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Submission + - Toyota Unveils the Swiss Army Knife of Cars (inhabitat.com)

Submitted by MikeChino
MikeChino writes: Toyota is targeting the maker community with a new vehicle that can be customized to the nth degree. The U squared is the size of a compact city car, yet it offers tons of space with a modular rail system that allows you to swap out seats in favor of racks, storage trays, bike racks, and other components.

Submission + - Scientists Bioengineer Real Cheese Without Animal Products (indiegogo.com)

Submitted by MikeChino
MikeChino writes: A group of scientists has developed a process to create Real Vegan Cheese from a yeast-based, non-animal-derived milk protein. To do this they bio-engineered regular baker’s yeast to make milk proteins known as caseins. These caseins then get blended together with sugar, oil, and water, to brew up a non-animal-derived milk that can be transformed into cheese by standard, time-tested methods. The team recently launched an Indiegogo campaign to bring the cheese to market.

Submission + - Scientists Confirm Life Under Antarctic Ice for the First Time (inhabitat.com)

Submitted by MikeChino
MikeChino writes: A new paper by a group of researchers from Montana State University confirms that life can survive under antarctic ice. Researchers led by John Priscu drilled down into the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and pulled up organisms called Archaea. These organisms survive by converting methane into energy, enabling them to survive where there is no wind or sunlight, buried deep under the ice.

Submission + - Jamaica Unveils World's Largest Wind-Solar Hybrid Installation (inhabitat.com)

Submitted by MikeChino
MikeChino writes: The world’s largest wind and solar hybrid renewable energy project was recently completed in Kingston, Jamaica. The WindStream Technologies array is expected to generate approximately 106,000kWh annually with a return on investment in less than four years, and it should save approximately $2 million in energy costs over the course of its 25-year lifetime.

Submission + - New Study Shows Feasibility of 19-Year-Old's Ocean Cleanup Array (inhabitat.com)

Submitted by almda
almda writes: One year ago 19-year-old Boyan Slat unveiled an Ocean Cleanup Array that he claimed could clean 7 million tons of plastic from the world's oceans. The design went viral and received it's share of criticism — however a newly released one-year feasibility study shows that the array would indeed work as planned. Slat claims that a single array could remove half the plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 10 years.

Submission + - Why You Shouldn't Buy An UHD 4K TV This Year (computerworld.com)

Submitted by Lucas123
Lucas123 writes: While it's tempting to upgrade your flatscreen to the latest technology, industry analysts say UHD TVs are still no bargain with top brand names selling 65-in models for $5,000 or more. And, even though 4K TVs offer four times the resolution of today's 1080p HDTVs, there are no standards today for how many frames per second should be used in broadcasting media. Additionally, while there's plenty of content being produced for UHDs, little has been made available. "You can get more for your dollar going with a good LED HDTV from a top brand," said Veronica Thayer, an analyst with IHS Research. "They're coming out with great prices for this holiday season."

Submission + - Boulder's tech workers cope with historic flood (computerworld.com)

Submitted by dcblogs
dcblogs writes: Boulder Co. was recently ranked first in nation for its "high-tech start-up density," for cities of its size by the Kauffman Foundation. The ranking is based on a ratio of start-ups to population. But the tech community has left its downtown offices, some of which are flooded and others under threat. Normally there are 70 people working in Gnip's office, but Chris Moody, the CEO, in response to request from the city to get traffic off roads, closed the office. In another part of downtown, TeamSnap's building was flooding, and Dave DuPont, its CEO, said his only commute option was "by boat." The city's decision to ask businesses to close was a sign "that the worse might still be in front us," said Moody.

Submission + - 2013 Ig Nobel Prize Winners Announced (improbable.com)

Submitted by devjoe
devjoe writes: The 2013 Ig Nobel Prize Winners include research confirming that people who think they are drunk also think they are attractive, a study that dung beetles navigate using the Milky Way, and two men who swallowed whole boiled dead shrews without chewing to see which bones would dissolve in the human digestive system and which would not.

Submission + - Cilantro Hailed as Cheap and Sustainable Water Purifier for Developing Countries (inhabitat.com)

Submitted by Taffykay
Taffykay writes: People in developing countries who lack access to fresh, clean water, or conventional water purification technology, could benefit from using cilantro instead. Douglas Schauer, Ph.D claims that the leafy herb popular in Mexican food dishes effectively removes toxic heavy metals from water. Research conducted in Mexico supports this claim, and shows that this herbal purification technique may be more effective than activated carbon methods currently employed.

Submission + - Germany Produces Record-Breaking 5.1 Terawatt Hours of Solar Energy in One Month 2

Submitted by oritonic1
oritonic1 writes: Germany is rapidly developing a tradition of shattering its own renewable energy goals and leaving the rest of the world in the dust. This past July was no exception, as the nation produced 5.1 TWh of solar power, beating not only its own solar production record, but also eclipsing the record 5TWh of wind power produced by German turbines in January. Renewables are doing so well, in fact, that one of Germany's biggest utilities is threatening to migrate to Turkey.

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