I really like this – it’s designed to mimic a tree! [from WSJ competition]

Wow! Batteries that are biologically grown:

Batteries grown from armour-plated viruses – tech – 08 April 2009 – New Scientist.

New Way To Split Water Into Hydrogen And Oxygen Developed.

A generator converts water to hydrogen, to power the vehicle.  Click here for video link.

thanks, Lanny.

Fred Wilson’s post about the iPhone remote for Boxee inspired me.

What if there was an iPhone app, where you could easily create a universal remote, with all your preferences (favorite channels etc.) easily programmed by a drag and drop interface.

Universal remotes I’ve used in the past are hard to program, and generally don’t work very well…

There would then be a wifi-enabled device in your cabinet, which converts your iPhone commands to infrared, to control all your hardware!

Universal remotes I’ve used in the past are hard to program, and generally don’t work too well…

I liked this swivel bottle cap, which is obviously reused, especially in light of this TED video showing how conventional bottle caps pollute our oceans.

platn

thanks, kevin

can improve fuel efficiency by 10%.

Via here.

read more here.

Check out the Cool Earth solar balloon. [source article]