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• Compressed Air Makes For "Better" Mousetrap

  
  Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome — Authority: 740
  Weve already seen a couple different approaches to improving the mousetrap here on Geekologie, both of which were questionable at best. And here comes another! God, just zappity-zap those bitches with laser vision like a normal damn person. Built by a bloke called Jake Easton, the trap is housed in a ...
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• Jake Easton’s Better Mousetrap leaves no country for old mice (video)

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 164
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• 2007 Honda Civic GX: Phill Error Hobbles Home Refills

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 162
  Ive got blowdown failure. Its not fatal, but it does gets a little frustrating. Its been taking an extra 30 minutes or so to get the job done every night. Seems like each time I hook the 2007 Civic GX up to the Phill home natural gas fueling system, a red error light pops on before Ive walked the 20 feet to the door ...
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• Air cars under testing but are they efficient?

  
  Green cars: latest news — Authority: 483
  It has been a long time coming, but Moteur Development International (MDI) has officially handed over the keys of two AirPods to KLM where they will undergo testing at the KLM E&M at Schipol Airport.The AirPod is one of five derivative vehicles designed by the company and based on its compressed air engine. At its ...
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• KLM Testing MDI AirPod Compressed Air Cars at Schiphol; UC Berkeley Study Finds Compressed Air Cars Significantly Less Efficient than Battery Electric Vehicles

  
  Green Car Congress — Authority: 628
  The AirPod. Click to enlarge. France-based MDI (Moteur Development International), the developer of a compressed air powertrain and several derivative vehicles, officially handed over the keys to two AirPods to KLM earlier in December. The AirPods are under testing for a minimum period of three months at KLM E ...
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• Fantastic “Beer Pong” Robot uses Precision Air Pressure

  
  Hack N Mod - Amazingly Cool Hacks, Mods, and DIY Projects — Authority: 540
  Students at the University of Illinois have created a precision method of sorting different objects and shooting them across a room (perfect for beer pong ).  You’ve probably seen a similar demo in a physics classroom : a  jet of compressed air keeps a ball floating above the ground.  Full details are available ...
  2 weeks ago

• Robot hands you your ass at beer pong

  
  Hack a Day — Authority: 658
  Guess who built this contraption? You’re right, college students. But as much as we like to make fun, the subject of Beer Pong is our addition, not theirs. The device uses an air stream that can be directed along two axis to control and sort ping-pong balls . Unlike the lethal ping-pong ball launcher , the goal ...
  2 weeks ago

• 10 Tips and Tricks | ChoicePaintballGuns

  
  PaintballLifestyle - Paintball's #1 Free eMagazine! — Authority: 161
  There are two main ways to learn and refine your techniques. First, by trial an error. Second, by other player’s trial and error. There are several.
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• Putting Escaped Energy On Ice

  
  Addiction in the 21st Century — Authority: 144
  Of the total amount of electricity generated by all sources, about 75% is used by buildings, a major fraction of which is consumed by air conditioners. With the demand of renewable energy increasing with every passing day, inventors are trying to find the best possible means to store the generated energy during the ...
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• Diving cylinders: Guidance on their manufacture, inspection and carriage

  
  What's new at HSE — Authority: 441
  This is part of a series of information sheets providing guidance on diving at work. The information is also relevant to the recreational diving sector. The new Carriage of Dangerous Goods (CDG) Regulations 20091 have now made it clear that cylinders used for breathing apparatus are not within the scope of these ...
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• Never Underestimate the Low Tech Solution

  
  Revelations From An Unwashed Brain — Authority: 577
  We who work in the technology fields tend to think that all solutions must involve that technology, and that anything else would be inferior. A story on slashdot lets us know that just is not the case, and sometimes the easier solution is the one that should be used. “Numerous high-tech devices have been ...
  3 weeks ago

• Chill Your Beer with Air

  
  Al Dente — Authority: 432
  I just found this tip in the new issue of WIRED magazine, and had to share. I think this falls under the "WWMD (what would MacGyver do)" category, but after researching it online it seems like a fairly common practice. Place your beer in a container, then grab a can of compressed air (the type used for cleaning ...
  3 weeks ago

• NH firm gets $5 million to study compressed-air energy storage

  
  Granite Geek — Authority: 430
  A New Hampshire startup called SustainX that wants to use compressed air to store power - a promising alternative to batteries - has gotten $5.3 million in Energy Department “energy storage” stimulus funding to pursue the research. Check this list for various winners . Using compressed air to store energy is ...
  3 weeks ago

• Compressed air tank – Taking Your Paintball Gun to a new level of …

  
  PaintballLifestyle - Paintball's #1 Free eMagazine! — Authority: 161
  CO2 has always been the source of the gas of choice since the early days of paintball . The approach taken by air pistols and air guns, paintball guns began.
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• California Gets Smart-Grid Funds to Bottle Wind

  
  Green Options — Authority: 148
  Pacific Gas & Electricity has won one of the Obama Administration’s 16 advanced grid awards totaling $620 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds, aimed at making more renewable energy available to the grid. PG&E’s $25 million award will fund initial work to see if California ...
  4 weeks ago

• Chill Out with Compressed Air

  
  Techno Station! Online technical help resource. — Authority: 133
  The Coldstream Air Gun from Meech International is an ideal solution for companies looking to replace liquid coolants in machining operations. Not only do these air guns provide a cold airflow for cooling but they also serve to prolong the life of cutting tools. The air guns themselves are powered solely by ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Daily Five: Wednesday, 25 November, 2009

  
  EcoTech Daily — Authority: 125
  Recyclable Paper Laptop; LED Solar Powered Shed Light; Compressed Air Cars Less Efficient; Southern Taiwanese island going gasoline-car free; Sun Catalytix low-cost solar Recyclable Paper Laptop Not sure how well it would work, but this Recyclable Paper Laptop is something new. This one designed by a certain Je ...
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• What’s with the Tata Compressed Air Car Project ?

  
  Indian Car Blog - Carazoo.com — Authority: 140
  This would have been another major achievement by Tata , but it seems that the much hyped Air Car project that Tata Motors undertook along with French engineering firm MDI is facing some technological challenges. Started off two years back, it seems that the company is now facing certain hurdles in terms of vehicle ...
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• PG&Es Energy Storage Project Gets a Green Light

  
  NEXT100 — Authority: 125
  By: Jonathan Marshall Good news for California clean energy: the U.S. Department of Energy today awarded PG&E $25 million to fund initial work on a significant energy storage project to support the utilitys increased use of renewable wind and solar power. The grant to PG&E was one of 16 awards, totaling ...
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• Stimulus funds for local energy-storage projects

  
  Political Blotter — Authority: 476
  Bay Area companies have been awarded more than $49 million in economic-stimulus funds for energy storage projects aimed at improving the efficiency and reliability of the nation’s electrical grid, the U.S. Department of Energy announced this morning. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced $620 million in American ...
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