Trees are amazing things — they cool us in the heat, protect us from wind, and provide us with the materials for shelter. With their ability to process carbon dioxide into oxygen they are the lungs of the Earth. One of the largest tree on the planet is the giant redwood. To do your part for the environment (and just ’cause you want to) you can grow your own redwood in your garden.
Here’s some news that’ll have exotic food fans hopping: The Kyoto Aquarium will be serving three types of “Frog’s Egg Soup” in their on-site restaurant cafe from June 1st through July 12th of 2013. The soup might look and taste a little weird but at least it won’t make you croak.
Using the internet to develop and market an innovative idea doesn’t need
to be a hairy experience, but this green landscaping company is the
exception to that rule! Let’s take a closer look at RentAGoat.com’s
innovative business:
Does Art Reflect Life? Or does Life reflect Art? The unbelievable body art of Craig Tracy will not bring that timeless paradox anywhere close to closure, because his mixture of the human form and artistic expression is nothing short of (r)Evolutionary.
A new octopus that is not biological swims the same way that a real one would. The bot, which was shown off at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), which takes place annually in Karlsruhe, Germany showed off the robot in a tank in order to demonstrate the swimming motion.
If you’re planning on entering the 2013 Arctic Innovation Competition,
it wouldn’t hurt to take a peek at the inventions that wowed the judges
of this chilly contest, so here are the grand prize winners from 2009 to
2012 for extra inspiration:
The government of South Korea, Inter-American Development Bank, Nordic Development Fund and GDF SUEZ, have pulled together to seek out energy solutions from Caribbean, South and Central American nations, and there are huge cash prizes for the best ideas!
If you can demonstrate how to build something useable that is truly
worth raiding the recycle bin to create, you could win over $1,000 worth
of prizes from Voltaic, REI, Nokero and more!
If you’ve got an invention that reduces greenhouse gas emissions, pitch
your idea to the judges at The Postcode Lottery Green Challenge for a
chance to receive € 500,000 to develop your business plans.
When
people tell you that the wheel doesn’t need to be redesigned, lean back
in your biologically accurate rhinoceros throne and scold them for
thinking inside the box.
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