EcoGeek rocks
I have to give a shout out to my favorite blog: EcoGeek.org. It's a marriage of Popular Science and green technology.
Here's what I love about it: they find great examples of ingenuity out there and present them with personality. Plenty of ambitious people have great ideas and products to live smarter on this planet and EcoGeek is a great place to find them. Smart ideas, gadgets, engineering 'marvels' and industrial design pique our curiosity and ignite us...it's the geek heroic ethic of our times.
My three favorite posts, so far (all images courtesy of EcoGeek.org):
- Using sink water to flush the toilet - just like it sounds. The system collects and filters sink water into a holding tank that the toilet draws from when flushing.
- Billboard Also Power Plant - billboards capped with solar panels that not only power themselves, but feed power back into the grid.
- Solar LED Road Studs Reduce accidents by 70% - solar powered "road turtles" in the UK help light the path at night. Brilliant!! Pun intended.
Also, if you check out nothing else, watch this video of a flying manta ray blimp. It's just beautiful.