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October 29 2012
Can A Mutant Electric Half-Car, Half-Motorcycle Disrupt The Vehicle Market?

Electric Avenue

Can A Mutant Electric Half-Car, Half-Motorcycle Disrupt The Vehicle Market?

The Lit C-1 doesn’t look like any car you’ve ever seen, but it still can go 120 mph and gets 200 miles on each charge. Will people embrace the futuristic design enough to make the startup a success?

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Powering The Future

Salvaging Wasted Energy By Turning Heat To Electricity

Salvaging Wasted Energy By Turning Heat To Electricity

Most of the power we generate gets frittered away as heat, but a new material can generate more power from that heat. The energy savings could be astronomical.

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A Step-By-Step Guide To Creating Your Own Sharing Economy

A Step-By-Step Guide To Creating Your Own Sharing Economy

Sharing doesn’t have to mean just cars and apartments. There are lots of small ways you can bring the ideas behind the sharing economy into your life, and a new guidebook shows you how.

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Is The Solution To World Hunger More Food?

Is The Solution To World Hunger More Food?

A new video looks at the idea that more high-tech agriculture is the only solution to global food shortages. The answer might surprise you.

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How To Measure Shared Value, The Latest Business-For-Good Buzzword

How To Measure Shared Value, The Latest Business-For-Good Buzzword

When one initiative lets a company create monetary returns and support social causes simultaneously, that’s shared value. But it’s hard to measure and, therefore, hard to invest in wisely.

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Humanoid Robots To Save People In The Most Dangerous Disaster Zones
Carnegie Mellon University-National Robotics Engineering CenterNASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)   RaytheonNASA-Johnson Space Center   SCHAFT Inc.   Virginia Tech

Humanoid Robots To Save People In The Most Dangerous Disaster Zones

A new challenge from DARPA--the military’s mad science division--is offering $2 million for a robot that resembles a human and can save real humans’ lives.

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These Skateboards Save Lives

These Skateboards Save Lives

If you’re looking for more than a just a killer kickflip, Hendrick Boards help save our furry friends when you buy them.

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