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Camp Stove Cooks with Wood & Powers Gadgets Wood is the oldest cooking fuel, used for millennia in campfires and stoves for hot food, warmth and a cozy…
Blow into Algae and Help it Grow at This Greenhouse Something between a greenhouse, a laboratory and an art exhibit, the shimmering plastic bags and tubes that hang from the…
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Wall-Crawling Robot Mimics the Sticky Feet of Geckos When engineers turn to nature for inspiration, they rely upon the wisdom of millions of years of evolution to guide…
Disaster Relief for the Digital Age: 13 Innovative Ideas What if an unmanned robot that looks like a distant cousin of Optimus Prime could respond to a meltdown at…