Tuesday, March 23, 2010

THE GREEN DESIGN... BY KIM, 2010 Michelin Challenge Design

Source: gajitz.com

2010 Michelin Challenge Design

IMAGE OF THE CAR

Kim's idea behind the P-Eco was that cars waste a great deal of energy that could be harvested for good use. Every moment that a car is moving, it's bouncing and vibrating…and those movements could be harnessed by piezoelectric devices to generate electricity that could recharge the battery. With piezoelectric devices located on both sides of each passenger seat, this concept car could keep itself running efficiently with no additional expenditures for electricity or gasoline.

Monday, March 22, 2010

Octopuses prefer HDTV

Octopuses prefer HDTV

"This new video playback technique is great news for researchers, because they can use it to study many different aspects of octopus behavior that can't otherwise be discerned using traditional techniques," lead author Renata Pronk, a marine biologist at Macquarie University in Australia, told LiveScience.

How Dinos Ruled the World

How Dinos Ruled the World

The iPad May Change Computing, Just Not Your Life

The iPad May Change Computing, Just Not Your Life

Saturday, March 20, 2010