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
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OCAD, the Ontario College of Art and Design, sits in a wonderful Will Alsop building, right next to a pretty fabulous Frank Gehry Building, in what is becoming Toronto's "Art Corridor." So its gotta have arty bike racks, and is holding a competition to design a special one for the entrance to the area. They have narrowed it down ...
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In the world today there are 10 million classrooms in need of repair. The World Bank says we will need 10 million more new classrooms in more than 100 countries by 2015. And really, classrooms have barely evolved in the last few decades, perhaps a video projector is screwed to the ceiling and that is it. Architecture for Humanity ...
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Detroit Central Station. Source As we have noted, Detroit and other rust belt cities are in trouble. What can be done to revive them? Is it hopeless? Some think not. They have organized an "international open ideas competition challenging people to come up with designs that will rouse the city of Detroit and encourage an evolution of our understanding ...
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Here is an idea that builds on the idea of bike-share but takes up a lot less space: Shared electric scooters.... See the rest here: We have Shared Bikes, Why Not Scooters?
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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 ...
