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Bertrand Piccard’s Big Hydrogen Adventure

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In 1999 he was the first person to circumnavigate the globe non-stop in a balloon, called Breitling Orbiter 3. Invited to participate as copilot in a trans-Atlantic balloon racewhich he and his teammate won he immediately became seized with the idea of being the first to circumnavigate the globe in a balloon.

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In Praise of “Normal” Engineers

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I dont have a problem with the idea that there are engineers who are 10 times as productive as other engineers. 10x engineer makes it sound like productivity is an immutable characteristic of a person. If you have services or software components that are owned by a single engineer, that person is a single point of failure.

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Traveling to Finland for Lessons on Happiness

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I didnt enter the contest, but I liked the idea. Luka Balac, a co-owner of the zero-waste restaurant Nolla , gave me a list of local dishes (including licorice ice cream and savory rye-crusted Karelian pies) that would tie me back to nature. Pajunen and D.J. Orkidea , a top Nordic electronic music performer.

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Ford developing a strategy to address urban personal mobility globally; a mobility company, not just an auto company

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Ford Motor Company is mapping out a strategy to address the requirements for personal mobility in the context of the megatrend of increasing global urbanization, both in mature economies as well as in emerging markets. Rough map of Ford’s Blueprint for Mobility. Click to enlarge.

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Neste to use May Day doughnut fat for renewable diesel feedstock

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Last Christmas, Neste jointly cooperated with the Chemical Industry Federation of Finland and other partners in its Christmas waste ham fat campaign. There are many new uses for waste and residues. At the same time, the companies also want to remind home doughnut makers of the correct means of final disposal of waste frying oil.

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LowCVP announces winners of Low Carbon Urban Mobility Technology Challenge

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The winning ideas proffer solutions to the problems posed by the need to travel in crowded urban areas. WeatherVelo specializes in eco-vehicles for personal urban mobility, to bridge the gap between two-wheelers and cars. WeatherVelo Ltd.

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This Idea Wasn't All Wet: The Sensing Water-Saving Shower Head Debuts

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In 2012, with California in the midst of a severe drought, Schneider, then a mechanical engineering graduate student at Stanford University , once again tossed out a “cool idea.” He imagined a shower head that would sense when the person showering moved out from under the stream of water. You’d waste more water than you saved.