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Monster Machines: The Fuel Cell That Runs On Corn Husks And Old Bullets
The Iowa Army Ammunition Plant (IAAAP) in Middletown, Iowa, has an overabundance of two things: corn waste and excess energetics — leftover explosives, propellants, pyrotechnics and such. But using a new ethanol-based fuel cell developed by nanoMaterials Discovery Corp (nMDC) will transform these waste materials into clean, cheap, electricity. Two birds, one catalytic reaction.
The Weirdest Thing On The Internet Tonight: Four Calories
This is the single most awesome Tic Tac commercial of all time — in that I will never again eat orange Tic Tacs without thinking of a fat fuzzy guy’s belly button. Now that’s branding.
Monster Machines: China’s First Aircraft Carrier Is Finally Ship-Shape
During the Korean War, China’s greatest military resource was its vastly overwhelming personnel numbers. However, over the past three decades, the People’s Liberation Army has undergone a sea change in military strategy, evolving from a massive army with outdated Soviet weapons to a modernized fighting force, replete with aircraft, submarines and warships — but no aircraft carriers. That is, until the Liaoning was commissioned.
The Effects Pedal For Effects Pedals Might Turn The Universe Inside Out
Scott Matthews, the son of Electro-Harmonix founder Mike Matthews, not only pointed me towards my favourite (Brooklyn-made) bicycle, but also once took me on a tour of the Electro-Harmonix guitar and effects pedal factory. Not only is it in the United States, when just about everything these days is made somewhere else, but it is in New York.
Giz Explains: What Biofuel Is (And Where It Comes From)
Cars didn’t always run on petrol. Henry Ford envisioned his Model T’s puttering along with tanks fully of ethanol. Early diesel engines ran on peanut oil. Of course, the discovery of massive petroleum reserves at the turn of the 20th century quickly put the brakes on that notion — why bother creating biofuel when petrol and diesel are cents on the litre? But now that petrol is about $1.30 a litre, interest in biofuels is on the rise. Here’s what we’ll use to power 21st century transportation.
The Weirdest Thing On The Internet Tonight: All About Bananas
Is the humble banana really a superfood in disguise, one capable of revitalising the British Isles after a tidal flood of misanthropy? Yann Gorriz thinks so. The documentarian has assembled this extraordinary explanation of Britain’s and India’s tightly woven histories and the bananas that could save them both.
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