We must dare to think “unthinkable” thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world. We must learn to welcome and not to fear the voices of dissent. We must dare to think about “unthinkable things” because when things become unthinkable, thinking stops and action becomes mindless.
-James W. Fulbright
I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Jeremy Dean has turned what was once a US made gas guzzling machine, into a luxury futuristic horse drawn Hummer. It was built as a demonstration to show what people will have to do when the oil runs out.
He explains on his site “Unless we come up with alternative fuel sources and rethink our reliance on a hyper inflated consumption based economy; we may be left with no other options than to hook our cars up to a horse.”
More information and history on his website Back To The Futurama
It’s pretty sad that our species has come to the point where we have to be “tricked” into doing things that are good for us, but that is mostly because the things that are good for us just seem boring. This video was taken from a website that is dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people’s behavior for the better, but I feel that once we change people’s behavior for the better then the real fun will begin.
I recently picked some of these stickers up from Zero Per Gallon to stick on my bike and a couple for friends. Supporting the idea of showing how riding a bike is more beneficial then driving around in a car. I’ve been working on using the mentality of car over bike. If I can ride a bike there why do I need to take a car. That point right there is the reason I picked up these stickers.
Check out there site. A lot more products, some funny as well.
- Bret
The Idea
1. Cars flying by at 60-70 mph pass air.
2. The moving air turns into wind energy for the turbine.
3. The turbine creates electronic energy.
4. The electronic energy provides light for the cars on the highway.
These chain reactions would be one of many ways to recycle energy.
This is a very interesting idea by the TAK Studio but I think it could do so much more than just power highway lights, with the amount of cars using freeways in populated cities these turbines could also produce enough energy to help power these cities in addition to other forms of renewable energy.
You can vote for this idea or other ones like this here at the Greener Gadgets Design Competition page.
Power-generating rubber films developed by Princeton University engineers could harness natural body movements such as breathing and walking to power pacemakers, mobile phones and other electronic devices. Click photo or here to read more.
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