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All Hail Robo-Jellyfish!
Inspired by one of the most misunderstood animals of the marine world – the graceful jellyfish, leading electronics company, Festo have designed and created a pneumatic version of the gelatinous creature that moves remarkably like the real thing. There have been a number of other versions floating about over the past few years but none that have caught our attention as much as this mechanical offering.
Continue reading...Wave Powered Boat Sails for 4,350 Miles Across Pacific !
Thursday, July 10, 2008
n February this year a 69-year-old sailor named Ken-ichi Horie began his journey on a wave powered boat. From his homeland in Japan, he set off on a 4,350 mile journey to reach Hawaii in a more eco-friendly way. And he did it! It took him around 111 days to accomplish what he started. His advanced wave powered boat traveled at a speed of about 1.5 knots.
Continue reading...Giant Turtle Airships are the Way of the Future
Thursday, July 3, 2008
A turtle shaped airship is perhaps the last thing you might expect to see floating through the sky, but this eco-friendly craft might just be key to the next generation of humanitarian relief.
Continue reading...When Dogs Replace Dialysis Machines [pics]
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Among the most interesting of the Royal College of Art’s ‘Summer Show’ projects was Revital Cohen’s surprising new take on the ‘man-machine’ aesthetic that is every sci-fi enthusiast’s wet dream: man and animal. But why on earth would you want to use dogs for medical devices?
Continue reading...Is Apple Developing a Solar iPhone?
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Image by Shapeshift Well, according to the site MacRumors, Apple have apparently filed a patent application to investigate the use of solar cells in their mobile devices, including the iphone and portable computers.
Continue reading...The Map of Earth’s Fire Scars
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Image (c) University of Leicester All of us here at Environmental Graffiti care a lot about the planet. True, we tend to look at details: bizarre environmental news, trends and things that not that many people notice. Despite this, sometimes, just sometimes it’s important to look at the [...]
Continue reading...Tiny Magnets Cure Cancer
Friday, April 18, 2008
Genetic therapy took a giant leap forward recently, determining that they no longer had to use viruses to replace faulty genes; instead, they’re using tiny magnets, and guiding them around the body with an external electromagnet. Will cure cancer, and make you a poet. Image from Box [...]
Continue reading...The Aircraft Boneyard: Where Aircraft Go To Die
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Continuing Environmental Graffiti’s “lost” theme this week, Chris Ingham Brooke – Chief Graffiti Artist had the chance to catch up with legendary night-time photographer Troy Paiva to talk about his work: Lost America. DINOSAUR [...]
Continue reading...The 5 Weirdest Animal Experiments
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Science is frequently weird. Image by Jean-Etienne Poirrier We know relatively little about the world we live in. Almost every new experiment adds a little something to the general knowledge of humanity.
Continue reading...Mummified Dinosaur Testing Faith of Creationists
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Those who believe the world was created in a single day are most likely having a very trying day. According to creationists, this animal could have been one of Jesus’ dinohorses Literal interpertations of the creation story have various methods of explaining dinosaurs– that they coexisted and [...]
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Friday, October 31, 2008
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