Tag Archives: technology

How to make a dent in the universe before you die…

Posted on October 6, 2011 by aranyak

via youtube.com “Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new.” – he said, while speaking of his own first brush with that … Continue reading →

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Sorry Desert Tortoise. No room for you in Google’s Earth Day paradise.

Posted on April 22, 2011 by aranyak

Today is Earth Day, a once grassroots movement seeking to remind people to pay attention to the earth which has now grown to become a global event apparently “celebrated” by over a billion people – much of it courtesy of … Continue reading →

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Its been a heck of a roller coaster ride! But how do we get off this fossil fueled train?!

Posted on November 10, 2010 by aranyak

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Bicycle worldviews

Posted on September 13, 2010 by aranyak

My friend and colleague Susan Currie Sivek made this little film using her iPhone while riding around Fresno’s Woodward Park on her bicycle last weekend: via susancurriesivek.com If you’re interested in the tech of how she made the film, you’ll … Continue reading →

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Attenborough on Plastic Oceans

Posted on August 31, 2010 by aranyak

  via youtube.com The trouble with plastic: it just ain’t plastic enough! Especially in the biological sense: plastic |ˈplastik|nouna synthetic material made from a wide range of organic polymers such as polyethylene, PVC, nylon, etc., that can be molded into shape … Continue reading →

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Mitticool: now that’s a truly cool earth-friendly refrigerator!

Posted on July 24, 2010 by aranyak

via business.rediff.com Wouldn’t you want the above cool fridge, instead of the electricity guzzling, ozone-hole-punching (hopefully not, but they’re still out there), global warming behemoth you may have in your kitchen? Well… Rediff has the story and slideshow of the … Continue reading →

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To flush or not to flush, that is the (pissing) question!

Posted on June 28, 2010 by aranyak

Photo: Dan Forbes In a laboratory 10 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, a mechanical penis sputters to life. A technician starts a timer as a stream of water erupts from the apparatus’s brass tip, arcing into a urinal mounted … Continue reading →

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Want to rescue oil-soaked wildlife? There’s an app that can help!

Posted on June 19, 2010 by aranyak

iPhone users who come upon oiled birds and other wildlife from the Gulf Spill can can send the location and a photo to animal rescue networks using a free new iPhone app developed by University of Amherst researchers. Called MoGO, … Continue reading →

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Anil Gupta on tech innovation from and for the poor, and on giving credit where it is due

Posted on May 11, 2010 by aranyak

http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf via ted.com A wonderful talk from last November’s TED India conference (which had many other great talks I am still catching up with as time permits). I particularly like this one and think it is worth sharing because Professor … Continue reading →

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Appholes: “Steve – don’t go Howard Hughes on us!”

Posted on April 30, 2010 by aranyak

http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:307953 via thedailyshow.com Jon at his rantastic best!! Steve Jobs better be paying attention now… And for those of you who aren’t following the tech news and may still be scratching your heads as to what all that was about, … Continue reading →

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