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DustCart: Robot Trash Collector

Robot Trash Collectors Are Roaming the Streets of Italy (w/ Video)

Electronics / Robotics

created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the city of Peccioli in the Tuscany region of Italy a robot called DustCart has been zipping through the streets. This is part of a $3.9 million research program called DustBot that aims ...


Scientists ready to set sail for 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch,' in name of research

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Hoping to learn more about one of the most glaring examples of waste and environmental pollution on Earth, a group of scientists will set sail from San Francisco Tuesday to the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch," a massive vortex ...


Tracking trash

Tracking trash

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- What if we knew exactly where our trash was going and how much energy it took to make it disappear? Would it make us think twice about buying bottled water or "disposable" razors?


'Smart Trash' concept could reinvent recycling with a cash incentive

'Smart Trash' concept could reinvent recycling with a cash incentive

Technology / Hi Tech

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Envision a distasteful trip to the curb to take out the trash as a pleasant -- and profitable -- stroll. Some juiceless batteries - those are good for a few cents. An old keyboard might fetch ...


Space waste: Handling garbage when your dumpster is 100 million miles away?

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 18, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

In space, no one takes out the trash. Garbage can pile up, spoil and become a health hazard for astronauts in the cramped living quarters of a space station.


Trashing our beaches, way too much

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Everybody knows there's trash on the world's beaches. But just how much?


UD Researchers

Using novel tool, researchers dig through cell 'trash' and find treasure

Biology /

created Sep 19, 2008 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 0

A person's trash can reveal valuable information, as detectives, historians and identity thieves well know. Likewise, a cell's "trash" may yield certain treasures, University of Delaware researchers have found.


US Marshals seize sanitizer for bacteria problems

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Officers with the U.S. Marshals Service have seized all skin sanitizers and skin protectants, including ingredients and components, at Clarcon Biological Chemistry Laboratory's facility in Roy, Utah, the Food and ...