Photo via the New Republic It's a widely held notion that politicians have long been in the pocket of Big Oil. And there's good reason for that perception: oil companies' huge campaign donations, vast lobbying power, and close ties to politicians have ensured that their taxes remain low , that hidden subsidies are around to provide extra funding, and that they receive preferential treatment in US energy policy. But there could be a new, ... View original post here: The Next Big Oil: Big Smart Grid?
So there really isn't anything that deep to this image. It's just a (more or less) life-sized blue whale eye. And on the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society site you can educate yourself/be mesmerized/ waste some time for a while staring at it while the entire life-sized animal scrolls across your browser window. Believe me, it's way cooler than you might think:... Read more from the original source: Ever See a Blue Whale Life-Sized on Your Computer? Now You Can
published June 4, 2009 and has No Comments
A picture is worth a thousand words, and that's the case for maps too. Turns out, using some visual mapping helps groups show people their purpose and get the support they need to accomplish their goals. The map above is from Friends of the High Line , and was used - successfully - to show how preserving the structure ...
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The SMART Art Competition 2009 brought out the best artists in the world who use trash as their artistic medium. The purpose of the competition was "to show how discarded items can be redesigned into works of art as well as functional everyday items." Last week winners were announced and many of the 700 pieces submitted were shown off ...
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Image credit: Elio Studios Interactive Map Engages Public on how Climate Change Effects their Future TreeHugger spends an awful lot of time discussing technological solutions to climate change and other environmental challenges. Whether it's industrial solar cookers , the latest electric cars or Read the original: 'The Butterfly Effect' - An Interactive Exhibit on our Future in a Changed Climate
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Photos via Robot Nine We've mentioned tire sculptures before , albeit really briefly. It's time to revel in them for awhile as we let our brains wind down for the weekend. Robot Nine shows off some really amazing ways artists have reused old tires, molding them into beautiful, and a little bit scary, giant sculptures. Check out more after ...
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Photo credit: Emily Dorsey/Google Each year, the mighty GOOG invites K-12 students to take liberties with its iconic logo to see what the young whippersnappers can come up with. The theme of 2009's Doodle 4 Google —"What I Wish for the World"—also provided the perfect opportunity to take the pulse of the millennial generation. And perhaps it's telling that ...
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Photo credit: O'BON Who doesn't love the smell of freshly sharpened pencils, the crinkle of crisp sheets of blank paper? A paperless office may be au courant, but the tactile pleasures of analog writing tools will never go out of style. O'BON takes the edge off any ecological guilt—which, face it, is as much fun as a paper cut—with ...
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We have shown a lot of plastic 3D printing, but pottery? Every arts and craft lodge at summer camp is out of business as the Solheim Rapid Manufacturing Laboratory figures out how to make a computer throw a pot. With most 3D printing, an computer object is sliced into layers and either a laser or an inkjet print out ...
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Photo credit: Three Potato Four We love it when old objects tell new stories , which is what happened when Maya of Maya*made took discarded burlap coffee sacks and reimagined them into buckets for corralling all manner of household and desktop knick knacks. Available at Three Potato Four in small, medium, and large sizes—as well as with square or ...
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A Finnish designer has made a working surfboard from broken skateboards. Read the original here: Hollow Surfboard Is Made from Broken Skateboards
How to grow tastier tomatoes and how to make food taste sweeter without sugar: just two amazing discoveries from a study of the chemical interactions underlying tomato flavor preferences Read the rest here: The Secrets of Tasty Tomatoes Discovered - Can ...
