Global warming could make extreme rains stronger

NDTV.com: 42 die in Andhra, Mumbai hit due to rains

Meanwhile, in Maharashtra the rains have come late but it’s a deluge now. The coastal Konkan stretch continues to be lashed by heavy rains. There are reports of flooding from Chiplun, Ratnagiri, Khed and Rajapur. Three rivers Savitri, Arjuna and Vashisht are overflowing.
Pune was also lashed [...]

Nissan Denki Electric Cube – NY Auto Show

The CUBE Nissan Denki(Electric)

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Cars that avoid collisions

YouTube – World Tech Update
n this week’s show: We take Nissan’s high-tech cars for a spin, Steve Jobs grills employees over MobileMe, riding Toyota’s robotic transporter, new rules for gadgets at U.S. ports and news on upco…

Fuel costs push for more LOCAL businesses

Green Central – Times Online – WBLG: Will rising fuel costs bring manufacturing back to Britain?
As the fuel costs associated with shipping our waste to China, and bringing cheap tat back, shoot ever higher – is it possible that we will actually benefit?
Is it possible that we might instead set up our own recycling facilities, [...]

Recycling becomes profitable

Recyclers are cashing in on the fortune in your bin – Times Online
Householders are missing a chance to share in the results of huge profits generated by the soaring value of recyclable domestic rubbish, The Times has learnt.
The price of recyclable plastic, newspaper and cardboard has doubled in 18 months, giving councils a source of [...]

Cloning Puppies

WEEK IN PHOTOS: Cloned Puppy, Volcano Fireworks, More
Bernann McKinney of California smiles as she holds a puppy cloned from her former pit bull Booger at Seoul National University.
McKinney paid U.S. $50,000 for the clone to RNL Bio, a Seoul-based firm working with the university.
Martin Stephens of the Humane Society of the United States spoke out [...]

Extreme Rains to Be Supercharged by Warming

Extreme Rains to Be Supercharged by Warming, Study Says
Extreme Rains to Be Supercharged by Warming, Study Says
Mason Inman
for National Geographic News
August 7, 2008
Global warming could make extreme rains stronger and more frequent than previously forecast, a new study suggests.
Such a scenario could make floods fiercer, damage more crops, and worsen the spread of diseases such [...]

Petrol Prices and Social divide

Social gap widens from outer to inner Melbourne | theage.com.au
SUBURBIA is bearing the brunt of rising fuel prices and extreme mortgage stress, a major study of Australian cities has found.
Governments must step in to provide outer suburbs with better public transport or risk extreme social breakdown, it warned.
The report, Unsettling Suburbia, for the first time [...]

VNL: BOP and Mobile Phones

Video of Mobile phones in India

VNL | Microtelecom For The Next Billion Mobile Users
“To the astonishment of the industry, people living on a few dollars a day have proven avid phone users.”
- Business Week
September 2007

GSM mobile for rural areas

See this gorgeous video.
First Commercial Solar-Powered GSM System Launched To Serve Remote And Rural Areas
Telecom equipment vendor, VNL, has finally cracked the problem facing mobile operators in the developing world: how to provide affordable mobile services to rural people – and still turn a profit.
VNL – and its solar-powered GSM system – will change the [...]

Retrofitting Hybrids

I like this as I think it is a welcome boost to reusing old cars – and my favourite Austin Chummy from 1929 – with an electric wheel.

Strap-On Hybrid Kit Coming This Fall | Sustainable Life Media
July 25, 2008 – Soon you may be able to turn your non-electric vehicle into a hybrid simply by [...]

Terry Swack

Sustainable Product Design: Terry Swack on the Importance of User Experience | Sustainable Life Media
SLM: What’s “user experience strategy” and how can companies harness it to drive product sales in the environmental arena?
Terry: Also referred to as “customer experience strategy” or “customer-centered strategy,” “user experience strategy” involves creating products and services based on a deep [...]