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  • Sefe, Inc. Power the Entire World

    • 2 May 2012
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    • Electricity Inventions May 02 2012 Renewable Energy Technology
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    via sefelectric.com

    "A city appears—out of thin air. And the power to run that growing city? It’s out of thin air, too. Magic? No, more like a revolution, one created by a vision and a simple, yet profound, premise:

    Sustainable change.

    Maximum impact.

    SEFE is that vision…and a wholly unique way to power the world. The entire world, regardless of geography, politics or infrastructure.

    It isn’t alternative energy, because alternative energy—like wind farms, solar arrays and the like—actually need to create electricity from some other means. Instead, SEFE taps the source, capturing and converting naturally occurring static electricity in the atmosphere into a constant, abundant and decidedly green source of renewable energy."

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  • Art of the Zen Table ~ Mesmerizing and Functional

    • 29 Mar 2012
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    • Furniture Innovations Inventions March 29 2012 Tables Zen
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    by Simon Hallam

    Imagine a Japanese Zen Garden built into a beautifully-crafted, glass-topped table. The body of the table encapsulates electronics and robotics, that sculpt geometric patterns and images into a field of microscopic silicone beads beneath a glass top. The effect is mesmerizing and magical; it is truly Zen-like to watch ever-changing patterns and images appear in the sand.

    via kickstarter.com

     

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  • Man Flaps His Arms and Flies !

    • 24 Mar 2012
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    • Flight Historic Inventions March 24 2012 World Records
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    "Since time immemorial, man has glanced up at the sky and watched with great envy as those magnificent winged creatures above flew circles around him. And although we now have airplanes, deep down inside, we still secretly want to experience what it’s like to soar like an eagle (as cliche as that sounds).

    Well, I’m here to tell you that man’s day has come. That’s because on Sunday a Dutch inventor by the name of Jarno Smeets did the unthinkable when he strapped on a pair of homemade wings and flapped toward the heavens, officially becoming the first man in history to fly like a bird with self-built wings, as reported by Wired.com."

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  • NoClean Aquariums™ ...Simple Genius

    • 10 Jan 2012
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    • Aquariums Inventions January 10 2012
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    "People love aquariums because of their soothing, natural beauty. They make a stunning addition to any home or office and are great for kids. The only drawback is the cleaning. It’s a dirty, messy time consuming chore.

    So we set out to design an aquarium that breaks down these barriers so anyone can have a beautiful, fun-to-watch aquarium without the hassles. 
    It’s the only aquarium on the planet that practically cleans itself, is free to operate (no electricity or filters) and only takes about 60-seconds to work."

    via kickstarter.com

     

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  • The World's Leading Innovators

    • 23 Dec 2011
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    "In today's sluggish economy, the pressure to invent new products and file as many patent applications as possible is greater than ever—both for individual companies and for entire countries, which reap benefits from their citizens' business success. What does it mean for a country to be innovative, and which nations rank at the top of the list ?"
    via good.is

     

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  • California's Big Squirt, 1951

    • 19 Dec 2011
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    • 18December11 Engineering Futuristic Historical Inventions Irrigation
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    "The parched deserts of Southern California need water to transform their barren soil into fertile farmlands and tourist Meccas such as those existing elsewhere in the state. So far the problem has remained unsolved. But Sidney Cornell, a Los Angeles construction engineer, thinks he has a solution. He wants to construct a series of geyser-like power plants one mile apart to shoot water from the mouth of one into the funnel of the next, as depicted here by MI artist Frank Tinsley. The water would arc over hilly sections, have a flat trajectory over plains. Its velocity would approach 400 mph. These stations— 400 in all—would cost about $300,000 each."
    via blog.modernmechanix.com

     

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  • Tetrahedral Kites....Sierpinski Sieves

    • 14 Dec 2011
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    • 13December11 Inventions Kites Tetrahedra
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    ‘In 1898, Bell experimented with tetrahedral box kites and wings constructed of multiple compound tetrahedral kites covered in silk. The tetrahedral wings were named Cygnet I, II and III, and were flown both unmanned and manned’ 
    via retronaut.co

     


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  • The One Man Two Man Saw

    • 7 Dec 2011
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    • 06December11 Film Shorts Inventions humor
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    via youtube.com

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  • US Patent Office Shows Off Timeless Machines

    • 16 Nov 2011
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    • 15November11 Inventions Models Museum
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    A mousetrap that didn't kill mice but held them captive

     

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    A paper-bag-making machine model

     

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    visit the Rothschild Petersen Patent Model Museum  

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  • First Manned Flight of 16 Rotor e-volo Electric Multicopter

    • 6 Nov 2011
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    e-volo Multicopter

     

    In late October, Thomas Senkel completed the first manned flight of an electric multicopter. The 16 rotor, battery-powered e-volo was designed and built by Senkel and the e-volo team in Germany.

    via The Verge

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