Inhabitat reports on biomimicry, a new energy creating invention that mimics forms and systems found in nature. Using biomimicry as the guiding design principle, the Australian firm BioPower Systems has developed Biowave: an ocean power system that harnesses energy by mimicking the motion of underwater plants in the ocean currents to generate electricity.

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The Guardian reports on the growing business of backyard fuel production in the UK , recycling second hand vegetable oil to be used in diesel cars. The law has been changed to allow people to make 2,500 litres a year for their own use. Most are working legally, but as the price of fuel rises inexorably, so criminal elements are moving in.
Via Eco geek we find out a Korean company’s idea for automated parking. With the Mp System, the computer decides where to fit all the cars. Drivers pull into a platform and technology does the rest. When drivers want to retrieve their car, they enter a code and the car is delivered back via the platform. The future is looking scarily automated here.
Watch the video.Parking of a different kind this time, Treehugger has a great piece on the bike tree , for extra safety in keeping your bike friend up and out of harms way. The control panel includes finger print recognition sensor with some controls for locking/unlocking the bicycle onto the stand. It was designed by Abhinav Dapke .
Biketree from Treehugger