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• Balloon Robot in Space?

  The Tumbleweed Rover: A six-foot balloon-like robotic device, designed by NASA to record conditions on Mars' polar ice caps, or to explore other plane...

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• Today is Earth Hour!

  Today March 29th, 2008 at 8pm local time, cities around the world are joining together and shutting off their lights. Earth Hour is here join mill...

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  Toilets In Space

  Most of us, at some point in our lives, have wondered what it’s like to be an astronaut. Here is a talk that Chris Hadfield, a Canadian astronaut, ...

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  Japan’s Dual Mode Vehicle: Train Meets Bus

  Well, it’s not much to look at. Resembling a cross between a beat-up old school bus and a lumbering land mammal with a big nose, the DMV cruises al...

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  Helios: A Solar-Powered Glider

  Inspired by the £50 000 Kremer prize for human-powered flight, Paul MacCready began a long career of aircraft innovation. The “Gossamer Condor,”...

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  Climbing the World's Tallest Tree

  I've often wondered whether one could make a career as a treehugger. Apparently, you can! This video features Jim Spickler, a forest canopy scient...

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  Personal, Portable Solar Panels

  Solar panels that fit in your pocket are ideal for today’s world, when most people carry at least two different electronic devices on them at all ti...

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  Helix-Shaped Wind Turbine

  A couple of weeks ago, a friend and I were in the car, discussing the general public’s reluctance to commit to renewable sources of energy. One arg...

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  The US is Ready for Bio-Diesel

  The US has the need and the means to make the change over to bio-diesel. Other countries like Brazil have already been successful solving their energy...

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