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Submission + - New Water Buses Proposed to Help Ease Mass Transit Pressure in Sweden

Submitted by Beverley Mitchell
Beverley Mitchell writes: Researchers at Stockholm's KTH Royal Institute of Technology have come up with an innovative addition to the city's public transit system. Called Waterway 365, their project follows the principle that “across is always closer than around.” They propose integrating water buses into the existing public transport service, and their bike-friendly system design involves a water bus unlike any other you have seen before.

Submission + - Can Drinkable Sunscreen Protect Your Skin from the Inside Out? 2

Submitted by Beverley Mitchell
Beverley Mitchell writes: Colorado company Osmosis Skincare claims to have invented a drinkable form of UV protection. They say ingesting 2 mls of Harmonized H2O UV Neutralizer an hour before sun exposure provides up to 3 hours of protection. In a YouTube video, company owner Dr. Ben Johnson claims: “I’ve been working for years on formulas where we are imprinting radio frequency waves on the molecules of water. And, you know, physics will tell you, ‘We’re not sure if you can do that or not.’ We have come up with a system that does that.” The ingested water is then said to vibrate up to your skin to deflect UVA and UVB waves. With skin cancer risks well documented, it appears that the Food and Drug Administration and the British Skin Foundation wish to err on the side of caution and do not endorse the product.

Submission + - Fujitsu is Growing Radiation-free Lettuce in Japan's Fukushima Prefecture (inhabitat.com)

Submitted by Taffykay
Taffykay writes: Tech giant Fujitsu has opened an organic lettuce farm in Japan's Fukushima prefecture. Blending agriculture, technology, and medicine in a former microchip factory, the company has developed a new variety of organic lettuce that is not only lower in potassium and nitrates than standard varieties, but is also radiation-free.

Submission + - Baltimore's Solar-Powered Water Wheel Devours 50,000 Pounds of Harbor Trash (inhabitat.com)

Submitted by gogreenbaltimore
gogreenbaltimore writes: Baltimore city just launched the amazing Water Wheel, a solar-powered trash collector that can devour up to 50,000 pounds of trash a day! Topped by a sail fabric canopy, the Water Wheel operates entirely off grid, is powered by 30 solar panels and the water current, and looks really cool to boot. All collected trash is sent to a waste-to-energy plant. By cleaning up debris swept into the Inner Harbor by stormwater runoff, the Water Wheel could help make Baltimore's Inner Harbor swimmable by 2020.

Submission + - Sexy Bras Made From Coffee (ecouterre.com)

Submitted by fangmcgee
fangmcgee writes: Underwear drawer in need of a pick-me-up? Sloggi wants you to wake up and smell the coffee. The skivvy-maker, a subsidiary of lingerie juggernaut Triumph International, has launched a new line of bras and briefs made with recycled coffee grounds. "Love Cafe," which the brand recently feted at fashion "flash mobs" in Singapore and Malaysia, is its fourth to boast sustainable credentials, following collaborations with the World Land Trust in previous years.

Submission + - Solar Impulse 2 to Attempt First Round-the-World Solar-Powered Flight (inhabitat.com)

Submitted by Taffykay
Taffykay writes: Swiss innovators André Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard just announced the debut of the new and improved Solar Impulse 2 aircraft. In roughly one year, this new and improved solar airplane will attempt what no plane has done before: a journey of five consecutive days and nights from one continent to the next without using a drop of fuel.

Submission + - Students Create an Edible Water "Bottle" You Can Make at Home (inhabitat.com)

Submitted by Elliot Chang
Elliot Chang writes: The Ooho is an innovative edible water "bottle" created by students Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez, Pierre Paslier and Guillaume Couche that is a no-waste alternative to plastic water bottles since the gelatinous membrane that surrounds the water can, itself, be eaten. See how you can create a similar water blob at home using a process called spherification.

Submission + - Students Create Machine That Uses Pee to Make Furniture (inhabitat.com)

Submitted by Elliot Chang
Elliot Chang writes: Who knew urine could be so useful? Edinburgh College of Art student Peter Trimble has built a machine that makes furniture out of sand, pee and bacteria. Called the Dupe, the device is being used to cast low stools that are surprising sturdy, and can be broken up and used as a fertilizer at the end of their lifecycles.

Submission + - McDonald's Announces Plan to Add 'Chicken' McNuggets to Their Menu

Submitted by Taffykay
Taffykay writes: McDonald's has announced it will be the first fast food chain in the United States to add lab-grown meat to their menu. Following the success of Sergey Brin's lab-grown burger experiment last year, the group said they will 'grow' chicken McNuggets in labs across New Jersey. The move is expected to reduce the number of real chickens needed to supply their 35,000 branches across the globe.

Submission + - China Attempts to Clone Colonial Williamsburg, Replicates Williamsburg, Brooklyn (inhabitat.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: China’s copycat architecture trend has been well documented – so far the nation has built full-scale replicas of the Eiffel Tower, the canals of Venice, and even an entire Austrian village. However when Chinese developer AuthentiCity Ltd. sought to recreate the historic hamlet of Colonial Williamsburg, it wound up with something else entirely – an exact replica of Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Submission + - Curiosity Finds Water on Mars (inhabitat.com)

Submitted by Taffykay
Taffykay writes: NASA's Curiosity Rover has discovered water on Mars, prompting scientists to question whether the red planet has ever supported life. The rover scooped up surface soil and then analyzed its contents using the custom built Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM), an on-board analytical suite that processes and tests its findings with a gas chromotograph, mass spectrometer and tunable laser. In addition to water, the soil sample contained carbon dioxide, oxygen and sulfur compounds.

Submission + - World's Most Efficient Solar Cell Unveiled by French-German Team (inhabitat.com)

Submitted by oritonic1
oritonic1 writes: In the increasingly fast-paced race to create the most efficient solar cell possible, a team comprised of French and German companies has created a unique design that yields 44.7% efficiency, beating the previous record set by Sharp just three months ago. The multi-junction cell, created for use in concentrator photovoltaics, was developed in a little over three years, and its creators hope to reach 50% efficiency by 2015.

Submission + - Science Fiction Writer Proposes 12 Mile Skyscraper to Launch Rockets into Space (inhabitat.com) 3

Submitted by Taffykay
Taffykay writes: Science Fiction author Neal Stephenson has teamed up with Arizona State University engineers and scientists to design a 12.4 mile tall skyscraper that would be used to launch rockets into space. Part of Project Hieroglyph, which encourages scientists to dream big, the skyscraper would be 24 times taller than the current world record holder in Dubai — the 2,722 foot Burj Dubai — if it ever lifts off the ground.

Submission + - World's First iPad 3D Scanner Triples Kickstarter Goal in One Day (kickstarter.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The world's first iPad 3D scanner just launched on Kickstarter — and it has already tripled its funding goal in a single day. The Structure Sensor is a portable $349 3D scanner that attaches to an iPad to allow users to scan objects anywhere — and it can even scan entire rooms and record their dimensions.

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