Japan Uses Footsteps to Create Energy

In two of Japan's busiest train stations, experiments have started this week to use the footsteps of all the commuters to create the energy to run the ticket turnstiles. A special floor has been installed in front...

Lush cosmetics backing Sea Shepherd 'eco-pirates' over shark-finning

Cosmetics company Lush has teamed up with Sea Shepherd, a controversial eco warrior group in a campaign to save the sharks from extinction.Lush is handing out leaflets in their UK stores, showing videos and having...

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"Do we really need another news aggregator to follow in the footsteps of Google News, Digg, Reddit, Netvibes and the rest? Well, the founders of NewsCred have decided we do - and they reckon they've got two killer angles which will make their service, launched today, into a...

Terminal blues: What it's like to live in an airport

Homeless people are increasingly visible on the streets of our major cities but the news that around the world airports are the home to many may come as a suprise. In London around 110 people live in Haethrow and...

MySpace Takes After Facebook To Open Its Platform To Developers.

"Following in the footsteps of Facebook, one of its toughest competitors, MySpace announced Wednesday plans to open its platform for developers to build applications on top of the popular social networking...

City said to be terrorist breeding ground

"TETOUAN, Morocco, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- A Moroccan seaport 3,000 miles from Iraq has become one of the world's most fertile recruiting grounds for jihadists, U.S. officials say. In the past eight months a group of young men, all worshippers at the same mosque, have left their...

First female space tourist inspires fans on Earth

" Anousheh Ansari, world's first female space tourist, is nearing an end to her stay on the International Space Station. Ansari hoped to inspire children - especially girls - to follow in her footsteps and become engineers. Her agenda while in space seems set on accomplishing...

First female space tourist inspires fans on Earth

"Anousheh Ansari, world's first female space tourist, is nearing an end to her stay on the International Space Station. Ansari hoped to inspire children - especially girls - to follow in her footsteps and become engineers. Her agenda while in space seems set on accomplishing...

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