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What children’s drawings would look like if it were painted realistically—
The Monster Engine is one of those projects that make me...
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The Company That Sees Everything by bizweekdesign http://flic.kr/p/aJAiVH
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This Occupy Wall Street poster by longtime Radiohead artist Stanley Donwood says it all. Thought You Should See This has more. Plus, more on
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Induction ceremony for The Sacred Order of Science Ninjas
Welcome to the first day of the rest of your life.
From this day forward you will carry...
Nano-industrial revolution? Yes please.
World’s Smallest Steam Engine Is Size of Fog Droplet
Engineers have made a tiny engine a few micrometers wide, or roughly the size of a water droplet found in fog.
The device is both confined and powered by a “trap” of laser light, and it sputters a bit. The fact that it works at all, however, may push the boundary of what’s possible in engineering microscopic machines.
“The machine is so small that its motion is hindered by microscopic processes which are of no consequence in the macroworld,” said physicist Clemens Bechinger of the University of Stuttgart in a press release. A study about the microscopic Stirling engine was published Dec. 11 in Nature Physics.
» via Wired
A small diversion to make you smile.
Obsolete Gadgets Play ‘House of the Rising Sun’
This virtuoso rendition of “The House of the Rising Sun” uses old machines as instruments, with “absolutely no sampling or audio effects.” Read more.
We’re trying to include more stories about how individual people are working to make better worlds for themselves and their families.
“If we do our business well, our son can be educated.” Sudo and his wife, Prossie, work together selling charcoal-efficient stoves in their community. Learn more at www.theadventureproject.org.
A comparison of different living situations in terms of heat/carbon footprint. Useful in planning how to recognize and fix your current impact.
Want to be a part of making a better world for someone?
Remember Naigaga? Last week she applied for a loan but unfortunately her loan was fully funded but the interest rate remained to high. Let’s make it happen this time!
(via agrifinance-magazine)
