Thanks to our good friend Susan who gave us this design heads-up, we now know that Aquaduct has won a pedal-powered machine contest called Innovate or Die. The contest was sponsored by Specialized and Google. Aquaduct is amazing in that it is a bike designed for third world countries (or maybe Raleigh if this drought [...]

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Design and engineering have a love/hate relationship but they certainly get along in one form: the truss. Trusses are a system of using minimal materials to create large, strong and magical things that always seem to represent both good design and engineering.
Starting with carbon to make Diamonds:

this bike from Moulton that folds yet maintains great [...]

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TRANSPORTATION

Use carpools or public transit to extend the wear of cars and tires and reduce car maintenance wastes such as used oil.

Automotive:
www.donateyourcar.com For a substantial tax write-off, consider donating instead of selling or trading in your old car. The IRS allows you to deduct the retail value quoted in any widely used [...]

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