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The Make blog has some neat ways to blend almost anything using pedal power. The idea to make all these pedal powered blenders came from a Starbucks where customers blended their own drinks by pedaling.

In a story that is making it’s way around the web, researchers at the University College London have devised a new way to produce computer chips.

The production of computer chips currently takes a vast amount of energy to heat furnaces to 1000 degrees Celsius. The heat transforms silicon to silicon dioxide, a key ingredient of [...]

A new study by the Real Property Association of Canada reveals that adding green features to a building equals better sale value!
“Rick Nevin and Gregory Watson found that people pay $10-$20 more for a home for every $1 reduction in annual fuel bills.
The Heschong Mahone Group found that ‘adding skylighting to the average non-skylit retail [...]

When the Belgian Chamber Orchestra discovered they would not be recieving their government grant for 2007 they did what any organization would do. Yip! They put themselves up for bid on E-Bay! Suprisingly in just one week the bid rose from 1 euro to 8000! The group usually works with a budget of just over [...]

Today the U.S. Supreme Court released their decision on the constitutional validity of military tribunals held for prisoners in Guantanamo Bay. The challenge was put forth specifically with respect to the case of one detainee, Salim Hamdan, but the court’s ruling has widespread implications for how similar cases will be handled in the future. From [...]

Canadian researchers at the University of Alberta have re-grown teeth and bone using a machine that emits low-intesity pulsed ultrasound.
Already several tests have been done on live patients. This is great news for anyone missing their pearly whites.