Category Archives: Transportation

Eco-Coke Bottle

By AKB | Published: June 17, 2010
Andrew Kim is obsessed with consumer electronics. He was delighted to discover that there was a profession for people for him. I got on the phone with Andrew and we chatted a bit about the very awesome re-design he did on the classic coke bottle. Design Fabulous is Andrew Kim’s design blog. He’s a student [...]
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A Cellulosic Ethanol story to follow

By ADC | Published: March 16, 2010
Switchgrass, fuel of the near future? The New York Times recently reported on work at the University of Wisconsin in which a new method was developed to break down lignocellulose into sugars. A recent publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Ronald T. Raines and Joseph B. Binder outlines a process [...]
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A Car That Needs a Caffeine Fix As Much As You Do

By ADC | Published: March 9, 2010
Imagine stopping at a gas station for coffee and walking out with a cup for yourself and a bag of grounds for your car. Sharing your love of java with your car is exactly what the people at ‘Bang Goes the Theory’ (a British TV show) had in mind when they designed the Car-puccino. This [...]
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