Posts Tagged ‘innovative’

$100,000 Prize For Best Homeland Security Initiative

Saturday, June 7, 2008 21:05 No Comments

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Now is your chance to win $100,000, and all you have to do is come up with a novel way to save the country (US) from terrorist attacks. This prize is given by the nonprofit National Security Initiative and it has named this competition “The American Security Challenge“.
The idea is expected to involve the [...]

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Solar Lily Pads On Rivers Generate Electricity

Monday, May 12, 2008 20:30 No Comments

I have heard of wind farms going offshore, but this is the first time I heard of an application of photovoltaic cells on water. Placing Solar Lily Pads in rivers and lakes is definitely the right step towards a carbon neutral city, it looks good, artistic and it generates energy. We all hope to see [...]

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