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Saturday, August 18, 2012

Bill Gates: Software to toilets

  The Bill and Melinda Gates held an interesting event on 14 August, in which there were different types of toilets / Commodes. The idea was to create a system to dispose of human fecal material without using water or electricity and a septic system. Students of the University of Colorado took home $ 780,000 dollars for his idea: a system that uses solar energy to convert human waste into a kind of biological biochar or charcoal. ...

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

The law of 'copyright' angers EU Radiohead and Pink Floyd

  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The draft law of the European Union to give musicians more control over their copyright has angered bands like Radiohead and Pink Floyd, who accuse the European Commission to break its promises to address the problem of default suffering. The commission announced on Wednesday a bill designed to ensure that companies that collect copyright on behalf of the artists also have them delivered to the musicians, composers...