Kitty Litter to the Rescue
Martin on Nov 26th 2010
A team based at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has developed a novel way of turning biomass like grass cuttings, kelp or even wood pulp into the basic components of plastics and resins. This yearly $US400 billion industry is currently being supplied by the refining of fossil crude oil. According to the US Department of [...]
Walls and Extreme Events
Martin on Nov 10th 2010
One of the limitations of the flash based demo for the Tidal Irrigation and Electrical System (TIE System) is the way that it depicts the walls which constitute the barrier between the lagoon and the surrounding ocean. The original patent documents depict the walls in terms of barrier islands and this technology is what would [...]
EBI’s Mind is Stuck in the Sewer
Martin on Nov 3rd 2010
Microbes for biofuels need carbon dioxide, sunlight, water, space to grow in and fertilizers. The last of these can come from several different places. People can make fertilizer with heavy industry out of fossil fuels or they can collect animal waste or they can collect their own waste or they can pump water from deep [...]