Some items of interest:
- Solar powered water treatment system. No electricity consumption, CO2 emission, and cheap (PET bottles, foil, and plywood).
- Refracting bleach and water bottle light bulbs.
- Series of graphs showing no economic recovery whatsoever vs. previous highs.
- Swedish hacker trying to split atoms at home is arrested.
- The global illicit wildlife trade network is causing "devastating population decline."
- DIY Anti-IED Drone. Also, a soldier's DIY culvert-denial system.
- "When the City Itself Becomes a Technology of War." (PDF).
- "Can Cities Become Self-Reliant in Food?" Crunches the numbers for Cleveland and finds that, to meet 100% self sufficiency, "80 percent of all vacant lots, 62 percent of business rooftops, and 9 percent of residential lots would be tied to food." Unfortunately, this father/son duo's paper is behind a paywall.
- More on finding ecological value in vacant lots.
- JR put up a page on the Israeli Trauma Bandage (even though this was a late addition today: give a Google plus+1 or like if you think he did a good job).
- More as we go.