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New Years in New York will be Powered by Pedals!

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New Years event in New York City Times Square “next” year, will be powered in part by pedals by humans.

How cool is that?  Save earth.

Duracell has set up a “power lodge” in Times Square where visitors are ushered to a row of bicycles with generators connected to a set of massive batteries.

So far the project has collected 95 hours of pedal power, or about 35 pe

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Bush signs controversial Anti-piracy Law

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After what seems like series of bad decisions and autographs to important government documents, Bush signs another controversial Anti-piracy law that will, in simple words,

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Skateboard goes 50MPH+ on the Highway in Germany!

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A skatboarder in Germany achieved 50MPH+ on the highway.  The German government is still trying to track down the person who did it to put him in jail but I think they should give him an award instead.

A video of the skateboarder, broadcast on German television networks on Wednesday, showed a helmeted figure wearing a red and white protective suit building up speed by holding onto the back of a motorcycle before letting go and freewheeling.

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$70,000 3D Digital Screens coming to your Local Theatre soon!

Here’s some great news for movie-addicts.  Theatres around the country will be replacing outdated projector screens with 3D-capable digital screens, meaning you will get some cool screens like the IMAX-3D even for your regular movies.

Nice, but I hope they don’t raise the prices, then I’d probably rather get a 150″ LCD TV for myself.

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Gas Hack – Pre-Purchase Gas Cards and Save on Rising Gas Prices!

It looks like there’s now a “pre-pay” solution to saving some money on by purchasing gas in advance.

You can go to MyGallons.com to purchase your future gas at current prices.

The high price of gasoline has some U.S. drivers looking to the future.

A recently introduced service called MyGallons.com allows drivers to fill up their tanks sometime in the future but at current prices, using a debit-like card which banks gallons rather than dollars.

“The price of gasolin

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Microfiber fabric = electricity ???

Wow, check out this Yahoo news that microfiber fabric might produce electricity. We might just be able to start generating electricity everytime we move a finger!

CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. scientists have developed a microfiber fabric that generates its own electricity, making enough current to recharge a cell phone or ensure that a small MP3 music player never runs out of power.

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