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Paul Lilly - Sat, Jun 01, 2019
There is something strangely cathartic about seeing an old piece of hardware that has suffered the fate of time and neglect, get restored to its original glory (or close to it). Maybe on a psychological level, this plays to our recognition...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Jan 18, 2018
It's all fun and games on the Internet until some idiot dreams up the Tide Pod challenge, followed by more idiots partaking in this idiotic viral phenomenon. The challenge, in case you haven't come across it on social media, is to stick...
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Rob Williams - Sun, Jun 07, 2015
Despite the dangers of drunk driving being well-documented, there continue to be about 10,000 drunk driving-related fatalities in the United States each year. Sometimes, it's the drunk driver that's killed, and other times it's innocent...
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Brandon Hill - Fri, May 22, 2015
If you drive or ride in any vehicle theses days aside from outliers like the Tesla Model S, Nissan Leaf, or Ford Focus Electric its likely powered by a petroleum-based fuel, be it gasoline or diesel. Audi (and the Volkswagen Group as a...
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Joel Hruska - Tue, Jan 21, 2014
A new breakthrough at Virginia Tech could be the beginning of a new type of commercial battery production. Granted, tech companies make these claims on a regular basis -- but this one may be worth paying attention to in the long term...
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Shawn Oliver - Wed, Dec 16, 2009
It's time we, as a nation, came to grips with something. No, we're not about to go on some rant about healthcare, and we aren't talking about the Federal Interest Rate, we're talking about something far, far more endearing to the US public. Yes folks, we're talking about texting. Hold your...
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Shawn Oliver - Tue, May 12, 2009
Thought this whole "green" thing was just a fad? Think again. Rentech, Inc. announced today a plan to construct a plan to build a plant in Rialto, California for the production of ultra-clean synthetic fuels and electric power from renewable waste biomass feedstocks. Pretty sophisticated, no?...
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Daniel A. Begun - Thu, Aug 14, 2008
While the international press and Olympic athletes complain about the environmentally-unfriendly air quality in Beijing, Samsung plans to bring a little green to the games today with its new E200 Ecobioplasticcell phone. Unlike traditional plastics, which are derived from (non-renewable) petroleum-based products, bioplastics are derived...
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