«Google Street View est lancé 2007. Il permet de visiter virtuellement les villes du monde entier, de retrouver une info sur une façade, ou d’évaluer l’environnement d’un appartement qu’on s’apprête à visiter.

Problème : en photographiant à 360 degrés les rues de tous les pays, la « Google Car » prend parfois des clichés de riverains dans des situations qu’ils aimeraient oublier ou garder pour eux.»

Source: rue89.com

«A vegetable? Yes, indeed. Yissum Research Development Company Ltd., the technology transfer arm of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has just introduced what they’re calling “solid organic electric battery based upon treated potatoes.” In short, it’s a potato powered battery, and it’s as real as you’re hoping it is. The simple, sustainable, robust device can potentially provide an immediate inexpensive solution to electricity needs in parts of the world lacking electrical infrastructure, but we’re hoping that it can work a similar amount of magic for developed nations as well.»

Source: hothardware.com

«VODO brings you great, free movies from creators who WANT to share their work! We’re finding interesting films (and soon) music and books and distributing them, for-free, through P2P networks. And we’re encouraging people to donate to creators who share their films this way.»

Source: vodo.net
see also: Pioneer One

«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