential when exposed to UV. Not a definitive experiment, of course.
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    Image of acuraboytl acuraboytl
    09/09/09

    In reply to Forget Silicon, This Teenager's Solar Panel Uses Human Hair as a Conductor
    Interesting to note, conductivity has only been attained in subjects with high concentrations of Eumelanin (Black and Brown), so this would only work with black or very dark brown colored hair. Sorry Matt, you'll have to buy hair by the kilo for this project...
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment acuraboytl was starred acuraboytl was unstarred
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    09/09/09

    @acuraboytl: My wife's hair is jet black, but does not conduct at all. I tested it. She must be used to me. She didn't even blink when I said, "Honey, I need to cut off a chunk of your hair to check conductivity and semiconductor properties." :)
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    Rosa Golijan promoted this comment anon was starred anon was unstarred
    Image of Rosa Golijan Rosa Golijan
    09/09/09

    @craighyatt: Now that's love. :)
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