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Submission + - Biomimicry Comics (stuartmcmillen.com) 1

Submitted by raahul_da_man on Thursday June 28, 2012 @09:12AM

raahul_da_man writes: Trees build themselves from thin air. Their trunks are almost entirely made from the carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen which draft past them in the breeze. Can we learn to copy their engineering secrets? This question is answered in a 28 page comic by Australian cartoonist Stuart McMillen.

Comment Other folding container designs (Score 3, Informative) 188

by raahul_da_man on Sunday September 25, 2011 @01:13AM (#37506356) Attached to: Are Folding Containers the Future of Shipping?

While this company's idea is interesting, it is still two years away from even being approved for commercial use. There are at least two competitors with easier, simpler to use technology:

Indian Shipping Company

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV-R5jlf6bQ&feature=related

Dutch variant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHlTrOVv9gs&feature=related

The problem, so many shipping containers just pilling up unused in the Western world, and forcing the creation of countless new containers in Asia, is certainly worth solving. But so many companies have tried and failed before. For my money, the Indian or Dutch version seems that more likely to win out. India has far lower steel costs, and is at the centre of shipping between Asia, Europe, Africa and Australia.

Submission + - How Low Cost PCs Are Harming Linux

Submitted by toms on Wednesday May 23, 2007 @03:36AM

toms writes: An article on MadPenguin.org discusses why low cost PCs are harming Linux and its reputation with beginners. From the article, "As much as I hate to say it, in some cases, yes. Low end PCs built with decent distribution did give some users ill feelings about Linux as a whole because they attributed their hardware woes to the unknown. Perhaps the saddest part of all of this is that many vendors are still doing this. To be kind, I'm not going to name names. I will allow pricing to prove my point instead. Again, I have no issues with PC sellers who wish to distribute Linux to those interested in using it, I'm just concerned about the sensitive branding that Linux (all distributions collectively) receives when someone runs out to purchase a really cheap machine.

Submission + - Scientists discover radiation-eating fungi

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amigoro

on Wednesday May 23, 2007 @03:06AM

amigoro writes: "Scientists have discovered that fungi are able to eat radiation, and since ionizing radiation is prevalent in outer space, astronauts might be able to rely on fungi as an inexhaustible food source on long missions or for colonizing other planets. Just as the pigment chlorophyll converts sunlight into chemical energy that allows green plants to live and grow, our research suggests that melanin can use a different portion of the electromagnetic spectrum — ionizing radiation — to benefit the fungi containing it, the researchers explain."

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