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NASA Is Running Out Of Space Fuel, No Refills In Sight
3:00PM Adrian Covert | So apparently, NASA needs this itsy-bitsy little thing called Plutonium-238 to make their deep-space rocketships go ZoOOOooOoOooM ZooOOOOoMM, but they’re running out of it and need congress to drop $US30 million to help make more. More »
Robots
9:45PM John Herrman | All those fly-catchers—the sticky ones, the glowing ones, the zappy ones—seem like such a waste. Surely there’s something to do with all those fly carcasses, aside from cringing at them. Enter James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau—insect nemeses. More »
Fly-Powered Gadgets Turn You Into A Terrifying Supervillain (To Insects)
9:45PM John Herrman | All those fly-catchers—the sticky ones, the glowing ones, the zappy ones—seem like such a waste. Surely there’s something to do with all those fly carcasses, aside from cringing at them. Enter James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau—insect nemeses. More »
Science
NASA Running Out Of Fuel For Deep Space Missions Because Nobody Makes Nukes Anymore
6:30AM Sean Fallon | Supplies of NASA’s go-to fuel for space exploration, plutonium-238, are dwindling. The U.S. stopped making it 20 years ago and now NASA’s Russian suppliers are running out after production shut down. More »
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Coffee-Fueled Car Is Surprisingly Practical
9:30AM Gizmodo US Edition | Turns out you can make biofuel from just about any oily plant product. Corn may be the standard, but coffee works at least as well, and it makes your car smell like a Starbucks! AU: Old news. More »
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80 Buses in Oslo Will Be Powered by Raw Sewage
10:20AM Adrian Covert | This might be the most disgusting use of green technology I’ve ever seen, but yes, Norweigan fecal matter will keep their Buses up and running. More »
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Congressman’s Fuel Cell Road Trip Was Horrifically Inefficient
11:30AM Jason Chen | Congressman Eric Massa of NY tried to drive a fuel cell car from NY to DC to make an environmental point and to show how great fuel cell cars are. He failed at both. More »
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Garmin ecoRoute Wants to Make You a Better, Less Gassy Driver
4:30PM Elaine Chow | It seems that nowadays everyone’s clamouring to tell you how to be a better driver. Garmin’s new nüvi software, ecoRoute, supposedly helps you conserve by choosing a “less fuel” option for route preference. More »
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11:11AM Nick Broughall | Remember back in June how Air New Zealand announced it was going to be trialling a biofuel mix in a 747 aircraft based on the jatropha plant? Well, they did it, and according to The Register, everything went off without a hitch. The plane used a 50-50 mixture of the biofuel and regular fuel in one engine, while the other three all had regular fuel running through them. They tested out a series of mid-air manoeuvres like engines stops, restarts, and got full power from the biofuel mix.
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Air New Zealand Successfully Trials Weed Biofuel
11:11AM Nick Broughall | Remember back in June how Air New Zealand announced it was going to be trialling a biofuel mix in a 747 aircraft based on the jatropha plant? Well, they did it, and according to The Register, everything went off without a hitch. The plane used a 50-50 mixture of the biofuel and regular fuel in one engine, while the other three all had regular fuel running through them. They tested out a series of mid-air manoeuvres like engines stops, restarts, and got full power from the biofuel mix.
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