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March 15th, 2010, 19:30
The Week in Green is a new item from our friends at Inhabitat (http://inhabitat.com/), recapping the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us.
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This week Inhabitat took a peek into the future of our built environment by showcasing the most incredible designs from the 2010 eVolo Skyscraper Competition. From water purifying (http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/08/water-purification-skyscraper-purifies-jakarta-rivers/) buildings (http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/08/bubble-shaped-skyscraper-is-a-freshwater-factory/) to cities stacked on stilts (http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/09/tower-city-is-an-ecotopia-stacked-upon-stilts/) and self-sufficient underwater skyscrapers (http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/09/underwater-skyscraper-is-a-self-sufficient-city-at-sea/), there's no shortage of futuristic thinking on tap.
Alternative energy was also a hot topic this week as China launched plans to tap "combustible ice (http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/11/china-developing-combustible-ice-as-new-energy-source/)" as an energy source and researchers at MIT discovered a new way to produce electricity by sending thermopower waves through carbon nanotubes (http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/08/thermopower-wavesmit-scientists-discover-new-way-to-produce-electricity/).
We also saw several exciting advances in efficient transportation as South Korea rolled out an EV that is recharged by electrified roads (http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/09/south-korean-amusement-park-powers-evs-using-electric-toothbrush-technology/) and researchers at UT Dallas revealed a heat-scavenging tailpipe (http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/09/tailpipe-power-nanotube-thermocells-harvest-energy-from-car-exhaust/) that may one day help power cars. And if you think your Prius gets good mileage, get a load of this super-efficient gas engine (http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/09/transonic-combustions-super-efficient-gas-engine-gets-98-mpg/) that gets 98 MPG. Finally, if you rely on that morning cup of coffee to get your engine running, you won't want to miss this coffee-powered car that gets 56 espressos per mile (http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/08/coffee-powered-car-gets-56-espressos-per-mile/)Inhabitat's Week in Green: skyscrapers, combustible ice, and coffee-powered cars (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/inhabitats-week-in-green-skyscrapers-combustible-ice-and-cof/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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This week Inhabitat took a peek into the future of our built environment by showcasing the most incredible designs from the 2010 eVolo Skyscraper Competition. From water purifying (http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/08/water-purification-skyscraper-purifies-jakarta-rivers/) buildings (http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/08/bubble-shaped-skyscraper-is-a-freshwater-factory/) to cities stacked on stilts (http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/09/tower-city-is-an-ecotopia-stacked-upon-stilts/) and self-sufficient underwater skyscrapers (http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/09/underwater-skyscraper-is-a-self-sufficient-city-at-sea/), there's no shortage of futuristic thinking on tap.
Alternative energy was also a hot topic this week as China launched plans to tap "combustible ice (http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/11/china-developing-combustible-ice-as-new-energy-source/)" as an energy source and researchers at MIT discovered a new way to produce electricity by sending thermopower waves through carbon nanotubes (http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/08/thermopower-wavesmit-scientists-discover-new-way-to-produce-electricity/).
We also saw several exciting advances in efficient transportation as South Korea rolled out an EV that is recharged by electrified roads (http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/09/south-korean-amusement-park-powers-evs-using-electric-toothbrush-technology/) and researchers at UT Dallas revealed a heat-scavenging tailpipe (http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/09/tailpipe-power-nanotube-thermocells-harvest-energy-from-car-exhaust/) that may one day help power cars. And if you think your Prius gets good mileage, get a load of this super-efficient gas engine (http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/09/transonic-combustions-super-efficient-gas-engine-gets-98-mpg/) that gets 98 MPG. Finally, if you rely on that morning cup of coffee to get your engine running, you won't want to miss this coffee-powered car that gets 56 espressos per mile (http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/08/coffee-powered-car-gets-56-espressos-per-mile/)Inhabitat's Week in Green: skyscrapers, combustible ice, and coffee-powered cars (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/inhabitats-week-in-green-skyscrapers-combustible-ice-and-cof/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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