Renewable energy supercharged our transit system this week as Inhabitat showcased Vycon’s plans to tap speeding subway trains for immense amounts of kinetic energy, and we took a glance at an innovative magnetic highway system that harvests energy from passing cars. Biofuels also got a lift from several unlikely sources as researchers discovered that bacteria in panda poop is very efficient at breaking down plant matter, and scientists developed the way to recycle newspaper into biofuel . We also showcased a real-time energy monitoring device for teenagers, we learned that some radioactive areas around Fukushima are more dangerous than Chernobyl , and we took a glance inside a subterranean atomic shelter that have been transformed right into a cavernous underground office .
How do machines communicate with people? When you are pondering that concept, you will be inquisitive about this exclusive video interview with Museum of contemporary Art curator Paola Antonelli on MoMA’s new ‘Talk to Me’ technology exhibit which recently opened in Ny city. We were also amazed by several artistic innovations this week as Wacom unveiled a pen that instantly digitizes anything you could draw and Sarah Garzoni created a pretty series of 0 printed paper butterflies 0 .
In other news, we shined the spotlight on several brilliant advances in lighting technology as scientists successfully created rain by 1 shooting laser beams into the sky 1 and a designer unveiled a 2 solar OLED tile system 2 which will transform skyscrapers into zero-energy displays. We also brought you many bright ideas in wearable tech as Halston unveiled a 3 glow-in-the-dark sequin gown 3 , a ghostly troop of 4 illuminated radiation suits 4 wandered in the course of the German countryside, and a Cornell student developed one of those 5 clothing that traps toxic gases 5 . Meanwhile the Hudson River lit up with a 6 luminous field of 200 LEDs 6 and Laser Power Systems unveiled plans for a 7 nuclear powered car 7 . Speaking of green transportation, we also spotted a 8 high-tech E-Max motorcycle 8 that converts pressure into power, and we watched Toyota’s 9 all-electric P001 racer 9 become the primary EV to interrupt the Nurburgring’s 8-minute speed record.
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