Genetically Engineered Stomach Microbe Converts Seaweed into Ethanol: Scientific American

Genetically Engineered Stomach Microbe Converts Seaweed into Ethanol: Scientific American: "Genetically Engineered Stomach Microbe Converts Seaweed into Ethanol
A genetically modified strain of common gut bacteria may lead to a new technology for making biofuels that does not compete with food crops for arable acreage"

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Genetically Engineered Stomach Microbe Converts Seaweed into Ethanol: Scientific American

Genetically Engineered Stomach Microbe Converts Seaweed into Ethanol: Scientific American: "Genetically Engineered Stomach Microbe Converts Seaweed into Ethanol
A genetically modified strain of common gut bacteria may lead to a new technology for making biofuels that does not compete with food crops for arable acreage"

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Justin Hall-Tipping: Freeing energy from the grid | Video on TED.com

Justin Hall-Tipping: Freeing energy from the grid | Video on TED.com: "Justin Hall-Tipping: Freeing energy from the grid"

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Desalinates Water and produces Electricity

New technology desalinates water and produces electricity simultaneously

Researchers at the University of Colorado Denver College of Engineering and Applied Science have discovered a way to simultaneously desalinate water, produce hydrogen and treat wastewater.

The Future in Practical Terms

Map of the Future 2010, Jamais Cascio, Capitale Digitale (Parte 1) « K21st – Essential 21st Century Knowledge

Map of the Future 2010, Jamais Cascio, Capitale Digitale (Parte 1)
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Waste to Electricity

Toilet Tech: A Power Generator Turns Falling Wastewater Into Electricity | Popular Science

Here’s a novel way to get a little more out of time spent in the bathroom. An industrial design student at De Montfort University in Leicester, UK, has created a clever power generator that turns falling wastewater into electricity. The HighDro Power is a waterwheel-like turbine that can be incorporated into the pipes of tall buildings to turn one man’s waste into another man’s wattage.

Student Tom Broadbent’s inspiration came when he emptied a bath in a hotel room and it drained quite quickly and with impressive force. He started tinkering around with ideas for harnessing the kinetic energy that accompanies each drained sink or flushed toilet, using rapid prototyping machines and vacuum forming to create the parts. The result: a four-blade turbine that drives a small generator.

Shelter for disaster victims

YouTube - Purdue students invent innovative, weather-resistant shelter for disaster victims

Purdue students invent innovative, weather-resistant shelter for disaster victims

Magnetic Power like the Sun

Levitating magnet provides clean energy? | Science & Technology | Sideways News

Scientists are one step closer to developing a process which mimics the sun's output of energy following a series of experiments involving the levitation of a half tonne magnet.

The Levitated Dipole Experiment (LDX) aims to reproduce the magnetic fields of the Earth and other planets, with the potential to be developed as a new way of creating power-producing plants based on nuclear fusion.