«The future of rechargable batteries is here today. Recharge these batteries directly off of your PC’s USB ports, without an adapter!»

Source: thinkgeek.com
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«Here’s something you don’t see very often. Veteran Detroit techno producer Jeff Mills has solved the vinyl or CD conundrum with a new “hybrid” disc that plays in both. It’s a five-inch single with a CD stuck on the back.»

Source: theregister.co.uk
and also: wired.com
and also: clubic.com

«According to internal BP documents obtained by Truthout, and after interviewing more than a dozen employees over the past month, the Prudhoe Bay oil field, in a remote corner of North America on Alaska’s north shore, is in danger..

“The condition of the [Prudhoe Bay] field is a lot worse and in my opinion a lot more dangerous,” said Marc Kovac, who has worked for BP on Alaska’s North Slope for more than three decades. “We still have hundreds of miles of rotting pipe ready to break that needs to be replaced. We are totally unprepared for a large spill” ..»

Source: truth-out.org
in French: rue89.com

«Here’s a bright idea for the planet. A Hong Kong-based company has introduced what it bills as the world’s only solar-powered light bulb with the hope of reaching millions of people with little or no access to electricity. »

Source: news.cnet.com

«the world’s largest solar powered boat will be placed in the water for its first trip on march 31st. the planet solar boat measures 100 feet long and 50 feet wide and is covered in 5,300 square feet of photovoltaic solar panels. the ship was built at the hdw shipyard in germany and will embark on a trip around the world in 2011 covering over 25,000 miles. inside the boat has room for fifty passengers who will be propelled from atop the catamaran base. »

Source: designboom.com

«The dutch artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn embarked on a journey to bring outrageous works of art to unexpected places, starting with painting enormous murals in the slums of Brazil together with the local youth»

Source: favelapainting.com

«Kathleen Nowak Tucci [..] use the [..] materials of watercolour, oil, ceramics, polymer clay, precious metals, resin, and now recycled rubber in the creation of her art. She makes all of the jewellery by hand, and her necklaces, earrings, and bracelets are crafted meticulously..»

Source: mysistersart.com

«A global shift towards a vegan diet is vital to save the world from hunger, fuel poverty and the worst impacts of climate change, a UN report said today. »

Source: guardian.co.uk

Luxicare crayons made from home-processed food! Colours are made by processing and mixing nuts, sesame seeds with melted marshmellow, corn, nuts, yellow fruity pebbles, bee pollen, dried bananas, almonds, black sesami, wild sesamem Goji berries and many more..

Source: luxirare.com

«a massive, spontaneous sinkhole (”hundimiento”) that appeared today in Zone 2 of Guatemala City, after overwhelming saturation of rains from tropical storm Agatha. Not Photoshop, sadly: these happen from time to time during major storms in part because of unstable geology»

Source: boingboing.net
See also: flickr.com
and also: picture of the 2007 sinkhole
and: Some scientific explanation (fr)