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WEIRD WEDNESDAY: This Chair Rocks! (And So Does Its Light!)

Heidi Schwartz — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:14:37 +0000

Rochus Jacob was awarded the first prize for his Murakami Chair which incorporates technology into the skids of the chair to run an OLED light—thereby powering an attached reading lamp with energy generated from its own rocking motion.

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WEIRD WEDNESDAY: A Floating World

Heidi Schwartz — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:58:58 +0000

The world’s first floating apartment complex, The Citadel, will incorporate the benefits of water into the infrastructure of the development.

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Nanotech: A Regulatory Blueprint For The Next Administration

Heidi Schwartz — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:22:00 +0000

Nanotechnology will significantly change virtually every facet of the way we live. The next president has the opportunity to shape these changes and to ensure that nanotechnology’s benefits will be maximized and its risks identified and controlled.

A new report by former EPA official J. Clarence (Terry) Davies lays out a clear roadmap for the next presidential administration and describes the immediate and longer term steps necessary to deal with the current shortcomings of nanotechnology oversight.

To read the full report, click this link:pen13.pdf