In an Intense Time for Hybrids and EVs, Fiberforge Lightens Up The idea driving Fiberforge isn't fuel. It's lighter cars. "Anything that needs to be moved from Point A to Point B would use less
fuel and less energy to accelerate it, move it, and decelerate it if it
were lighter," says Jon Fox-Rubin, President & CEO of Fiberforge. "And that's really where the Fiberforge process is aimed
at creating affordable structures that are lighter in weight."[video_twistage 1]
Tue Mar 23, 2010
Inspired Ethonomics: Portland, a Global Model of Transit-Oriented Development Portland is a city that successfully implemented a plan for transit-oriented development. Its urban planners made the public domain more appealing and accessible by emphasizing density and pedestrian travel. These transit policies are credited with spurring urban rejuvenation in Portland and many cities, while slowing the postwar dominance of the suburbs.
Mon Feb 22, 2010
Inspired Ethonomics: Seoul Reengineers a Freeway Into a Stream [VIDEO] Most metropolis' are so busy pushing toward the future that they don't have time to re-think the past. Not so with Seoul, South Korea. In 2003, the city demolished a downtown freeway to restore an ancient stream that once flowed beneath the thoroughfare.
Tue Feb 16, 2010
The Banning of Bottled Water The hazards of bottled water, both for our world and our wallets, have been well-known for a while. But now the Australian town Bundanoon is trying an unprecedented move to set the clock back to a simpler and more environmentally-friendly time — by banning bottled water altogether. Could the US be next?
Posted Thu Jul 9, 2009
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Posted Fri Jun 5, 2009
