Archive for the Technology Category
Nip, Tuck… and Fill Up?
I've heard of people going to extremes to make biodiesel, but this story has to be the strangest thing I’ve heard in a while. A Beverly Hills doctor is currently under investigation because the fat he removed from his patients was allegedly used to fuel his Ford Explorer and his girlfriend's L
Green Crude
In one of the most memorable moments in cinema, a middle-aged businessman whispers to a young and perplexed Dustin Hoffman one word of advice: “Plastics.” In a 21st-century remake, the word might one day be algae. Plastic was the new gold when The Graduate was filmed in the 1960s. In the
Genetically Engineering Trees That Self-Destruct
Scientists are now working with plant genomes to create trees that literally dissolve themselves into cellulose .The research, designed to reduce the high costs of converting wood into cellulose, focuses on several novel and exceedingly strange methods to turn trees into autodigesters that li
Low Cost Gas Engine Innovation Doubles Fuel Economy
Revetec, a little known company from the Gold Coast region of Australia, may be on to something huge: they’ve created an engine that is 50% smaller, 50% lighter, has 50% lower emissions and is cheaper to manufacture than a conventional internal combustion engine of the same horsepower. Oh
