During our drive back to the city a stray one wandered out of Moran's shirt and onto the car seat;
Everywhere I travel it's the same. Now you're going to taste my pork. Now it's my pork.
has made its way to KFC, Subway, Dominoes and Pizza hut. These chains have grown as more Indians can afford to eat out.
cultural and tourist activity pirouettes around religious festivals and places. And nearly 40%of the country s population is vegetarian.
including top hotels such as Seoul s boutique W. Vroon oe who, like other Noksapyeong publicans, sources his beers from an out-of-town brewery
That attendance figure was actually down slightly from the usual 250,000 gardening enthusiasts who travel here annually for the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's biggest annual fund-raiser oe
and inspire exhibitors to travel here from far-flung locations such as Asia, Europe and South america, says Alan Jaffe, director of communications for the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS).
high-profile clematis supplier Raymond Evison and bulb dealer Jacques Amand International both made the trip here from their home bases in the United kingdom. The netherlands,
and British art print specialist Gladstone Jones traveled here from Washington, D c, . to appeal to anglophiles attracted by the show theme.
Bholu Ram lives in the Sangam Vihar slums of Delhi and works as a bus handyman with a monthly salary of Rs 4
and poor Muslim immigrants from Bangladesh are leaving the river basin to become laborers and rickshaw pullers in cities.
NASA has culled available data from its network of satellites to generate a map that depicts the amount
To create the map, the research team used data from the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System lidar on NASA's ICESAT satellite.
This was achieved using NASA imagery from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft, the Quikscat scatterometer satellite and the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
topography and the history of human or natural disturbance of the forests, said Sassan Saatchi of NASA's Jet propulsion laboratory in Pasadena,
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or a cab driver's horn or even human voices, make us flinch. We recoil naturally,
but it's only a reader with a Ford-like display: you can have any color you want
Recently, he checked up on 20 patients while traveling in Las vegas . What this ipad does is really extend my ability to be able to consult remotely anytime,
and focuses sunshine via cone-shaped modules capped by the world's first optical concentrating lenses that are 100-percent glass (the lenses usually contain acrylic).
The San francisco start-up expects to install a similar array at Sicily's Pantelleria Airport by the end of 2011.
New research may bring solar thermal flat panels home Italy's road of solar power Abengoa Solar gets $145 billion for Arizona plant Hawaii says'aloha'to hybrid power plant Images:
we had big ol gas-guzzling cars, and paid 30-something cents a gallon. People didn t know any better.
As a person who has traveled the world, every continent, many times, I see that it s overpopulation.
We have too many people with too many cars. Who creates the problems? It s the human beings, not the animals.
it s like coming out for a football game being 0-12 for the season and the coach saying, Å OK,
Lamborghini SUV supercar may be a game-changerone good way of getting a better understanding of the kind of world we live in now is to take a look at the Lamborghini Urus, a SUV supercar concept vehicle unveiled yesterday at the Beijing Auto Show.
Behind the wheel, drivers will also discover a carbon-fiber interior, paddle-shifting technology and a four-seat configuration.
the Volkwagon-owned automaker is only the latest luxury sportscar brand to break from convention with an intention to introduce a family-friendly model into their lineup.
Rival Ferrari has started already producing the four-seat FF while Tesla has announced plans to roll out an electric SUV.
while still appealing to sports car purists who also happen to be quite wealthy. Beyond that, the latest addition to the Lamborghini family of cars gives the brand an opportunity to redesign their image--from being
for the longest time, an icon of excess to demonstrating to the world that six figure sports cars can
not only be fun, stylish and luxurious but also environmentally-Responsible for instance, Volkswagon has stated that they plan to ensure that Urus debuts as the greenest luxury SUV (translation:
and emotion, says Stephan Winkelmann, the president of Automobili Lamborghini. The Urus is a very concrete idea for the future of Lamborghini.
Want more? Check back here tomorrow for a special preview of a car from the future.
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Laser-etched'tattoos'an alternative to sticker labels on fruityou'd think there would be a better way to label
and identify fruit than those ubiquitous little stickers, but so far, that age-old solution has been a bit...
well, sticky. Scientists at the Agricultural research service and University of Florida have devised a better idea --and it comes with the help of lasers.
Laser etching that can effectively'tattoo'produce has been found to be effective to help identify fruit at the supermarket.
It's not much different than sharing vehicles or other assets within the built environment
or so through a new hybrid delivery truck that will be used to deliver products in a 70-mile radius from Oakhurst's headquarters in Portland.
The truck uses 30 percent to 50 percent less fuel than the alternative. On 25 of its larger semi delivery trucks, Oakhurst will install side panels that are supposed to improve aerodynamics and,
therefore, fuel efficiency. The dairy figures that it will save between 6 percent and 8 percent in fuel costs based on current driving habits (an average of 30,000 miles annually per truck.
The retrofit should be completed by the end of 2010. The dairy figures it will cut about 7. 6 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions annually through the retrofit.
Its opponents are calling that a dodge. The answer here does not likely sit with legislators or law courts.
the only fully legal flying carthe last time a flying car had shot a at making an impact was in 1956,
when the precursor to the FAA deemed the iconic Taylor Areocar safe for flight. Even without tangled masses of red tape holding it back,
The craft has received recently endorsements from authorities of both road and sky, meaning that the classic retrofuturistic dream of a dual-mode flying car is well within grasp.
Logan Ward reports for Popular Mechanics: On September 28, 2010, the Federal Aviation Administration issued a Light Sport Aircraft certificate for the Maverick Sport,
the latest version of the flying dune buggy developed by Steve Saint and his crew at the Indigenous Peoples Technology and Education Center (ITEC).
Last June, the vehicle received a license plate from the Florida Department of transportation. This means what it sounds like it means:
that the Maverick Sport is a street-legal, air-legal vehicle. So, how'd the Indigenous Peoples Technology and Education Center (I-TEC) guide their creation through the narrow, winding halls of state and federal transportation institutions?
Quite cleverly: Rather than seek Federal Highway Administration certification for their vehicle â a process that requires boatloads of money for crash tests,
among other things â they've designed it as a kit car. These can be licensed in most states...
And as far as the FAA is concerned, the Maverick Sport is powered officially a parachute. The Sport Pilot license required to fly it is much easier to obtain than a standard pilot's license.
For the first certified Maverick's vanity plate, FLY CAR seemed an appropriate choice. As for the hardware, it's a lithe, 900lb vehicle reminiscent of a dune buggy.
Its creators say that it can accelerate from 0-60 in under four seconds, though its airspeed is limited to 40mph.
Its flight feature depends on a large, stowable glider wing and a rear-mounted propellor for thrust.
The Maverick Sport should be available for purchase in time for Airventure 2011 a yearly air show held in July.
The price? A cool 80 grand. As you could have guessed, the Maverick Sport has a unusual creation story.
but to solve practical transportation problems in the developing world. From CNN: What we're doing here at
'The Maverick flying car is just one piece of the puzzle for I-Tec. We've been working on this particular project for six years,
while the glider car is at an $80, 000 price point, but it wouldn't take much of a reduction to turn this into an attainable tool--or toy--for countless individuals and organizations.
it's a flying car. It'll sell itself
Melbourne debates eating animalsmelbourne--At the Melbourne Town hall, two teams were asked recently to argue for or against the sharply formed motion:
Referring to the recent report Livestock s long shadow he argued that animal (livestock) production is a bigger contributor to climate change than all of transport.
I could see this making sense for someone who lives alone, travels a lot, and wants to know the status of his
as above at Hong kong's now completed Four Seasons Hotel. In eastern Nicaragua, bamboo was regarded until recently by most of the local population as valueless-more as a nuisance to be cleared than a boon to them and their region
her designer dress Car s glass roof by day becomes interior light at night. Oh OLEDS!
Toymaker turns to bamboo for material and inspiration In Mexico city,'bamboocycles'make two-wheeled transport trendy California company offers sustainable packaging for meat,
Mr. Peanut goes to Africa to train cashew farmersplanters, the century-old nut company best known for its dry roasted peanuts,
We installed a railroad at our plant to transport nuts from the farm, which takes trucks off the highways.
But about a week ago, a new review in The british Medical Journal contradicts this guidance,
Why it matters The federal government has mandated that 36 billion gallons of renewable fuel be blended into transportation fuel by 2022.
NASA: Road transportation a'key driver'of global warminganalyzing impact by economic sector rather than chemical species, NASA scientists have determined that motor vehicles are the greatest contributor to atmospheric warming, now and in the near term.
In a new study led by Nadine Unger of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies,
researchers used a climate model to analyze how 13 different sectors of the economy will impact global warming from the year 2000 to 2100.
Cars, buses, and trucks release plenty of pollutants and greenhouse gases that facilitate global warming,
but emit few aerosols that counteract them. The second biggest impact of global warming: the burning of household biofuels such as wood and manure.
on-road transportation is both low-hanging fruit and the most impactful change to implement.
By 2050, the study's authors suggest that electric power generation will overtake road transportation as the biggest promoter of warming.
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which is added an bonus. The bottle will hit store shelves in a pilot phase in 2012.
Materials Packaging Product Manufacturing and Assembly Transportation and Distribution Use and Service End of Life There really isn't any timing yet as far as
a material taken from old vehicle tires
New irrigation system helps farmers conserve waterthe world is getting undeniably thirstier. Recent studies project that water demand in many countries will exceed supply by 40 percent by the year 2030.
water demand will exceed supply by 40 percent Why we're running out of water A bicycle that produces drinking water may help thirsty villages
Produce carriers could make decisions accordingly and decide which products to offer at a discounted value.
Entrepreneurs deliver healthy food to Indianapolis food deserts Shopping cart helps consumers make smarter food choices
New school designs learn from zoos, museums, wine and naturearchitects working in the education sector may be the zaniest innovators around.
a river was cut in the science classroom floor which actually flows with water when it rains, thanks to the new science wing's rainwater harvesting system.
or the Duke School in Durham, N c. Another driver is the green building movement. Programs like the Collaborative for High performance Schools
a 34-year-old PS 6 science teacher who died unexpectedly in 2007 of a heart attack after a science field trip.
A canopy-covered area can serve as an opportunity for miniature field trips although it doesn't serve as a full-time classroom replacement.
Meanwhile,  less than one-tenth of 1 percent of renewable fuels produced next year will come  from cellulosic ethanol-- the transportation fuel panacea expected to wean the U s. off of foreign oil
New enzyme cuts cost of next-gen biofuelsthe advanced biofuels industry has failed so far to ramp up beyond pilot and demonstration projects.
Organic-only for Beijing's middle-class momsbeijing--Locals call them Sleep Towns  commuter districts which empty out during office hours.
But one fleet of cars remains on the roads, ferrying soily of vegetables to far-flung apartment blocks.
The cars belong to the Green league  an organic food delivery firm set up by a band of local mothers.
including saloon cars, spacious apartments, and (at least domestic) air travel for their vacations. But these parents are worried about the threat pollution poses to their quality of life.
We have a lot of nice things in Huilongguan, Â Meng Yu, one of the Green leagues customers, says
 Chinese supermarkets have been eager to jump on the organic bandwagon, with foreign chains like Carrefour and Walmart leading the way with their own ranges of organic produce.
and  the New york city subway, New york photographer Bruce Davidson has refocused recently his attention. Rather than telling the personal stories with his camera that earned him a Guggenheim,
I had this vision of the superhighways, the freeways,  commingling  with trees, Davidson recently told Elissa Curtis of  The New yorker:
Ikea jumps out of the pallet pool Wooden pallets are starting to lose their longstanding reign over the transport world.
in order to reduce its transportation costs, since the pallets are lighter than their wooden counterparts. But because they're just as strong (holding up to 1
But by developing a depot system that makes the costs of returning insulated boxes competitive with onetime-use,
With both the new tramway and park nearby the neighborhood is changing, and Masson hopes that the Archives will help stimulate cultural awareness in an otherwise cultureless neighborhood devoid of museums or cultural centers.
That's what Pepsico hopes to do in four of its Walkers'Crisp factories in the United kingdom. Walkers boasts that all of its potatoes come from The british countryside,
According to Pepsico, Walkers'biggest factory cut its water usage by 42 percent between 2001 and 2007.
Pepsico rolls out intelligent crop management tech to farmerspepsico on Tuesday announced that it would deploy its new intelligent crop management technology to its farmers around the world.
and road and sewer maintenance is sluggish, the non-cosmetic benefits of trees should be taken seriously:
Do not rely on Apple's ios 6 Mapsaustralian police have warned that motorists should rely less on technology
and more on common sense as the number of stranded motorists needing rescue climbs higher. Down Under, motorists in Victoria, Australia, have been warned by police to be careful
when relying on Apple's disappointing mapping system--especially as the number of drivers ending up in peculiar locations is on the rise.
Apple was earmarked for criticism this September when Google maps was removed from ios 6, forcing the firm's customers to use their own brand of mapping technology on gadgets including the iphone and ipad.
After following directions on their iphones, the Mildura Police force say that many motorists are finding themselves in the middle of Murray-Sunset National park instead of the actual location of Mildura,
Some of the motorists located by police have been stranded for up to 24 hours without food or water and have walked long distances through dangerous terrain to get phone reception.
There are young architects here looking to tear up roads and revive ancient rivers. There are young women teaching old women how to plant tomatoes in the grass between high rises;
promote lower-emissions vehicles, and improve public transportation. These vertical gardens may not be able to continue to improve Mexico city's air quality all by themselves,
but they do serve as a pleasant symbol of the city's pursuit of sustainability.
We're getting our second light rail line downtown in St paul to travel through one of our key commercial corridors.
 We want denser, more pedestrian-friendly, transit-oriented development. We had a market research firm do market demand analysis for us.
--and should grow--is along the light rail line. The higher density is appropriate, and city policy backs that up.
and customers arriving by transit. We think it makes sense to build more housing along the corridor,
and get by without a car or two cars. It would also be good for the environment.
We also have a large Ford motor Company facility in St paul. Despite our efforts and the efforts of the governor,
 This is a 122-acre Ford plant that will go to some other use, so we've been doing a lot of work preparing for it.
We knew Ford was going to close it for a number of years. Â It's located in a really desirable neighborhood in St paul
 A lot of it will depend on additional environmental testing that Ford will do now that the plant is closed.
and install electric-vehicle charging stations in public parking ramps and on city streets, and working with the Department of Public works to develop a  Complete Streets manual to design streets to serve multiple modes of transportation:
cars and trucks, public transit, pedestrians and bicyclists. Make sure to come back tomorrow for the final edition of our four-part series:
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if you want to look up a Jaguar car, there no barcode to scan. But that data we have
We've also done several projects for clients in the U s. We did 14 exhibits for the conservatory at the Bellagio Hotel in Las vegas. We had clients in New york who built the One Bryant Park atrium space.
The original Rubbersidewalk, made from used vehicle tires; Terrewalk, a second-generation version which uses a less energy-consumptive manufacturing process,
and is used to make surfaces softer and safer for pedestrians. I asked Lindsay for the low-down on these rubber walkways.
Our systems require fewer people than needed for conventional sidewalks â Â fewer skilled crew, less traffic control, zero waiting time,
We're also seeing others showing an interest--a lot of single parents, a lot of business travelers, truck drivers, people that who don't have a strict routine by
David has traveled from China to South africa to witness first hand humanity's impact on the globe,
They are working on things like better batteries to replace oil used in transportation. And they are doing natural gas research.
we would like to bring a lot of our fellow travelers on the planet along with us. It would be sad
At the Manneken Pis chip shop, owner Albert van Beek has created a mayo spread for his chips (what red-blooded Americans call french fries) that tastes like cannabis,
van Beek said. We specialize in sauces and we constantly want to diversify. There's no way of knowing yet
smoke detectors and trips to Yosemite than you ever ever will from a nuclear power plant.
Leavell and co-author J. Marshall Craig address topics including transportation, home building, alternative energy, renovation of our iconic buildings, community design and model growth. â Å With the incredible
We have 3 million miles of paved roads and 1. 4 million miles unpaved roads;
we have some 62 million vehicles driving on those roads; we have 276 cities with over 100,000 in population;
There are 80,000 planes flying our skies every day. It common knowledge that global climate change is a reality.
And certainly there an art to being a good steward. The canvas we have to perform our art on is our own backyards It is indeed the landscape.
and forests and nature sounds very peaceful and serene--and not very compatible with touring with the Rolling stones,
Green Car Congress
San francisco adopts progressive urban agriculture lawit's now a lot easier to be a farmer in San francisco. That's
Scientist gets climate data off NASA satellite before it diesan assistant professor at Colorado State university, Michael Lefsky, has combined data from three NASA satellites to produce a global map of the height of the world's forests.
Knowing how tall the forests are will help scientists figure out how much carbon the trees can capture
On July 14, NASA flight controllers finished firing ICESAT's thrusters to lower its orbit so gravity can drag it back to Earth.
About 90 percent of the satellite is expected to burn up in the atmosphere--NASA claims there's little harm from the rest,
More later on what NASA plans to do in the meantime. ICESAT was using a laser technology similar to radar, called lidar,
From NASA: Lidar can capture vertical slices of forest canopy height by shooting pulses of light at the ground
From NASA: The new results show that temperate conifer forests--which are extremely moist and contain massive trees such as Douglas fir, western hemlock, redwoods,
according to NASA, is what happens to 2 billion tons per year of missing carbon dioxide, considering that humans generate 7 billion tons
flying vehicle usebees are known to have great vision and now scientists have created a system that mimics
The system could be applied to flying vehicles like drones and robots. The lightweight imaging system, detailed in the Bioinspiration & Biometrics journal, features an artificial bee eye with a camera that aims to recreate an insect's processing and navigation skills.
Researchers at Bielefeld University in Germany created the eyes. According to the article, the artificial eye consists of a lightweight mirror lens attached to a USB video camera.
It is suited also well for mobile robots, in particular on flying vehicles that need lightweight sensors
the government keeps kicking the can down the road, refusing to publicly release its findings,
Ton packs by the side of the road. Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky
Scotts Miracle-Gro, U s. mayors partner for more urban green spacegreen spaces have enormous benefits for cities:
Sensor swilling cattle can alleviate world hunger  Slip this Texas longhorn a sonar mickey, connect to big data,
Slip a sonar device down a bovine's gullet and it will sit in the gut, emitting precise information about the digestion that's churning away or not.
3 million-square-foot building would drastically reduce trucking pollution, significantly boost efficiency and achieve a greater level of sustainability,
The spread of concrete, benign as it is, is suited more for a gas station than for the front lawn of a residence.
and provide shade for pedestrians and residents. But can they reduce crime? Yes, according to research forester  Geoffrey Donovan.
With it Â's scope, the park was designed undoubtedly as a premier destination for eco-tourists.
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If commercialized, it could one day improve the security at airports and other checkpoint areas or be used to monitor the environment.
In the future, let's hope a single-molecule sensor can stop someone like Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab A k a. the underwear bomber from slipping through security.
there's always the naked scanners at airports -which is in itself, a touchy subject. Hat Tip via Popular Science Finding a needle in a haystack MIT news Related on Smartplanet:
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Shoppers buy real Xmas trees to save doughhome Depot and Lowe's are reportedly stocking fewer fake Christmas trees this year as consumers look to save money.
Artificial trees At home Depot are $79. 97 to $269; cut trees are $9. 97 to $100.
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