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Green tips for computer energy savings
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory green tips isn't lengthy, but it does include one good one: don't use a screen saver. Screen savers are old tech designed to keep phosphors from literally burning images into a monitor that had…
The Contour Crafting appliance that makes your home
Going one step beyond designing a house for your virtual reality avatar to live in, Contour Crafting lets you develop a virtual version of your house, then hire a robot to build the shell in 24 hours. It uses…
DIY LED Bike Light System
The plans for the LED Bike Light System can be used just to make a headlight, or for the full headlight-taillight system giving a bright white light on the front and modest (but prominent) red on the back. The…
Bio-Bubble degrades into plain water
I love popping the bubbles on plastic excelsior as much as the next chick, but I do always feel a tad guilty that I'm not folding it up like I'm some kind of eco-Martha Stewart intending to reuse it…
Vintage-style Karakuri sake-serving androids
If you've always wanted a slave, but are too darned ethical to buy a live one, how about a handmade sake serving automata made from cherrywood and porcelain? These lovely little robots are all based on clockwork, and use…
Google and Milk Thistle saves family from death
My grandmother always swore milk thistle was the best thing for my screwed-up liver; she's mentioned it on many occasions over the years and I'm afraid I've always relegated it to the same category as the books I read…
How DialIdol.com hijacked American Idol (and could do same for any other dial-in vote)
American Idol, the US reality-TV program that allows viewers to vote as often as they like for whomever they like best, was hijacked many moons ago by DialIdol.com, which provides software allowing you to wardial for your favourite, indefinitely….
Cloning a steer from a steak
In Cloned Bull: the bum rap on cloned food, William Saletan addresses the technical issues of cloning beef. He mentioned a startling fact: ViaGen's 19-month old prize steer, Elvis, "was cloned from a side of Prime Yield Grade 1…
MHV4: Hydrogen Powered Car
Another environmental vehicle prototype: the MHV4 hydrogen-powered car from Taiwan's Mingdao University. No petrol whatsoever involved, and it runs for 40km per charge. Compact but with a little storage space (unlike the ultra-compacts), it seats two, is pretty cute,…
Make your own origami TV
If you're the kind of Hippyshopper that has a computer but no television, the Sharp Pencil Quality TV will be right up your alley. Instructions are pretty straightforward: download the template, cut it out, glue it together, wrap the…
