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Photo via: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory A new laser currently being tested at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has caught the imagination of many scientists and critics. For one, it is one of the largest lasers ever to be developed. It takes up the space of a standard-sized stadium, housing 192 individual beams, each combining into ...
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Photo via: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory A new laser currently being tested at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermoore National Laboratory has caught the imagination of many scientists and critics. For one, it is one of the largest lasers ever to be developed. It takes up the space of a standard-sized stadium, housing 192 individual beams, each combining into ...
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Photo via: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory A new laser currently being tested at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermoore National Laboratory has caught the imagination of many scientists and critics. For one, it is one of the largest lasers ever to be developed. It takes up the space of a standard-sized stadium, housing 192 individual beams, each combining into ...
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The Smallest House in Great Britain, photo by ChicagoGeek When was the last time you really thought about how much space you really need to be comfortable? 250... 500... 1,000... 2,000... 3,000 square feet. While many people are concerned about their lifestyle, what they eat, what they drive, some never even consider the wasteful space accompanied by their home.... ...
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Photo from City Coach How would you react if you lost your mother to breast cancer ? If you are Jonathan Cane , you'd organize a virtual-cross-country bicycle race in the storefront on one of Manhattan's busiest streets . ...
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Riding in Place to Fight Breast Cancer
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The Clinton Climate Initiative, which works with 40 of the world's biggest cities to reduce greenhouse emissions, is expanding. Working in partnership with the US Green Building Council , local governm...
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Clinton Climate Initiative & US Green Building Council Unveil "Climate Positive" Cities Initiative
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San Francisco's Center for the Book brought some of the old school printing know how to Maker Faire 09 to remind us all that while e-readers might be the buzz word, books are not dead. And with art like this behind them, they never will be....
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Maker Faire 09: Books Are Not Dead
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Photo: Tostie14 Via Flickr If you would have told me three months ago that a robot turkey was a worthwhile invention, I would have argued with you. “No,” I would have said. “I’m not quite sure what turkeys do with their time, but I’m pretty sure that we don’t need to replicate it mechanically.” But I would have been ...
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Wandering through the textiles section of Maker Faire 09 , I saw a booth with bins of junk and a sign that said "Scrap." Turns out they weren't talking about the junk in the bins, but rather an operation that takes the trash from manufacturers and puts it back into the consumer stream via craftsters. ...
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The Maker Shed at Maker Faire 09 had loads of very cool books, kits and gadgets, including quite a few green-themed items. Despite the fact that it would have been really fun to load up one of the cardboard shopping baskets and bring home solar gadget kits and geeky books, I reminded myself that I don't actually need any ...
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