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Smart Outdoor Lantern Uses Gravity to Adjust Its Brightness

Taking the form of the tulip, this self-adjusting LED camping lantern doubles as a standing and hanging light source.
Robotic Cheetah Smashes Speed Record for Legged Robots

By flexing its back, this galloping robot increases its stride and dramatically beats previous speed records for legged robots. Here's how.
ZBoard Crosses Skateboards with Segways for Awesome Transportation Option

This is a whole new way of getting around that is easier than a skateboard but more portable than a bike. The ZBoard shows how modern technology is getting us out of cars in innovative ways.
Incredible Lion Photos Taken With High-Tech Remote Control Camera

Conservation photographer William Burrard-Lucas has created a crafty vehicle for getting up-close and personal photographs of lions and other animals.
Breakthrough in Flexible High Efficiency Solar Panels Demonstrated on Ski Helmet

For $400, you can pick up a helmet that will power devices such as phones or MP3 players.
World's First Integrated Solar Power + Power Storage Panel Launched in India

Hopefully commercially available in a year, this new panel will use a supercapacity to store power for a week, and charge your laptop in 2 hours, after 4 hours in the sun.
Super Cloud Computing Center in Europe Will Make Space & Physics Research Faster, Easier

The Helix Nebula Science Cloud to be built in Europe will enable faster and better scientific research.
Smart Manhole Cover Concept Senses and Displays Pollution Levels

This interesting design tells pedestrians the current pollution levels, and would collect and store energy.
Build a DIY Cook Stove From an Empty Deodorant Can

A repurposed, empty Axe can becomes an alcohol stove for camping and backpacking.
eBay's Desert Data Center Gets Into Hot Water

Cooling a data center in one of the hottest parts of the USA can be done by using hot water, as eBay's Phoenix facility finds.
Breakthrough World Record Energy Density For Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery

You'll find more than one post here on Treehugger describing a 'lithium battery breakthrough.' Given that many non-hydrocarbon based energy breakthroughs we wrote about were destined to become fall-throughs, will this one be different.
DogVacay Is the Air BnB for Canine Friends

Collaborative consumption just took another big leap, this time into helping us find caring places to keep our dogs while we're traveling.
Solar Backpacks Can Take A Licking, Startup Says

With a tandem focus on sustainability and durability, ZenTreks mobile-power backpacks provide 30% more electricity than currently available from a similar device.
Better Rescue Robots Mimic Snakes' Great Grip

Rescue robots could come in snake-like forms, thanks to research looking at how slithering could be a better way for robots to move up an inclined plane.
Penny-Sized Pop-Up Robots Mimic Flying Insects, Could Save Lives

Harvard researchers have come up with a novel way to create tiny, tiny insect-like robots by folding layers of material in origami fashion.
See Inside a Canadian E-Waste Recycling Facility

Servers were the size of refrigerators and a single CPU chip had about $300 of gold when FCM Recycling started harvesting precious metals from computers.
This MacBook Pro Case The Ultimate In Recyclability

A new project on Kickstarter aims to create an accessory for the MacBook Pro that is both protective case and comfortable workstation, and 100% recyclable to boot!
HP Unveils User-Serviceable All-in-One Workstation

This workstation is not only gorgeous, but also features tool-less repairability and upgradability.