Why Building the Death Star Is a Bad Investment
I wish to address the most important policy question of the millenium: should we build a Death Star? This debate picked up this year after some Lehigh University students estimated that just the steel for a Death Star would cost $852 quadrillion, or 13,000 times the current GDP of the Earth. Kevin Drum suggests this…
4 Surefire Ways to Make Remote Workers Feel Like They’re Part of the Team
Do you work with an unseen group of developers based in a foreign country? A pod of mystery sales folks in San Fran? A cadre of freelance writers scattered throughout the U.S.? Well, they probably feel left out sometimes. Here are some ways to bring those satellite co-workers into the fold of your company’s day-to-day…
Low-Tech Water-Powered Alarm Clock, Flatpack Papercraft Gramophone, and More from TreeHugger
This week on TreeHugger, build a solar-powered cigar box amp, giant lilypads take over waterways, our favorite Star Wars-themed posts, and more! Build a Robot! Arduino-Based Four-Legged Robot Your Can Make Yourself We love biomimicry in robots, especially those that look and move like animals and insects. Now here’s an opportunity to build your own!…