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November 21 2011

Electric Avenue

Whole Hog: The Superfast Electric Motorcycles Driving EV Innovation

Whole Hog: The Superfast Electric Motorcycles Driving EV Innovation

Electric cars might seem soft, but the engineers behind electric racing motorcycles are pushing the boundaries of acceleration and top speeds for electric motors. And their innovations will soon find their way under the hood of a new breed of more powerful EVs.

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Method’s Plastic Madness: Ocean Trash To Detergent Bottles

Method’s Plastic Madness: Ocean Trash To Detergent Bottles

There is a lot of plastic floating in the Pacific. Method can’t fix it all, but they’re combing beaches for garbage that might soon end up on supermarket shelves.

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Medical Hotspotting: When Treating Patients Like Criminals Makes Sense

Medical Hotspotting: When Treating Patients Like Criminals Makes Sense

Written by: Bryce Williams

Can paying for more health care reduce health care costs?

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If all these people put their minds to it, could they solve the world's problems?

Foresight Engine Asks The Crowd To Change The Future

With a forecasting model that allows for the discovery of social wisdom and the giving of exposure to outlier ideas, the futurist company is showing the benefits of collective problem solving.

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A tiny ship sets sail across the Pacific.

These Tiny Boats Will Change How We Understand The Ocean

The miniature ships built by Liquid Robotics are powered by the sun and the very waves they ride on. They’re going on a trans-Pacific voyage to explore parts of the ocean never before seen, and sending data back the whole time.

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The Virtual Nurse Will See You Now

The Virtual Nurse Will See You Now

Getting patients discharged from hospitals is time-consuming, but not if you have a robotic nurse give the patients all the info they need (and banter with them about baseball).

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Super Supers: Enlisting Building Workers To Reduce Energy

Super Supers: Enlisting Building Workers To Reduce Energy

Because buildings are the largest energy suck in New York, the city is enlisting the people with the most knowledge to help make them more efficient: the superintendents.

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