Reverse engineered from a device invented for the failed mars mission, entrepreneur K.R. Srindhar has rebuilt an invention that could completely revolutionize everything we know about energy harvesting. Srindhar’s Bloom Box consists of thin, square ceramic plates made of sand and painted with a secret green ink solution on one side and black ink on the other. Between the two lies a cheap metal alloy plate. As oxygen and fuel (landfill gas, for example) mix within this so-called cell, electricity is produced. The Bloom Box is already supplying Fed-Ex, Wal-Mart and Google, and the company’s goal is to place one in your back yard.

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Birds are dinosaurs – and within five years, paleontologist Jack Horner believes he’ll produce a classic dino look-alike by manipulating the genes of a modern day chicken. Researchers are breaking dino bones apart, finding blood vessels, elastic tissue and 80 million year old cells. Jurassic Park, here we come!

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