Month June 2008

Cedar Rapids: “It looks like Katrina”

Countless homes and businesses are lost. Crops, especially corn have been wiped out. A 300 mile section of the Mississippi is closed, something that will have a major impact on shipping and transportation. This is like Katrina, but for an…

Can algae save the world?

VentureBeat thinks maybe it could. Biodiesel can be made from algae, as can ethanol. One company thinks they can make hydrogen from it, another says they can create the equivalent of sweet light crude (this would be approaching the Holy…

Building with rotating floors

Construction is starting on this rotating wind-power tower. Each floor houses twelve units, moves independently of the others, and wind turbines generated all the power needed for the building.