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The joint venture of Volkswagen with First Automotive Works Corporation (FAW), which is one of the top Sino-foreign car partnerships, proved to be a good venture as they now expect their 2007 profits to increase by at least a quarter, helped by brisk sales and cost-cutting efforts. “The venture, FAW Volkswagen, in the northeastern city [...]
The latest specification and details on Volkswagen’s new compact off-roader, the 2009 Tiguan Crossover has been disclosed. This compact crossover is not due to come out until September at Frankfurt’s Auto Show, but Volkswagen has decided to let people in on the latest features their 2009 Tiguan has. The 2009 model year for Tiguan is [...]
When Gary Eden needed some raw materials for his new ultra-efficient, ultra-light, millimeter-thin plasma lamp, he went to the grocery store. The lamp is mostly aluminum foil. Granted the lamp is not 100% aluminum, but part of the project was to try and make it as cheap and simple to create as possible, hence the [...]
Our friends over at Inhabitat took the opposite tack from our recent piece about the top 10 green skyscrapers and produced an article about the Top 5 Tiny Prefab Houses. These include such standouts as the Microcompact Home (pictured) and the Tiny Tumbleweed House. In addition to all the other wonderful features they offer, these [...]
It’s not gonna get you anywhere very fast, but if you’re lucky, it could get you out of some tight scrapes in the post-apocalyptic Australian Outback. In any case this home-made, wind-powered tricycle is ridiculously cool, I’m just not sure why. It’s not a practical design or anything, but I just feel like it’s necessary [...]
Plastic is made from oil, unfortunately, it’s hard to make oil from plastic. Or, at least, it used to be. Global Resources Corporation has created a special kind of microwave that zaps plastic at very specific wavelengths in order to release the hydrocarbons. As an example, put a tire into the GRC Hawk-10, and the [...]