Archive for July 31st, 2009

Cash for Clunkers could raid renewable-energy loans

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The money to fund an extended Cash for Clunkers program could come at the expense of renewable energy companies.

The House on Friday overwhelmingly passed a bill to extend the program which gives consumers up to $4,500 for trading in old cars for new, fuel-efficient ones with an additional $…

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You’ve heard of papercraft, but now tapecraft?!

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Today while browsing evilmadscientist.com I found a link to this flicker set by Happy Monkey. It’s tapecraft! Basically papercraft, but using tape instead. And most of the stuff is geometric figures instead of like, an Instructables robot.



Here’s a link to a tutorial for a dodecahedron, which looks…


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Make your own d20 handbag

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The crazy Evil Mad Scientists have gone and made another cool item and shared the instructions with the rest of us. This time around it’s a d20 handbag so you can carry around what’s important to you and show your role-playing roots at the same time.



d20 Handbag of Holding: How to build it


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Sun power: Army unveils giant solar project

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Acciona solar thermal plant in Nevada.

(Credit: Acciona)

The U.S. Army on Friday detailed what it expects to be the Department of Defense’s largest solar energy project–a 500-megawatt installation at the Fort Irwin base in the Mojave Desert in California.

The solar power will be generated by both …

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