World's Largest Climate Change Experiment
Donate your computer's spare number-crunching power and contribute to the world's most ambitious climate modelling experiment.
Climate scientists, led by Oxford University have developed an experiment for the BBC using the Met Office climate model. And they need thousands of people to help!
Using a technique known as distributed computing, they’re hoping to harness the power of thousands of PCs around the world. If 10,000 people sign up, they’ll be faster than the world’s biggest compute…
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After posting the innovative wine bottles by Voga, I realized that I need to make sure I also report the innovative packaging by French Rabbit, a new label which has defined itself by packaging wine in Tetra Packs. As French Rabbit puts it, they offer "Quality French Wine in a state of the art packa…
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Brazil's national oil company, Petrobras, has developed a process for blending vegetable oil with diesel as an alternative fuel source.
From Netscape:
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazil's state oil company Petrobras said on Friday it would introduce a pioneering low-sulphur diesel producing …
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Researchers at Warwick University have developed a biodegradable mobile phone case containing a seed that flowers when planted.
The case is made of a new type of polymer that when buried will start to break down within two weeks. A seed is implanted in the case that germinates when the case degrade…
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The H1 is done. Hummer lovers, read it and weep:
From CBS News:
The hulking, gas-guzzling status symbol that has attracted celebrities and off-road enthusiasts but has drawn the ire of environmentalists.
General Motors Corp. said Friday that the 2006 model year will be the last for the H1, which …
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