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#germany: Self-Driving Minibus
Oct 27 2017 02:10 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
EZ10, . . . A self-driving minibus: . . . . . . seat's 6 people, . . . . . . speed 9.3 mph, https://vimeo.com/137217228 . . . going between the: . . . . . . train station, . . . . . . town center, and . . . . . . thermal baths, that tourists come i...
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#what Really Matters?
Oct 28 2017 01:45 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
When: . . . . . . fire, . . . . . . flood, or . . . . . . fierce winds, are barreling toward your home, . . . it is striking how material possessions cease to matter. . . . Items that were once prized belongings, . . . are left behind without a second...
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#power-Failure: Wind Storm
Nov 01 2017 07:20 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
We have been without electric power for 3 days. . . . No: Water (from our well pump) . . . . . . Showers, . . . . . . Instant tea, Coffee, soup . . . . . . Washers dish, clothing . . . . . . Flushing toilets, . . . . . Food (from Microwave, toaster) ....
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#battery: Cheap New Alloy
Nov 03 2017 05:00 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Could a new tin-aluminum alloy, make Lithium-ion batteries: . . . . . . Lighter, . . . . . . more compact, . . . . . . able to hold more energy, . . . . . . cheaper, and . . . . . . faster to produce? 10-3-2017 Source: #Battery: Cheap new alloy
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Kiss Your #car Goodbye!
Nov 09 2017 05:15 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Bob Lutz, former vice chairman, and . . . head of product development at General Motors, says, . . . It saddens me to say it, . . . but we are approaching the end of the automotive era. The end state will be the fully autonomous module, . . . with no...
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Mega-#iceberg Breaks Off
Nov 17 2017 04:50 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
In July, . . . one of the largest icebergs ever recorded, a . . . 2,300 mi² chunk of ice, that represented . . . 10% of the total ice shelf, . . . broke off from Antartica’s Larsen C ice shelf. 11-17-2017 Source: Mega-#iceberg breaks off
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#emergency Shelter
Nov 22 2017 01:40 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
Project Ground-up, . . . attempts to provide all basic amenities, . . . within a small house-footprint, and . . . building a community around the construction of the house, . . . with a village cooperative between . . . 100 families, to create job...
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#bicycle Cargo Transport
Nov 28 2017 08:55 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
By combining the handling and transport, . . . BicyLift, reduce's the impact of transloading, . . . for a fully efficient last mile delivery ! BicyLift weight's 55 lbs, and . . . can carry up to 400 lbs. https://www.youtube....h?v=hgbZTNIMn48
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#electric Cargo Ship: Transports Coal?
Dec 03 2017 02:15 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
China, . . . launches World’s First "All-Electric Cargo Ship," and . . . will use it to haul . . . Coal? It will lower the cost of transportation for bulk cargoes, . . . because the price of electricity, . . . is lower than the price of diesel...
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The Duck Curve
Dec 08 2017 03:30 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
If you draw a curve, . . . that represents the demand for electricity over the course of a 24 hour day, . . . the shape resembles a duck. The duck curve has become more pronounced lately, . . . in places like California, . . . which often has more rene...
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#energy: The Poor Can Afford
Dec 14 2017 03:55 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
"Liter of Light," has already taught: . . . . . . 382,000 Filipinos, and . . . . . . 690,000 people, from other countries, . . . how to pick themselves up, . . . out of energy poverty. Thanks to a clever, and . . . environmentally friendly inn...
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Modular #vehicles Design
Dec 23 2017 01:30 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Modular Vehicles. . . . There’s an ever-growing demand for, . . . the one vehicle that “does it all.” Matrēshka, . . . is a modular autonomous vehicle, . . . explicitly designed for commercial use, . . . with a wide range of modifications: . . . . . ....
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The "new #arctic"
Dec 23 2017 11:15 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
“Arctic shows no sign of returning to reliably frozen region of recent past decades,” . . . say's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). https://www.youtube....h?v=MvoFDZQKJHc
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Arctic: Sea #ice Is Disappearing
Dec 25 2017 02:00 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
The disappearance of sea ice in the Arctic, . . . are already leading to: . . . . . . longer growing season, . . . . . . greening of the tundra, . . . . . . sharp rise in the number of wildfires, and . . . . . . spike in plankton growth. These changes...
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#transportation Vehicle Components
Jan 03 2018 03:45 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
“What if we were able to dissect a working car, . . . into working components, . . . which could be utilized according to given circumstances?” https://vimeo.com/242518507 Would that be like, . . . Amazon’s New Robot Army, . . . Shipping Out Products?...
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Japan: #virtual Power Plant (Vpp)
Jan 04 2018 06:55 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Sunverge Energy, . . . has deployed dozens of energy storage units, . . . at geographically dispersed locations across the service territory of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), . . . while managing them as a single virtual node on the grid. The p...
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Usa: 2017 Costliest #weather Year
Jan 09 2018 11:30 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration announced Monday, . . . 2017 - was the costliest year ever, totaling $306 billion, for . . . weather and climate disasters in the United States. 1-9-2018 Source: USA: 2017 costliest #weat...
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What Bomb #cyclones Teach Us?
Jan 12 2018 01:30 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
A Polar Vortex, coupled with a . . . Bomb Cyclone created a wicked nor’easter. It was so cold that: . . . . . . Niagara Falls froze, . . . . . . it snowed in Florida, . . . . . . Coal stacks were frozen, . . . . . . diesel generators simply couldn’t fu...
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Denmark: 50% #renewables By 2030
Jan 12 2018 01:55 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Denmark just set a world record for using wind power, . . . to drive its economy. Its government now predicts, . . . that anyone betting against the technology, . . . is on the wrong side of history. Danish Energy Minister Lars Chr. Lilleholt says, ....
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Australian Heat Wave: #renewables
Jan 12 2018 02:20 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
40% of Victoria’s energy needs, . . . during the last heatwave, . . . were met by renewables. 1-12-2018 Source: Australian Heat Wave: #Renewables
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Goal: Just Be #happy (In A Tiny House)
Jan 30 2018 08:40 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Some times, you have to lose it all, . . . before you realize, . . . what's really the most important thing to you. Richard reevaluated his life, . . . after a motorcycle accident, he: . . . . . . quit his job, . . . . . . sold his house, and . ....
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Japan: #minimalists
Feb 02 2018 10:50 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
In 1899, Edwin Way Teale wrote, . . . “Reduce the complexity of life, . . . by eliminating the needless wants of life, and . . . the labors of life, . . . reduce themselves.” This philosophy has taken form in recent years, . . . as ‘minimalism,’ . . ....
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We Let Kids #design Our City
Feb 09 2018 05:40 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Kids make up 25% of the population, . . . shouldn't we include them in some important conversations? In this inspiring talk, . . . urban planner Mara Mintzer, . . . wonders what would happen, . . . if we let children design our cities. https://www...
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Global Gigabit #broadband
Feb 25 2018 02:35 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
Elon Musk tweets that the . . . Starlink constellation of thousands of gigabit per second internet satellites, . . . will help get internet to the last billion, and . . . areas in the developed world with bad internet service. Falcon launch carries, ....
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#arctic: Record-Breaking Warmth
Mar 01 2018 01:40 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Though the sun hasn’t shone on the central Arctic for more than . . . 4 months, parts of the Arctic were more than . . . 50 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than normal. The Arctic Ocean is on track to set a new record this year, ...for the smallest extent o...
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