Another one of the benefits of biodiesel that it is proud of is the fact that it can be made from a renewable source. For starters, biodiesel was created with corn oils and soybean oils in mind as its source. However, it was later discovered that you can create it with any kind of animal or vegetable oil. It goes as far as used cooking oil be also be used to produce biodiesel. This means anybody can learn how to make Biodiesel. This means opting to use a biodiesel, will also allow a person to save a lot of money, particularly if he or she makes the biodiesel at home, using readily available materials. It is even estimated that when you choose to invest on a biodiesel making equipment, you will be able to get back the cost within the span of three months.

Another benefit that you can get from using biodiesel is the ability to clean the interior parts of your diesel engine. This is so since according to researches, biodiesel can remove the dirt and unwanted deposits from your engine’s fuel filter and fuel injectors. This can be viewed as a benefit since it can help your engine run smoothly and efficiently therefore letting you cut down your maintenance costs. And the good thing about choosing to use a biodiesel fuel is that it doesn’t require an engine modification.

Yet another positive benefit which you can gain from using biodiesel is that of having a clean burning fuel. This is made possible since biodiesel is a naturally oxygenated alternative fuel source that contains a fairly small amount of aromatics and sulfur. Because of this, there is a somewhat considerable reduction in the carbon monoxide and particulate emission compared to those that are emitted by petroleum- based diesel fuel. And since this is the case, the cause of the problem in air pollution is greatly reduced.

Since time immemorial humanity has seeking to beautify the self, by applying paint to bodies, using jewelry and make up. In those days, this was an index of social statute. Time has passed, but not much has changed!

We still like to wear jewelry, and we still paint out bodies calling it either tattoo, make up or body art.

One would have thought there is nothing left to invent in this realm! Well, there actually is!

It requires staying long enough in the sun or having a good use of UV rays to leave on the skin a beautiful tattoo. The stencil covers only a part of your body

allowing sun to hit certain areas.

Says Wang: “Sun Tattoo is a soft stencil which can be used for making the tattoo pattern on the skin by sunshine. It’s better to use it with sunless tanning cream.”

Of course I would not want to endorse tanning since for the most part it is dangerous but if you’re one who can’t stay away from the sun and have a flair for the unusual, you might like this.

Aditi Simlai Tiwari

Innovative Fashions Writer

InventorSpot.com

Dr. Acda’s study titled ” Recycling Waste Chicken Feather for Low- Cost Building Material in the Philippines,” aims generally to contribute to the sustainable use of natural resources through efficient utilization of waste chicken feathers as low- cost building material. It will fabricate composite panels using cement and waste chicken feathers that are suitable for non- structural applications.

” A lightweight and decay-resistant composite panel can be produced by binding chicken feathers with cement. Composite building materials ( plywood and fiber wood ) are high-volume applications which could potentially consume a large amount of chicken feathers produced annually,” Acda said.

The author’s project, which started in January 2007, is expected to be a completed in early 2009.

If you get a chance, show a kid around the night sky this summer. They’ll never forget it. Here are six sights to try:

• The summer Milky Way. You need dark clear sky, a blanket to lie on, and that’s about it. The knotted star clouds and dark nebulae never fail to astonish. City kids can’t believe there are so many stars.

• The Moon. Use a telescope at moderate power, at or before first quarter. Look along on the terminator– the dividing line between night and day. Smooth dark lunar seas and the long shadows cast by crater walls and towering mountains reveal a whole new world.

• A meteor shower. Everyone should see the Perseid meteor shower, which peaks near August 12. The anticipation of meteors suddenly streaking across the sky is better entertainment than any TV show.

• Jupiter. Shining bright and steady in the southern skies right now, Jupiter is like a mini-solar system all by itself. Even a pair of binoculars reveals its four largest moons all lined up in a row, revolving about the planet from hour to hour. And a small telescope reveals bands of cloud and maybe even the Great Red Spot.

• Open star clusters. Home to blazing young stars born out of the same cloud of dust and gas, an open star cluster gives a first hand introduction a star’s life. These are better for older kids who have the patience to learn to look through an telescope. If you have a star map and a small telescope, see if you can find M11 in Scutum.

• A galaxy. Take your pick: M81 near the Big Dipper, M31 in Andromeda, etc. You can see many galaxies in binoculars or a small telescope. Ignite a child’s imagination by showing them nearly a trillion stars at one time.

To compost, cover biodegradable waste with soil. Expose to some sunlight and air. Moisten with water. The action of these elements together, plus that of bacteria and other microbes that are sure to set into the mixture, will soon turn all the biowaste into enhanced soil or compost.

Keep it safe from strong rains. To hasten composting, mix in some natural additives or activators. This will also ensure that the mixture is odor-free.

Kidney stones are often caused by dehydration from high heat conditions or by not drinking enough liquid. If global warming continues as projected by United Nations Panel on Climate Change, the United States can expect as much as a 30-percent growth in kidney stone disease in some of its driest areas, according to the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.

Margaret Pearle, senior author of the study from the University of Texas said: “This study is one of the first examples of the global warming causing a direct medical consequence for humans.”

“When people relocate from areas of moderate temperature to areas with warmer climates, a rapid increase in stone risk has been observed. This has been shown in military deployments to the Middle East for instance,” Pearle added.

Nano Car maker is now moving to expand its capacity to produce cheapest automobile model due to higher-than-expected demands in India and overseas. Bloomberg reported that Tata Motors, Ltd. is now building a factory east of India where 250,000 Nanos will be produced annually. Production is scheduled to start in the last quarter this 2008.

The 33 horsepower Nano Car is being sold at 100,000 rupees ($2,300 or around £1,250) and by far the cheapest car ever made. It costs almost half as much as Suzukiʼs Maruti 800, the cheapest car currently on the market. It is cheaper than the 20 horsepower Model T in 1908 which was sold at $19,700 or the 24 horsepower Beetle which was sold at $11,333 in 1965.

Ratan Tata, the CEO for Tata Motors Ltd., said the Nano Cars will be available in both standard and deluxe versions with a wide rang of body colors and other accessories so that the car can be customised to an individualʼs preferences.

However, the Nano Car base model will have no air conditioning (other than the wind-down window variety), no power steering, no passenger-side mirror and only one windscreen wiper. Its has a length of 3.1 meters, width of 1.5 height and height of 1.6 meters with adequate ground clearance to effortlessly maneuver around busy roads in cities besieged with heavy traffic. It will have four doors with high seating position that will make ingress and egress easy as well as comfortably seat four persons.

According to Ratan Tata, Nano Cars have rear-wheel drive, all-aluminium, two-cylinder, 623 cc, 33 PS, multi point fuel injection petrol engine. This is the first time that a two-cylinder gasoline engine is being used in a car with single balancer shaft. He said the lean design strategy has helped minimize weight, which helps maximize performance per unit of energy consumed and delivers high fuel efficiency. He added that performance is controlled by a specially designed electronic engine management system.

Tata Motors Ltd bragged of how Nano Carʼs safety performance exceeds current regulatory requirements with its all sheet-metal body, strong passenger compartment, crumple zones, intrusion-resistant doors, seat belts, strong seats and anchorages as well as having its rear tailgate glass bonded to the body. It has tubeless tires which it says enhances safety.

Moreover, the automaker pointed out that their Nano cars are environmentally-friendly and has a high-fuel efficiency engine with low carbon dioxide emissions.

This scenario is taking on a bad rap for proponents of biofuels. “Burning food today to serve the mobility of rich countries is a crime against humanity, “said Jean Ziegler, a special rapporteur on the Right to Food for the United Nations, quoted in Time.com in its April 28 issue.

Critics for the food-to-fuel mandates say ethanol production actually requires more energy than it generates, creates hazardous by-products, and wreaks havoc on the food and feed supply chain, shrinking supplies while driving up prices.

Proponents of the biofuels counter: ” Biofuels are not the villains threatening the food security of the poorer nations, ” says Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from Brazil , quoted in the Time.com article.Reid Detchon, executive director of think tank Energy Future Coalition, says, ” I think the sudden rise in price of food has people looking for causes, and biofuels are a convenient scapegoat.”

Are biofuels the scapegoat?

Biodiversity in our environment is crucial to sustaining human livelihoods. People especially in developing countries are dependent on continued diversity, that is why the government strive to maintain and conserve it. The great wealth of plant and animal species and their interactions with one another, and with the environment, made earth habitable for humans.

Major causes of biodiversity loss are extraction, over-exploitation, land-use change, climate change and the suppression of native species by newly introduced invasive species. Natural disasters and wars contribute, too, to the loss of biodiversity. If the loss of biodiversity is to be halted, the political will of policy makers and society at large must be converted into implementation and action. Decisions on the conservation and use of biodiversity must involve the people affected. Sufficient incentive to promote biodiversity sustainability, for example, managing a forest rather than cutting it down. Industrialization of agriculture must not take place at the expense of biodiversity. Making people who are affected to have a fair share in the profits arising from the use of their biodiversity.

The Sav-a-Life Doze Alert Can Help Us Keep Safe!! . . .

The Sav-a-Life Doze Alert Can Help Us Keep Safe!!

The Sav-a-Life Doze Alert is quite simple but works wonders! The Sav-A-Life Doze Alert is a device that will warn you that you are dozing off at the wheel, one of the sure signs of fatigue. The unit slips behind either ear with or without glasses. When your head tilts forward, as it would when you nod off, the Doze Alert emits a buzzing sound, which will cause you to raise your head back to the safe driving position. The device is lightweight and battery operated- the battery is included.

Some of the areas where fatigue affects us:

Pilot Fatigue: The Safety Board recently conducted an investigation of an American Airlines accident with 10 fatalities and 105 injuries in Little Rock, Arkansas, where pilot fatigue was a contributing factor.

Railroad Workers Fatigue: On the nation’s rails, fatigue contributed to nearly 20 accidents over the last decade.

Road Fatigue: On the roads, fatigue is responsible for 100,000 crashes a year, and 1500 deaths, and this is where SAV-A-LIFE is trying to help!

About one-half of America’s adult drivers – 51 percent or approximately 100 million people — are on the roads feeling sleepy while they drive.

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Some of us actually two in 10 drivers — 17 percent or approximately 14 million people — say they have actually fallen asleep at the wheel in the past year.

What makes matters worse, fatigue is difficult to measure, but it is clear that the performance of a fatigued driver can be similar to that of a person who has drunk enough to reach the blood alcohol limit.

It’s a national epidemic, and chances are it has happened to you, to fall asleep behind the wheel. If you are lucky, you simply hit the rumble strips on the side of the road, and swing back on the road wide awake. For the unfortunate, it can lead to accidents, sometimes fatal ones.

Why do we need the SAV-A-LIFE Doze Alert?

The National Sleep Foundation recently issued a Wake-Up Call to Fatigued Drivers. According to a 2002 Sleep America Poll by the National Sleep Foundation, Millions Drive Drowsy And Fall Asleep At The Wheel! Drowsy Driving affects more than half of the drivers on our highways.

Gender: males (22 percent) vs. females (12 percent) -

Age: 18-29 (28 percent), 30-64 (16 percent), 65 plus (6 percent).

Males and young adults between 18 and 29 are at the highest risk for drowsy driving and falling asleep at the wheel, according to the NSF poll; in fact, more than two-thirds of these young adults who drive, (71 percent), report driving while drowsy in the past year. Adults with children in the household are more likely to drive drowsy than those without children while older adults, 65 and over, are the least likely to drive drowsy or to fall asleep at the wheel.

Many more users enjoy the SAV-A-LIFE Doze-Alert:

– The visually impaired, It is used to correct their head posture

– Students, who need to keep awake for their studies.

– Night shift workers, fatigue is a serious problem for them.

– Nurses

– People who suffer form sleep apnea or narcolepsy, to go through their daily activities.

- Ballroom dancers, to keep their heads straight

– Many more applications can be found! Drop us a note to let us know how you are using your SAV-A-LIFE Doze-Alert

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Thanks from Diane