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April 11 to 17, 2005
The "stratellite" can replace satellites at 1/10 the
cost
. Hopefully, it will make cellphone towers obsolete...
April 4 to 10, 2005
Low-power FM (LPFM) radio, devised by the FCC to provide an alternative to corporate-centric radio, is now being dominated by Christian radio networks, effectively limiting the diversity of loca...
China spends three times the world average on energy to produce $1 of gross domestic product - and 70% of its energy comes from coal. Because the U.S. isn't in the Kyoto accord, imported Chines...
March 28 to April 3, 2005
Use your cell phone to pay for parking. These systems greatly reduce
cost
, maintenance, and long lines...
Things to use when clean water gets scarce - the AquaPak
cost
s a dollar to make, runs on solar, and can purify up to four gallons of water a day...
March 7 to 13, 2005
For some reason the U.S. Army's $127 billion modernization program has been categorized in the budget in a way that relieves them of the obligation to give "
cost
and purchasing data to militar...
It's likely that Axl Rose's next album, which has been in the works for 10 years at a
cost
of over $13 million, is the most expensive album ever made...
February 7 to 13, 2005
A quarter of the economy's growth is taken up by healthcare spending: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/latimests/20050209/ts_latimes/healthcare
cost
stakebigbitefromeconom...
January 24 to 30, 2005
The high
cost
of filming in Hawaii is leading productions to think twice about shooting in the islands. This article compares Hawaii's incentives to other locations...
January 10 to 16, 2005
The Web and the Internet are enabling more direct soldier-to-family communications that ever before. Hopefully, this will make societies more aware of the real
cost
s of war...
A few months since its launch, allofmp3.com seems to be gaining credibility and customers. Tracks are one-tenth the
cost
of those in the iTunes music store and are offered in a variety of qualitie...
January 1 to 9, 2005
Organic printable electronics give rise to printable RFID tags that
cost
less than five cents each...
November 15 to 21, 2004
Elvis
cost
ello interviews Joni Mitchell...
November 8 to 14, 2004
"Creative Consequences of the Rights Clearance Culture for Documentary Filmmakers" - the film "Tarnation" may have
cost
$200 to make, but it
cost
$500,000 to clear the rights for it. Stric...
September 27 to October 3, 2004
Sarah McLachlan's video "World On Fire" breaks down the
cost
of making a music video vs. contributing to charities...
September 20 to 26, 2004
Since 1980, sales of presidential masks have predicted the election correctly: http://www.buy
cost
umes.com/presidentialmask.asp...
August 30 to September 5, 2004
Isn't it funny that the Superferry sports an array of high-tech gadgets - and two human observers - to do nothing but ensure that whales are avoided at all
cost
s.....
August 22 to 29, 2004
It
cost
s the U.S. Government $6.5 billion a year just to keep things secret. 90% of those things shouldn't be...
August 15 to 22, 2004
Idea of the Week: Nature Cemeteries What a great concept: there's less
cost
and waste for the industry, there's a pent-up demand, land is conserved (and preserved), and it's cheaper for consumers...
August 8 to 14, 2004
What to do about the War Memorial/Natatorium on Kaimana Beach, an unlabeled hazardous collapsing eyesore that's confused tourists and annoyed locals for 25 years? The one that will
cost
untol...
June 21 to 27, 2004
A teacher fed up with the high
cost
of (Cisco Academy's computer training) textbooks makes his own equivalent textbooks and puts them online for free...
May 10 to 16, 2004
Topic of the week: More architecture! Architect Michelle Kaufmann is an American hero. She's the first person to finally begin to fulfill Frank Lloyd Wright's dream of cheap quality homes, a goa...
April 26 to May 2, 2004
Before you laugh, try a little thinking outside of the box: Hawaii needs low-
cost
housing solutions - how about using used shipping containers? Many well-designed structures have been made worldwide...
April 19 to 25, 2004
2) Support blending ethanol with gasoline, and support the growth of local ethanol manufacturers. Which raw (waste) materials are
cost
-effective to import to Hawaii to produce ethanol? Does importin...
April 12 to 18, 2004
Just by using a white-colored roof on your home, you can save up to 40% in air conditioning
cost
s...
March 31, 2004
Hawaii Kai is one of the most garish neighborhoods I've seen. Hawaii is not Greece, Italy, or Hollywood. So why build faux (stucco, fenced-in, highly paved) structures which are neither here no...
These projects are perfect for Hawaii - they are low-
cost
, replaceable, expandible/evolveable, tough, and designed beautifully with a sense of environment. A number of them incorporat...
February 16 to 22, 2004
Hoo boy, lots of news this week. You heard it here first, folks! Leaked Pentagon report warns climate change may bring famine, war "LONDON (AFP) - A secret report prepared by the Pentagon warns tha...
February 2 to 8, 2004
The market for luxury cars (which
cost
up to $1 million) is booming nationwide. "There are more rich people every day, and the spread between the people who have money and those who don't is gettin...
January 19 to 25, 2004
An aspiring filmmaker made a splash at Sundance with the first feature-length film ever made with nothing but iMovie. Total
cost
of the production: $218...
October 6, 2003
I was thinking about replacing my old Devo
cost
ume for Halloween and decided to see what was out there on the Web. A store with a very good selection is Halloween Mart, with decent prices as well...