AlgaeBulb is an illuminating, oxygen-generating LED
Well, hello, microorganism-filled mood lighting. The conceptual AlgaeBulb is a mini oxygen-generator housed inside of a teardrop-shaped LED bulb.
WHAAAATTT
UCF Unifying Theme
Our Planet. Our Education. Our Future.
http://www.ut.ucf.edu/
Also in animated gif form, in case you like your earthquakes even more terrifying.
“Top 10 Solar Projects Under Construction.” I know, not my usual content. I just found these projects interesting.
How much water does it take to frack a gas well? About 4 Million gallons per well, equivalent amount of water 11,000 families use each day.
SOCCET: the energy-harnessing soccer ball by uncharted play
The SOCCKET is a durable, energy-harnessing soccer ball. Using Uncharted Play’s patent pending technology, the pendulum-like mechanism inside the SOCCKET captures the kinetic energy generated during normal play, and stores it in the ball for later use as an off-grid power source. Just 30 minutes of play can power a simple LED lamp for 3 hours. more
WICKED
Coal vs. Natural Gas Quiz
How Well Do You Know Your Fossil Fuels?
What do you do with those plastic clips that come on bags of bread and other products?
Marc Johns turns bread bag ties into faces (top photo).
We’ve spotted other uses of plastic clips here, and on Crafts by Amanda’s blog here.
GENIUS.
A Gobi Desert Hotel Designed to Float on Sand!
as well as generating its own electricity and water
Take a 3D printer, waste plastic, four brilliant minds and the charity Water for Humans and you have one very interesting project indeed.
WOOF (Washington Open Object Fabricators) won the 3D4D Challenge back in October for their design that will take waste plastic out of landfills, break it down and, using a 3D printer, turn it into composting toilets and rainwater harvesting systems for the developing world. Talk about two birds, one stone.
More: Do The Green Thing: Waste plastic and 3D printers to save the world
