Author: John
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Prototype wind turbine condenses 1,000 liters of water a day from desert air
If you live in or travel through a desert region, having access to clean water is always going to be an issue. If you can’t carry enough for your journey, you have to ensure your route allows for a few water bottle refills. But the lack of water in deserts and other arid locations may…
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Wind farms ‘have major economic benefit’
From The Independent. Read the article directly and check out the links provided to related articles. I have copied some of the article here just for reference. Onshore wind farms, recently under attack from leading conservationists for damaging the countryside, can bring significant economic benefits locally and nationally, as well as contributing to the…
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Wind tops 10 percent share of electricity in five US states
Earth Policy News reports that a new picture is emerging in the U.S. energy sector and wind-power is remarkably on the rise. According to Paul Ray, renowned sociologist and coauthor of The Cultural Creatives: How 50 Million People Are Changing the World, “these growth rates for wind are the kinds of numbers that alternative energy…
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Trimble: A new home for SketchUp
Due to the nature of our projects I am interested in my favorite 3D modeling tool, SketchUp moving to Trimble. Trimble to Enhance its Office-to-Field Platform with the Acquisition of Google’s SketchUp 3D Modeling Platform On April 26, 2012, Trimble announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SketchUp® from Google. SketchUp is…
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Purdue Sets World Record with Largest Rube Goldberg Machine
Congratulations to the Purdue Society of Professional Engineers team. This weekend, the team broke its own world record for the Largest Functional Rube Goldberg Machine. The invention took only 300 steps to blow up and pop a balloon.