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Create Your Own Butterfly Garden

May 7, 2010

Nothing adds to a relaxing summer day in the yard like watching butterflies. Here’s how to get your garden ready for them.

Bugging Out: 7 Amazing Extreme Insect Close-Ups

March 31, 2010

Whatever it is you’re thinking about at 3:00 am, it’s probably got nothing to do with insects. That’s not the case for Miroslaw Swietek, a Polish photographer who has made a habit of sneaking out in the middle of the night to catch candid photographs of bugs that look like sleepy, exotic jewels.Swietek is a [...]

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‘Cybugs’ Are All the Buzz – D.A.R.P.A. Funds Spying Beetles

December 28, 2009

In what is being touted as the first time humans have remotely controlled insects, University of California at Berkeley engineers successfully implanted radio-equipped, “miniature neural stimulation” systems into flying beetles–most notably, the “elephant” beetle Megasoma elephas (pictured above), which can grow up to 20 cm (about 7 + inches) in length.

Bioluminescent Insects Glowing in the Darkness

September 17, 2009

Bioluminescent insects certainly look like they have more fun than other bugs – but don’t most bright things bedazzle human eyes? To many, they’re poetic examples of nature’s spectacular qualities, though if you were a more humble critter you m…

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7 Most Disgusting Insect Delicacies on Earth

July 24, 2009

Now before we get started, let’s get one thing clear. Disgusting as defined by you and me might not be disgusting as defined by the next gourmand. What one abhors the next adores. So get those “yucks” and “eeews” out of your system. You’d eat this …

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Natural Insect Repellent Skin Patch: Don’t Bite Me!

July 14, 2009

Applying eco-friendly insect repellent on my son’s skin is like applying sunscreen: he hates it! Luckily, we rarely need it do to a predictable evening wind on our property, but when we go camping or visiting friends, it’s a different story. He’s also a compulsive scratcher, so avoiding the mosquito bites all together prevents this problem as well. Don’t Bite Me! offers a unique approach to this problem with a skin patch.

Don’t Bite Me! is a skin patch that offers up to 36 hours of protection from insects for your entire body, and it is safe for children. It has only two ingredients: vitamin B1 and aloe!

Don’t Bite Me! uses a discreet, all-natural transdermal skin patch to deliver a blend of protective Vitamin B1 and aloe combination throughout the body. Excess B1 is secreted through the body’s pores, creating a scent that is almost undetectable to humans, but offensive to mosquitoes. This scent forms a protective barrier around the body that shields the user from mosquitoes and other biting insects. Aloe, the other active ingredient, accelerates the absorption of the B1 and serves as an anti-inflammatory. Don’t Bite Me! is also environmentally friendly and waterproof, perfect for lakes or pool parties!

Top 5 STRANGE Alternative Energy Sources

July 12, 2009

Top 5 STRANGE Alternative Energy Sources

Posted by Tyler Knott Gregson in Alternative Energy, Green Living.

In the business of trying to save the planet, nothing is out of bounds, and this is EXACTLY how it should be. What many should/would/could consider weird in any other industry is completely ok, completely normal, and completely in line with doing all we can to better this planet we’re living on. After all, it is the only one we’ve got, right?

That said, while even the weirdest ideas are still saintly, in my humble opinion at least, every now and then you stumble across some very strange methods people have come up with to save the Earth. I just found a pretty awesome article that highlighted the Top 5 Weird Alternative Energy Sources.

I will paraphrase for you and just show you the top 5, but please feel free to head over to the full article and read more about each:

1. Bugs that excrete oil – Yes, they excrete oil after eating agriculture waste. Wow.
2. The Texan rubbish man – He has a machine that converts waste into a crazy bio-fuel he calls Vetroleum that can later be turned into gasoline.
3. Confiscated Booze – How about using the 200,000 gallons of illegal alcohol smuggled into certain countries is being converted to power vehicles.
4. Human Waste – All I can say is, gross, but awesome. Human sewer sludger running diesel engines. Nice.
5. Dirty Diaper Fuel – Yeah, diapers, from landfills. Believe it.

Head over, read up on the 5 weird energy sources, then head back to Northern Tool for a few that while not quite so weird, are amazingly efficient.