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100% Bug-Powered Smart Phone, Featuring Insects Doing Circus Tricks (Video)

14 October 2011

snapdragon image Images via youtube screengrabs Oh yes. Snapdragon asks, "How many preying mantises does it take to power a smart phone?" And indeed, they put together a bug circus to find out. Check out the video. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger

German Trains To Run on 100% Renewables

14 October 2011

german railways renewables photo Image credit: Ingy The Wingy, used under Creative Commons license. During our live chat with Solarcentury's Jeremy Leggett yesterday, we started out by discussing the high profile solar railway bridge his company is helping install in central London as we speak. This was, Jeremy argu... Read the full story on TreeHugger

"Seat Savers" Are Best (and Grossest) Idea For Riding Public Transit

13 October 2011

seat savers photo Photo with permission from Kelsey Avers They go utterly against etiquette for riding muni, but these seat savers have something wonderfully tempting about them when you really just want some space on the bus. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Can Robotic Deer Used To Catch Poachers Be Scaled Up for Endangered Species?

13 October 2011

deer photo Real, or not? Makes you think twice before you shoot! Photo by jonnnnnn via Flickr CC Wildlife officials use robotic deer as decoys to catch poachers. It's a strategy used for years, and it's effective. So, could it be used to catch poachers killing endangered species?... Read the full story on TreeHugger

How To Store Wind Power: Pump It Into A Big Underwater Balloon

13 October 2011

hydrostor wind power storage image Testing Hydrostor model, University of Windsor Tyler Hamilton recently wrote Mad Like Tesla: Underdog Inventors and their Relentless Pursuit of Clean Energy, and while the book may be out, he keeps looking for those crazy ideas that might change everything. Here is another: Hydrostor. A big problem with wind power is that it doesn't always blow when you need peak power, but electricity is hard to store. Cana... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Just What We Needed Dept: The AshPoopie Poop Picker-Up-and-Incinerator

13 October 2011

ashpoopie photo Images credit Ashpoopie I love our little Jasper, seriously I do. What I don't love is picking up his poop. (or my chewed up slippers or the ripped visa bill, but let's stick to poop). The AshPoopie to the rescue. It is a device that Amanda Kooser of CNET describes as "A new invention [that] promises to turn Fluffy's excrement into ashes." ... Read the full story on TreeHugger

X Challenge Oil Spill Cleanup Winners Beat Industry Standard Tech By 400%

13 October 2011

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Meteorologist Snaps First Photo of Rare Quadruple Rainbow

13 October 2011

Theusner_3-4rainbow_press.jpgPhoto: Courtesy of Michael Theusner For those of us who've had the giddy fortune of seeing a double rainbow, apparently there's even bigger surprises in nature -- the quadruple rainbow. Also called a "fourth-order" or quaternary rainbow, this rare and elusive phenomenon (along with "third-order" or tertiary rainbows) has only been reported a handful of times in the last 250 years. But a German meteorologist and amateur astronomer recently captured the first photo of this rare occurrence. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger

TreeHugger Live Chat Today on Solar & Peak Oil, 11e with Solarcentury's Jeremy Leggett

13 October 2011

jeremy-leggett-live-chat.png Image credit: Solarcentury From developing the world's largest solar bridge currently under construction in London to founding a charity that's bringing solar to Africa, Jeremy Leggett—founder and Executive Chairman of Solarcentury—has done more than most to promote a clean energy future. As a former oil geologist and Greenpeace campaigner, he's got ... Read the full story on TreeHugger

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