Shit, I Need A Title?

“Michael J. Fox’s middle name is Andrew.”

mentalflossr:

For the past few weeks, every time I saw an acronym or initials, I took a picture. You know the brands, authors, and pieces of legislation, but do you know what all those letters stand for?

realcleverscience:

smarterplanet:

Powerhouse Solar Cell Inspired by Leaf Biomimicry

A team of scientists headed up by Princeton University has achieved a whopping 47 percent increase in electricity generation from flexible plastic solar cells, simply by texturing the surface to mimic the wrinkles of a typical leaf.

Full Story: Cleantechnica

via emergentfutures:

1) Biomimicry is amazing. I love that human design is now recognizing that it has so much to learn from natural design. Especially when it can replace eco-questionable solutions with much more eco-friendly solutions - such as simply creating wrinkles on a surface as opposed to something like nano-sprays with unknown side-effects.

2) As the article notes, solar is getting very, very close to the 10-15% efficiency needed to make it competitive with traditional energy sources. And with the various solar innovations coming out, I expect we’ll hit that goal soon… and then surpass it by quite a bit. But of course, this requires research and funding. *cough*fund_science*cough*

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whatzherfaace:

Looks comfy as fuck. I want a whole bunch of those beds in my backyard

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tim-rousbeastie:

whoa.
this will be my kids one day. no, seriously.

(via doctorwho)

20 Weeks

wowfunniestposts:

Bored? click!

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wewillrebuild:

[beach.] dining.

misneachalainn:

♥

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hxcfairy:

Marvel Costume Contest Winner - Steampunk Iron Man by Marvel Entertainment on Flickr.

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