Better Place Stress-Testing Its Battery Swap Tech

Better Place has set up shop in Tokyo to stress test their battery swapping equipment.  The pilot program will allow the start-up company to work out the kinks in the technology before opening their first battery swapping station in Israel. A test swapping station is located in the Roppongi Hills section of Tokyo and it will service three electric cabs (all Nissan Dualis compact SUVs) from taxi company Nihon Kotsu’s fleet.  While Better Place’s fully-operating swapping stations will accommodate many types of batteries, the 90-day pilot program will focus on just one battery and car type.

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Seed-Sprouting Face Mask Protects You From Pollution, Sequesters Your CO2

Photo via Inhabitat We thought we saw them all when the swine flue craze was at its peak, but in the weird and wacky world of face masks, there’s a new one to top them all. The Green Screen by designer Robert Ortega is an anti-bacterial and reusable face mask that “sequesters the Co2 from every exhale.” Made from pulp and embedded with seeds that actually sprout, the face mask is supposed to not only help keep your lungs safe from the world, but … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Nature Conservancy Land Purchase Could Save Alabama’s Red Hills Salamander

The Red Hills salamander is found in just five counties in Alabama. Photo by C.K.

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How can I reduce the waste I receive at conferences etc?

My starting off point for this post was the question “How can I avoid getting free stuff at conferences etc?” but the easy answer to that is obviously “just say ‘no, thanks’”. There is a bigger related discussion though: how can we stop companies from giving away likely-to-instantly-break junk at conferences and exhibitions etc in the name of promotion? And how can we reduce the one-off waste created by conferences in general?

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pot o’ gold.

St. Patrick’s Day has come and gone and we will presume you still haven’t found a pot of gold under the rainbow. The closest you have come to that is a bowl of old necklaces tangled together.

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pot o’ gold.

An Ode To Clear Skin- Brought To You By Dr. Alkaitis and Organoderm

People keep telling me it’s just my body detoxing, releasing some sort of angry toxins all over my face. Apparently, new yogi’s go through this period when beginning their journey into the yoga world. Well, I’ve been at this yoga thing for a few months now, and still, my face continually breaks out.

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