Europeans Using Solar Power To Transform Urine Into Beer

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For the second year in a row, a team of researchers at Belgium's Ghent University is collecting urine at one of Europe's largest festivals, Roskilde. The researchers are hoping that by the time next year's festival rolls around, one of the country's breweries should have plenty of recycled urine beer to pour out for adventurous drinkers. The first time around, researchers say the goal was to extract nutrients that could be used as fertilizer. According to an article last summer, more than 25,000 liters of urine were collected and the fertilizer that was produced from it provided nourishment to a barley crop. This year, the researchers were after another critical beer ingredient: water.

 

Solar Impulse completes historic round-the-world trip

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A solar powered plane has landed in Abu Dhabi, completing a historic round-the-world trip with stops in India, Asia, Europe and North America.

“I've been waiting for this moment for 15 years,” said Solar Impulse chairman and pilot, Bertrand Piccard, in an impromptu speech on the tarmac shortly after landing.

“We should never accept the world to be polluted only because people are scared to think another way,” Piccard said.

The pre-dawn landing Tuesday by pilot Bertrand Piccard marks the end of an epic 25,000-mile (40,000-kilometer) journey. The plane made 16 stops, including in India, China, the U.S., Italy, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates - where it first took off.

Pokemon Go is a Phenomenon – Get Into It

I never write about the bleeding edge of things. It doesn't benefit most people to run out and try something very new most times. But I really think you should give Pokemon Go a try and I'll explain why.

What is Pokemon Go?

If you've ever heard of the video game / card game / cartoon / multi billion dollar franchise that is Pokemon, it's about a bunch of trainers who catch and train wild creatures in little balls so that they can battle each other (not bloody, but more like sporting). Again, this has been a super popular video game, a card game, etc.

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Five Good Dishes – Make Your Business Smarter

Our friend James showed us the wonderful independent bookstore, McNally Jackson while we were in New York recently. We left with a stack of books (which I never do, because I'm a digital downloads kind of guy) and probably could've stayed there an hour or two more if I hadn't needed to take a quick tour of highly functional plumbing (bookstores do it to me every time!). I loved the store because it wasn't selling every book. It sold books it thought would challenge you or feed you or make your mind better. And that showed.

Five Good Dishes

Some time over the past few days while walking around various parts of New York City between my other duties, I wrote a note in my Idea Machine ( what's that?) that just said “Five Dishes.”

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We Are All Foreigners

The recent vote for Britain to depart the European Union came with a tall side order of hate, racism, and fear. Your first reaction will probably mirror mine: deplorable. And it is. But there's more to it.

Hate Comes From Fear

This kind of hate, anyway, is the stuff of fear. The people most affected by any economic or political changes are those who are struggling to survive. No matter what the change is, it hits those who are the least stable in their lives and situations. When you see lots and lots of reports of people in Britain shouting “Go back to Poland,” my guess is that it comes from people who aren't getting enough to eat, or who have to decide whether to pay for medicine or heat.

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I Have a Secret Weapon

I have a secret weapon when it comes to building my business, and it's something I definitely can't train you to have. I love to share thoughts and ideas with people. I love creating posts. Text, video, audio. It's all great for me. I love sharing.

My Secret Weapon

The beauty of such a secret weapon is that you can learn more about me and about my business and about whatever it is I do that helps you thrive. It's great because it's a way to stay in contact with you, a way to share another perspective, a way for you to “mind read” and learn how I look at challenges.

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UK firm powers 49,000 homes through solar energy in Nigeria

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The United Kingdom's Department for International Development, UKAID, in a bid to increase electricity supply in Nigeria, has provided solar energy to 49,000 homes within the Nation.

According to the agency in charge of the programme in Nigeria 'SolarNigeria', the funds from the UK DFID will be used to scale the market for solar home lighting and power across the Nigeria through to 2020.

This initiative is considered as an innovative programme that will help solar suppliers and financiers in Nigeria to scale up and allow households to access this equipment on full commercial terms. It has also approved additional N4, 75 billion for the programme to help scale the market for solar home lighting and power in Nigeria through to 2020.