A popular type of credit card fraud is known as skimming. This occurs when a thief procures a victim’s card number using …
Solar FREAKIN’ Roadways!
A super smart couple has come up with the idea of replacing conventional roads and making them work for us! Using recycled materials …
This house was printed
One day we’ll be able to print anything we want. Look at this house in China. Does it spell the …
SolarLayer, the new technology that transforms roads, walls and windows into solar panels
Breaking news. This paint additive will soon allow you to turn your surroundings into a power generator without changing its appearance! …
Bubbles the 2-legged dog meets 3-D print technology
3-D FTW! Check out the new wheels on Bubbles! This is what the next generation of self-reliance is going to look …
A glimpse into the future
I’m sharing this mostly because it’s beautiful, but also because this is what a self-reliant future looks like. You’re — we’re …
Power rationing, the spy in the shower and the neighborhood snitch
The reason we are suspicious of smart meters goes back a ways. At the start of the Obama Administration, we predicted that …
Renewable Energy – Recycling human waste
As the Chinese population moved from the countryside to towns in search of prosperity a lot of things happened. The …
Charge your car for free.
We all like getting stuff for free, right? And if you have an electric car you’re already in the market for …
File this under: “Why didn’t I think of that?”
In Hong Kong, Pizza Hut thinks it can do more than just bring food to your front door. It wants …
This faucet was printed with a 3-D printer
3D printing (or additive manufacturing, AM) is any of various processes used to make a three-dimensional object. In 3D printing, additive processes are used, in …
Ready For Anything: The business suit wetsuit!
We’re all about cutting corners to a more efficient life so how about this versatile neoprene number? New from Quicksilver, …
You spilled coffee on your laptop. A step-by-step fix.
One of our guys just dumped a cup of coffee over his laptop. Huge panic. But our tech guy sent him a list …
Cyber attacks: Affecting everything from the national grid to pacemakers
As the recent power outage in Washington D.C. so aptly demonstrated, we’re not equipped to deal with serious power outages — …
Faraday Cages: Making one and how your microwave can help
Five years ago, we almost lost everything. Our entire power grid nearly fried. In 2012, our solar system experienced an …
Slay your energy vampires!
Your phone charger, toaster and TV look innocent enough, but do you realize they’re robbing you blind? In fact, all …