HumanCar is the self-funded brainchild of Charles Samuel Greenwood, an engineer who has been working on developing the perfect human-powered vehicle since the late 1960s. Now, it looks like his car is actually getting somewhere. According to Autoblog Green, the lightweight Imagine PS is street legal and, if four people are cranking inside, can run on human power alone. "PS" stands for "power station," naturally. Based in Eugene, Ore., HumanCar Inc. is preparing to start producing the car.

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Op-Ed Columnist - Attacking Social Security - NYTimes.com

Image via WikipediaOp-Ed Columnist - Attacking Social Security - NYTimes.com: "So where do claims of crisis come from? To a large extent they rely on bad-faith accounting. In particular, they rely on an exercise in three-card monte in which the surpluses Social Security has been running for a quarter-century don’t count — because hey, the program doesn’t have any independent existence; it’s just part of the general federal budget — while future Social Security deficits are unacceptable — because hey, the program has to stand on its own."

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Egg Recall Numbers Expand: Check Your Carton and Watch Your Order - Health Blog - CBS News

Image via WikipediaEgg Recall Numbers Expand: Check Your Carton and Watch Your Order - Health Blog - CBS News: "CBS) Now that the already massive egg recall has grown from 228 million to 380 million eggs due to the largest salmonella scare we've seen in years, consumers are wondering which eggs are safe.

Three new brands have been added to the long list of eggs to check for possible contamination:

James Farms
Glenview
Pacific Coast

Below you'll find the complete list of eggs which may be infected with salmonella. They are all produced in Galt, Iowa by Wright County Egg, but they are sold in grocery stories under many different brands."

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Nanotech Tea Bag Purifies Drinking Water for Less Than a Penny | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World

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Nanotech Tea Bag Purifies Drinking Water for Less Than a Penny | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World: "Roughly 1 billion people in the world have no access to safe drinking water, and contaminated water kills more people worldwide than all forms of violence combined. Seeking to provide a solution to this problem, South African researchers have created a water-purifying nanotech tea bag that costs half a cent. Portable, instantly effective and with no chance of recontamination, the tea bag sounds like the best idea since sliced bread."

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Google TV plan is causing jitters in Hollywood - Los Angeles Times

Google TV plan is causing jitters in Hollywood - Los Angeles Times: "The search giant is touting an ambitious new technology, called Google TV, that would marry the Internet with traditional television, enabling viewers to watch TV shows and movies unshackled from the broadcast networks or cable channels on which they air. Users would need to buy a TV or set-top box with Google software that could connect to the Internet, along with a keyboard to type commands. Users could also use their iPhone or Android phone to operate Google TV."

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Beloit College Mindset List

Beloit College Mindset List: "Each August since 1998, Beloit College has released the Beloit College Mindset List. It provides a look at the cultural touchstones that shape the lives of students entering college this fall. The creation of Beloit’s Keefer Professor of the Humanities Tom McBride and former Public Affairs Director Ron Nief, it was originally created as a reminder to faculty to be aware of dated references, and quickly became a catalog of the rapidly changing worldview of each new generation. The Mindset List website at www.beloit.edu/mindset, the Mediasite webcast and its Facebook page receive more than 400,000 hits annually."

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News: Local | "Crabbers pleased at big haul" | The Register-Guard | Eugene, Oregon

Image via WikipediaNews: Local | "Crabbers pleased at big haul" | The Register-Guard | Eugene, Oregon: "NEWPORT — There are plenty of reasons to be worried about the ocean these days, from climate change to dead zones to rising sea levels. But there’s at least one very bright spot along Oregon’s coast, an indicator that in some ways, the Pacific is humming along just fine: It’s Dungeness crab."

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