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Pedal Powered Water

A group of young designers entered Google’s “Innovate or Die Pedal Powered Machine Contest” with a unique machine which could positively affect millions of lives across the world.  This group of creative minds created the ‘Aquaduct’ and snagged the first place prize of $5,000.  The Aquaduct is a bicycle with a water storage unit on [...]

Environmentally friendly cement?

Manufacturing cement is an energy intensive process.  Billions of tons of carbon dioxide are released into the air every year when cement is created.  Brent Contstantz, a Stanford University scientist, claims to have discovered a way to create cement by absorbing carbon dioxide instead of releasing it. Vinod Khosla, one of the most [...]