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  Enertia Electric Motorcycle

  04.02.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Enertia Electric Motorcycle

  Photo Credit: Enertia Another electric motorcycle that has come to our attention is the Enertia, a 280lb vehicle with a range of 45 miles on a single charge. It’s estimated to cost around $0.01 per mile to operate in electric cost and if used 100% for commuting can reduce green house gas emission by an […]

• Energy, Innovation, Technology & Science

  One Hot Bike

  03.31.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on One Hot Bike

  Scotts Valley, California based Zero Motorcycles is now shipping an all-electric 250cc equivalent motorcycle for a list price of $7,450 complete. These nifty little bikes are available in on- and off-road configurations and really fly (check out the videos hosted at their website.) The standard configuration has a duration of 2 hours and/or range of […]

• Innovation

  Most People Can’t Solve a Rubik’s Cube

  03.30.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Most People Can’t Solve a Rubik’s Cube

  This homemade robot can do it in 60 moves and less than 5 minutes on average. Wow. What a use for Lego MindStorms…

• Innovation

  I don’t get Twitter

  03.26.08 | Permalink | 9 Comments

  At the risk of sounding like an old fogey, I don’t get Twitter. I’ve tried, but I just don’t see the necessity for what amounts to sms updates to the world at large – I mean, why bother? There’s IM that tells if you’re available or not. Email is instantaneous and ubiquitous these days. People, […]

• Energy, Innovation, Technology & Science

  SkySails takes Flight

  03.25.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on SkySails takes Flight

  Maiden Voyage of SkySailPhoto Credit: SkySail In December, 2006, Return to the Age of Sail, we first reported on SkySails. The concept is simple, use an enormous kite-sail in conjunction with conventional propulsion to reduce the fuel requirement for cargo ships. Rather than investing in masts and extensive rigging, the SkySails approach is to fly […]

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