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Biochemist creates CO2-eating light

GenjiKilpatrick says...

Wow that's a large wall of text, @newtboy.

But yes, it appears that:
"Calleja has developed a lighting system that requires no electricity for power. Instead it draws CO2 from the atmosphere and uses it to produce light as well as oxygen as a byproduct. The key ingredient to this eco-friendly light? Algae."

I guess that's why the video emphasized that Calleja has been a biochemist for twenty years. i.e. years of research have helped developed a strain of algae with such properties

Apparently the electricity the algae produces is stored in a battery underneath the unit.

http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-cetera/biochemist-creates-co2-eating-light-that-runs-on-algae-2012055/

Amazing Treehouse outside Whistler

my15minutes says...

just fyi, quietlyhardcore, the 1stTube channel is for clips that were
originally broadcast on television.

that seems unlikely in this case. but i don't know for sure, so i'm not going to reassign it myself. but you should, if this wasn't on TV.

but his methods for laundry, bathing, etc, are *eco-friendly.

'grats. nice pick for first sift.

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10 things you shouldn't do at a public toilet

CarloElite says...

Over 800 instances of human waste are reported in San Francisco each month. This does not aid tourism in the city. Thankfully, Oakland-based ecological engineering company Hyphae Design Laboratory has come to flush the problem away, reports the San Francisco Huffington Post. They'll soon set up eco-friendly “pooplets” to tackle the staggering insufficient public toilets the homeless can use. Source for this article: San Francisco pooplets address lack of toilets for homeless

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WTF Beers Filling Up Through the Bottom!

kceaton1 says...

Yeah it looks to me like the cups are actually bottomless at the start. The lid is hidden inside the "filler"--which might be a small gimmick to either try to hide the method or make it look spiffy. Not so sure it'd actually have to be designed that exact way; could be a necessary design element though.

When she pushes one down you can notice that the "filler/holder" turns red (It's still in the glasses, afterward). There could be magnetism involved, but it seems more efficient (and a lot less expensive plus eco-friendly, unless they went to great lengths for recycling) to put a lid on via suction then clipping it into position as she takes it off. Think of it being like a fish hook or barbs (just not sharp ).

The lid is pre-positioned under top of the filler/nozzle (red barb/cap), she pushes down on the cup the filler opens (probably moving outward, while bending the cup slightly) the hole and "barbing" lid are pushed up into place via the system or just the beer's flow pressure. Then when she pulls it off it bends back and the hole is covered.

I'm guessing here, I didn't look at the site, but that's probably the type of way I'd do it.


Upper is useless now and wrong, but fun for an idea so I'll smallify it. Must remind myself to always WTFV; usually it's just RTFA.

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Actually, @divurr looks completely right. The video of them pushing the cap off afterward plus the ring left (and the fact the system has "MAG" right in it) at the bottom really says magnetism is at play here (little side note: could be some sort of self adhesive as well). It looks like the cap is bent or rolled then injected after they fill it while they pull up which releases it or bends the bottom just enough to put it right in. Probably the latter. If it's a self adhesive you could then keep the cap, but with magnetism I would think they may want those back . (Like I said before: cost. With "MAG" being a throw off.)

I'll go with magnetism and a trade in system for the caps. Give them three back, they give a free drink, etc...

Can someone throw an ^engineering at this.

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WTF Canada... Milk in bags??

sme4r says...

This makes no sense, like plastic milk jugs aren't recyclable? In terms of being "Eco-Friendly" they seem to be about the same. It just seems like a harder way to do things. Too many nuances... Don't cut too small, don't cut too big? And you have to do that 3 times every 4 Liters? What the fuck is a Liter? In the states we just pop the cap off and on, waaaaaaay easier.

WTF Canada... Milk in bags??

If recycling was a video game - Bottle Bank Arcade

Krupo says...

*eco *commercial here - in this case westy, I would argue that it does make sense - they doubly win by showing that their engineers know how to make random things fun (which indirectly applies to their cars), and shows that by putting the 'fun' into the 'right thing' means there are more creative ways of being eco-friendly without nagging people to death. That translates into eco-features that encourage drivers to be more fuel efficient.

Tales of Prius drivers who want to maximize their fuel efficiency scores supports this theory.



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