Archive for February, 2009
Friday, February 6th, 2009
MS Watersports Gmbh out of Germany is now selling the JetLev-Flyer, a water propelled jet pack. The design looks both novel and simple. Based on a video from the company's website, it appears the JetLev-Flyer works as follows:
The rider/pilot straps on a jet pack.
The jet pack is connected ...
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009
Today XPRIZE Foundation announced that "The Capacitor Challenge", a video calling for innovation in ultracapacitor technology, is the winner of their "What's Your Crazy Green Idea" video contest [see my previous post about the contest]. The $25,000 prize was awarded to the video creators Kyle Good and Bryan Le of ...
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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
Last month New York Governor David Paterson proposed an obesity tax to be levied on fattening foods. He characterizes America's problem with obesity as a crisis. Drawing a comparison to cigarettes, he suggests that just as cigarette taxes reduced the number of American's consumption of cigarettes, a tax on certain ...
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