Comprehensive Map of America’s No-Fly Drone Zones

With all the hoopla about drones in the USA, a cool new map project called Don’t Fly Drones Here exposes where they have already been banned across America. By utilizing open-source maps, the project displays the…

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14% More Moon, No Extra Charge

Supermoon Will Make You 14% Loonier If you were offered anything: food, drink, shelter, car, bike, smart phone, or your salary, and it was going to be 14% bigger, I’m guessing you would immediately hop…

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SolarCity’s Biggest Competitor, Vivint Inc., Is Going Public…

Vivint Inc., second to only Elon Musk’s SolarCity in solar panel installation volumes in the United States, has filed for an IPO and the company could make it’s market debut this fall. Currently, Vivint holds…

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Chemical Compound Found in Tofu and Bath Salts Could Revolutionize Solar Panel Production

A breakthrough in the production of solar cells could make the next-generation of super-efficient solar cells much cheaper and safer. And they use naturally occurring substances too. For making solar panels, cadmium chloride is used to…

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Smart Shoes + Google Maps = Navigational Footwear!

Oh, the places you’ll go with those feet. But sometimes you get off the beaten path and have no idea where your feet have taken you. Indian startup company Ducere Technologies Pvt has developed a…

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Mystery of How the Egyptians Built the Pyramids Comes Down to Friction

It’s been a rather controversial topic throughout the scientific and history community alike. How exactly did the Egyptians manage to build the great pyramids in the amount of time that they did? New discoveries have…

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Old Smartphones Get New Life as Rainforest Guardians

According to a report from the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) and International police organization Interpol, illegal loggers are responsible for up to 90% of rainforest logging. This illegal logging can still impact us even…

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Largest Solar Panel Covered Bridge in the World Helps Power New London Subway Station, Reduce Emissions

Blackfriars Railway Station, Central London The world is getting used to solar installations on all kinds of things: phones, laptops, refrigerators, boats, automobiles and more. Now we are beginning to see the proliferation of solar…

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There Will Be Nothing Small about Dubai’s “Mall of the World”

Could this be a case of too many dollars and too little sense? In yet another attempt to do everything even bigger than they do in Texas, Dubai has announced plans to build the planet’s…

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The World’s Largest Wind and Solar Hybrid Array — Gimmick or Breakthrough?

Most renewable energy systems are “wind only” or “solar only”, etc. This makes sense for huge installations of solar panels or offshore wind farms, for example, but what about installations in small spaces, aka “small…

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