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What if there was a way to get most of the benefits of a subway, but without the costs of digging up all those tunnels? The Chinese company Shenzhen Hashi Future Parking Equipment Co. thinks it might be able to do just that with a concept it calls the 3D Fast Bus (which has also been called the straddling bus), and kind of giant bus/train that straddles the street and allows cars to drive right under it.
China's '3D Fast Bus' Straddles the Road So Cars Can Drive Under : TreeHugger
3-D Printing Whole Buildings in Stone...in Space: This Printer Rocks | Fast Company
6 diggs digg In Pisa, Italy, mad genius Enrico Dini is building sandcastles on the moon.
Transplanting seas to inland ocean lakes? A good idea for the Middle East? The two century-old and highly respected Japanese engineering giant Shimizu has hatched a wild and crazy proposal to rehabilitate the desert for human use.
Humans Play God Big-time: Relocate Oceans To Deserts | Green Prophet
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It's a real bummer if you ever reach a charging site to find it's completely ICEd.
The Chinese Room Argument (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
First published Fri Mar 19, 2004; substantive revision Tue Sep 22, 2009
Smart Fridge by Ashley Legg » Yanko Design
The Smart Fridge here is for those who have shunted cooking to a hobby and rely more on designer microwave meals.
The invention of scuba diving has allowed us to breathe underwater but only at very shallow depths.
Into the abyss: The diving suit that turns men into fish - Science, News - The Independent
The £2.2billion superlab where scientists are creating a star on Earth | Mail Online
Here at the National Ignition Facility in Livermore California, scientists are aiming to build the world's first sustainable fusion reactor by 'creating a miniature star on Earth'. Following a series of key experiments over the last few weeks, the £2.2 billion project has inched a little closer to its goal of igniting a workable fusion reaction by 2012. Experiment: Scientists hope that their £2.2billion 'miniature star on earth' will become the world's first sustainable fusion reactor by 2012
Street lights are an important part of our urban infrastructure — they light our way home and make the roads safe at night.
Gold Nanoparticles Could Transform Trees Into Street Lights | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World
With electronic contact lenses, bionic eyesight could become reality - SmartPlanet
A new generation of contact lenses built with tiny circuits and LEDs could make bionic eyesight a reality.