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Musk, Putin Agree On $1.5 Trillion Trans-Eurasian Hyperloop

In what could amount to a 21st century New Deal for the world economy Elon Musk and Valdimir Putin announced yesterday an agreement to spend $1.5 trillion on a Trans-Eurasian Hyperloop to connect New York…

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Medical Grade Marijuana Production Going Mainstream

Last week, India Globalization, Inc. (ICG), a New York Stock Exchange-listed company in the materials sector (i.e. iron ore, steel, and electronic components), announced plans to build a cannabis growing facility in Washington State as part…

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4×4 Isn’t Enough: This 6×6 Kahn Flying Huntsman is Ready to Take Over the World!

The British tuning shop Kahn Design has unveiled a 6×6 version of the Land Rover Defender at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show. Dubbed the Kahn Flying Huntsman, it is based on the Land Rover Defender 110.…

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The RAHT RACER: A 100 MPH Pedal Electric Hybrid Bicycle!

If you love biking to work, but face the problems like carrying certain important things, have a hard time riding in wet weather, and wish it to be faster and safer, then the Raht Racer…

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World’s First Carbon Positive House Produces More Energy Than It Uses

ArchiBlox, a modular buildings specialist, has recently unveiled Australia’s first carbon-positive prefab home. A prototype of this prefab home has been installed in Melbourne’s City Square. This compact carbon-positive house with ‘edible garden walls’, a…

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Inventor Focus: Reducing Asphalt Industry’s Carbon Footprint

Jim Stevens has 15 patents related to asphalt (aka bitumen) chemistry and physical properties under the name Green PAHs or Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbon Suppressant. Stevens is a “rheologist,” studying the flow of matter in liquid…

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Frank Gehry to Redesign Eastern Gateway to Sunset Strip

Earlier this week, Townscape Partners announced that Frank Gehry has been chosen for the 8150 Sunset Project to redesign the eastern gateway, pictured above, to the 1.5 mile (2.4 km) Sunset Strip in West Hollywood.…

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Architect Ole Scheeren Creates New Guardian Art Center, Auction House in Beijing

German Architect Ole Scheeren of Beijing-based Buro Ole Scheeren has been working with the Beijing Institute of Architectural Design and Chinese planning authorities to create the Guardian Art Center pictured above, just two blocks from…

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The Bucket Board: A Beautiful Skateboard Made Entirely From Trash!

In an effort to encourage people to live a greener lifestyle, artist Mac Premo teamed up with Sanford Shapes with the idea to make skateboard decks out of trash. The video below shows how Mac…

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How the Japanese Run a Profitable, Sustainable Train System

Leave it up to the Japanese. That’s what I always say. As a well educated and worldly elder Japanese once told me, Japanese are capable of incredible evil and of incredible good. As far as…

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