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Student inventor creates £20 wind turbine out of scrap for developing world

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:55:41 GMT

clipped by: funana
clipper's remarks: Great innovator!

Student inventor creates £20 wind turbine out of scrap for developing world

A student has built a wind turbine from scrap to help people in the developing world.

Max Robson, 22, constructed a prototype using rubbish collected from skips, tips and bins including an old bike frame and wheel bearings, the magneto from a Vespa, a battery from a Ford Fiesta and bits of wood.

It is so simple, he says, it can be built by unskilled workers in less than a day anywhere in the world.

Tags: wind energy, low budget, ecology, wind turbine

This car drives with compressed air! 1,50 EUR / 100km

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:35:46 GMT

clipped by: funana
clipper's remarks: Visit the source for a video (in German though). Amazing!

http://www.venturi.fr

Clip Source: www.rp-online.de

Weltneuheit: Dieses Auto fährt nur mit Druckluft

Ein Traum für jeden Spritpreis-genervten Autofahrer: Das umweltfreundliche Luftdruck-Auto soll in Serie gehen

Tags: car, ecology, eco car, compressed air, energy

Free Download: "The Pirate's Dilemma" eBook

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:32:35 GMT

clipped by: funana
clipper's remarks: "To be honest, I was flattered that the book got pirated in the first place. "

Clip Source: thepiratesdilemma.com

There are millions of books on amazon.com, and on average each will sell around 500 copies a year. The average American is reading just one book a year, and that number is falling. The problem (to quote Tim O’Reilly) isn’t piracy, it’s obscurity. Authors are lucky to be in a business where electronic copies aren’t considered substitutes for physical copies by most people who like reading books (for now at least).

Tags: piracy, ebook, pirates, matt mason, the pirate's dilemma, download

Make beautiful wordclouds from from text that you provide

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:13:51 GMT

clipped by: funana

Clip Source: wordle.net

Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.

Create your own.

Tags: wordclouds, clouds, web 2.0, wordle

How much time will you save?

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:41:35 GMT

clipped by: funana
clipper's remarks: Track your browsing habits

Clip Source: 8aweek.com

Install the free 8aweek toolbar to save time online. How much time will you save?

Track your browsing habits
Limit distracting sites
Installs in under 9 seconds (seriously).
Learn more

Tags: time management, time, 8aweek, firefox toolbar

Spy: listen in on the social media conversation on any term

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:59:38 GMT

clipped by: funana
clipper's remarks: spy can listen in on the social media conversation on any term, what do you want to listen for?

Clip Source: spy.appspot.com

spy can listen in on the social media conversation on any term, what do you want to listen for?

Twitter Powered by Summize

FriendFeed Powered by FriendFeed

Blogs (RSS) Powered by FriendFeed

Google Reader Powered by FriendFeed

Tags: spy, social media, friendfeed, twitter

The Evolution of Lifestreaming Into Lifeportals

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:04:32 GMT

clipped by: funana

Clip Source: lifestreamblog.com

The other day on css tricks.com, they posted about creating your own social home which appeared to me as more of a personal/social portal than a lifestream. A lifeportal, if you will.

Tags: lifestreaming, lifeportals, web 2.0

Come As You Are

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:58:16 GMT

clipped by: funana
clipper's remarks: Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Post a photo of yourself taken right now.

Clip Source: www.sweetney.com

Come As You Are

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Post a photo of yourself taken right now.

Wherever you are, whatever you're doing, grab a camera (photobooth obviously helps) and snap. No retouching, just the rawness of a moment in time. Then post your photo on flickr or your blog/site, and share the link in comments here.

Ready? GO.

Clip Source: www.flickr.com

comeasyouare

Tags: photo, come as you are

The Train That Never Stops

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:34:29 GMT

clipped by: funana
clipper's remarks: Interesting concept.

Clip Source: swissmiss.typepad.com

[Video]

The above video (note: it's in Taiwanese), demonstrates a rather interesting concept by Taiwanese inventor Peng Yu-Lun for a train that never stops. He correctly points out that trains would be far more efficient (and on-time) if they didn't have to go through the trouble of, you know, stopping to pick up passengers, Unfortunately, at present not stopping for passengers would mean, well, no passengers. Yu-Lun's design solves that problem with a kind of "top-mounted boarding shuttle that is scooped up when the train passes one station and automatically deposited when it reaches the next stop." See the video to get a better sense of how it would work.

Tags: train, traffic, science

Style Alarm: Ammonite Washbasin

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:08:31 GMT

clipped by: funana
clipper's remarks: I wonder if it is usable enough, but I like the style very much!

Clip Source: www.likecool.com

Ammonite Washbasin from High Tech

I loved this pretty washbasin! Ammonite washbasin from High Tech. Made from patented concrete, with fossil-shaped basin, fossil size 64 cm, with integrated waste, including brackets, dimensions: 1200-1590 x 560 mm, colour: according to colour chart.

Tags: bath, design, gadgets, home, washbasin, fossil

Crazy, creative, wonderful! Wall Painted Animation Movie

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:21:06 GMT

clipped by: funana
clipper's remarks: Incredible! I love this video!

Clip Source: www.infopirat.com

[Video]

Tags: streetart, animation, video, graffiti, art

SezWho for Drupal: Real Disqus Alternative?

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:28:40 GMT

clipped by: funana
clipper's remarks: What I like at SezWho is the approach to leave your site comments untouched and search engine friendly.

I recently played around with Disqus and Intense Debate and I like the whole idea.
http://www.intensedebate.com/users/57981
http://disqus.com/people/Infopirat/

Other things that are maybe similiar but decentral:
http://www.cocomment.com/

and last but not least this here, which is the "Semantically-Interlinked Online Communities Initative":
http://sioc-project.org/

Clip Source: sezwho.com

Tags: sezwho, drupal, disqus, web 2.0, sioc, comments

Coolest Star Wars Lego Ever

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:54:54 GMT

clipped by: funana
clipper's remarks: Incredible. 400 Bucks...

Clip Source: gizmodo.com

3,800-Piece Death Star Diorama Is Coolest Star Wars Lego Ever

Tags: lego, star wars

Yup - already over 13 million Firefox3 downloads

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:11:57 GMT

clipped by: funana
clipper's remarks: Wow. Amazing. I waited for the big "13" to take the screenshot...

Clip Source: infopirat.com

Tags: firefox, firefox3, mozilla, internet, browser

The easy way to create Your online portfolio

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:56:52 GMT

clipped by: funana
clipper's remarks:

Clip Source: infopirate.org

Carbonmade is...

The easiest way to display and manage your portfolio online

A clean canvas to show off your work

Instant updating with no HTML experience necessary

A set of easy to use management tools

Images, flash, video... Oh my!

Used by over 20,000 artists and designers in 55 countries

Carbonmade is your online portfolio!

Tags: carbonmade, flash, images, online portfolio, portfolio, video, web 2.0