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March 11th, 2010 - 5:00 pm § in Architecture
Crazy Pixel Building to Be Australia’s First Carbon Neutral Office
March 11th, 2010 - 7:00 am § in Energy
The Wood-Eating Gribble May Hold the Key to Biofuel Production
What’s a Gribble? It’s a tiny marine shrimp found on the southern coast of Britain — and its ability to digest wood may provide a breakthrough in efficient biofuel production. Researchers are studying the gribble’s digestion process at a new UK bioenergy centre in order to s[...]
March 11th, 2010 - 6:15 am § in Energy
Sundrop Fuels Uses Concentrated Solar Heat to Vaporize Biomass
The technology sounds ultra-futuristic: concentrated solar heat that can vaporize biomass (wood, crop waste, etc.) into synthetic fuels. But the process, developed by Sundrop Fuels, is real, and it can produce twice the amount of gasoline or diesel than conventional biomass gasification systems. Re[...]
March 11th, 2010 - 5:45 am § in Architecture
Big Steps To Make Our Cities and Buildings Better
There are a lot of things wrong with the way we build our cities, and in these hard times, there is a lot wrong in the way we are rebuilding them, or unbuilding them as the case may be. These activists were out the other night trying to stop the demolition of 41 historic buildings [...][...]
March 11th, 2010 - 3:30 am § in Transportation
Google Maps Adds Biking Directions for 150 US Cities
Attention cyclists across the US: the wait for decent biking directions is over! Google Maps users can finally get biking directions along with walking, driving, and public transportation directions. Best of all, the new feature takes into account hills, bike lanes, and even busy intersections when[...]
March 10th, 2010 - 5:00 pm § in Architecture
BREEAM Awards Showcase the Most Outstanding Green Buildings in Europe
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March 10th, 2010 - 10:30 am § in Architecture
Tower City is an Ecotopia Stacked Up on Stilts
Tower City, another concept from the 2010 eVolo Skyscraper Competition, re-envisions the city of Marseilles as a stacked skyscraper that sits on stilts above the water. Rather than letting cities spread out as population increases, a the design calls for a new city to be created out on the water, c[...]
March 10th, 2010 - 5:15 am § in Transportation
Transonic Combustion’s Super-Efficient Gas Engine Gets 98 MPG
Eventually, we’d like to think that everyone will be driving around in all-electric cars. But in the meantime, it’s important to develop efficient gas engine technology. That’s where a new system from Transonic Combustion comes in. The California-based startup has developed a fuel[...]
March 10th, 2010 - 1:04 am § in Architecture
Underwater Skyscraper is a Self-Sufficient City at Sea
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