Fighting snow with sugar beet juice, snow-pooping robots, geoengineering and more
Posted 01.27.2011 at 12:08 pm
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Here in New York City, we've just been hit with yet another round of snow, and it got us thinking: There must be somebody working on a way to get rid of this fluffy white menace. As it turns out, there are lots of people working on it! Here are some of our favorites.
Some of these methods are in wide use, some are DIY projects you can create yourself, and some are insane weather-controlling projects worthy of Bond villains. But they all come from the same place, a shared distrust of frozen precipitation and a desire to reduce its vice-like control over our everyday lives. Keep warm, everyone!
Click to launch a tour of our favorite winter-fighting science and tech projects around.
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Is it just me or have we entered an era when machinery, functional or otherwise is tending to look more and more like sentient entities
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dude you're going to hurt their feelings
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You forgot to mention the Powerblanket with Heat Spreading Technology. Best device for thawing frozen ground, melting snow, and heating temperature sensitive materials... www.powerblanket.com