Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green. This week Inhabitat saw the light as we reported on several spellbinding new projects around the world -- including an
incredible cathedral made from 55,000 LEDs and a glowing
prefab pod building modeled after the genetic structure of plankton. We also showcased a luminous forest of thousands of "
Frozen Trees" and a high-flying
F-Light made from a recycled airplane, and also reported on Toshiba
expanding its line of LEDs. Meanwhile, as the lights fire up Lucas Oil Stadium we shared
seven ways Super Bowl 46 is going green, took a look at the
first organic concessions ever to offered at a Super Bowl, and got things cooking with six delicious recipes for
game time snacksEco transportation also blasted off from the starting line as London's first
zero-emission electric taxis hit the streets, and Stanford unveiled plans for
electrified roads that automatically charge EVs. We also saw Scotland launch the world's first
hybrid sea-going ferries, while Agence 360 did cyclists a favor by designing a nifty ultra-compact
foldable bike helmet. Meanwhile, Chevrolet announced plans to put
environmental impact stickers on all of their cars by 2013, the sun-powered
solarGT car set off on a race across the United States, and we brought you a gorgeous set of long-exposure photos that make
speeding trains look like laser beams.
In other news, renewable energy was a hot topic this week as researchers at MIT found a way to
make solar panels from grass clippings, another team of scientists developed a
hip-hop powered biomedical sensor and Britain mulled plans to install a new breed of
radioactive waste-recycling nuclear reactors that could power the UK for 500 years. We also brought you several fun designs for aspiring little builders - a set of awesome
paper robots and an
industrial workbench for tots. Finally, since Valentine's day is around the corner we shared
10 red-hot gifts, along with
14 sexy sustainable skivvies.
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