Earth Portation News August 6

ANIMALS
 - BIRDS New bird species discovered in 'cloud forest' of Peru
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-bird-species-cloud-forest-peru.html

EARTH 
- Study finds correlation between injection wells, small earthquakes
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-wells-small-earthquakes.html

ECONOMICS
- Ten Smart Things I've Learned from People Who Never Went to College
http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2012/08/02/ten-smart-things-ive-learned-from-people-who-never-went-to-college/

 -Artist tests superstition on the stock market with robot analyst

http://phys.org/news/2012-08-artist-superstition-stock-robot-analyst.html

ENERGY 
- Smart Grid Technologies Could Cut Peak Power Demand by 20%
http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/smart-grid-technology-could-cut-peak-power-demand-20.html

GARDENS 
- Agri-Cube Is A High-Tech Portable Vegetable Factory
http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/agri-cube-high-tech-portable-vegetable-factory.html

Agri-cube compact hydroponic unit produces 10,000 vegetables per

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN0bA5IxnqE&feature=player_embedded

- Shipping Crates Become Detroit Garden Beds

Earlier this month, General Motors repurposed 250 used shipping crates into a community garden in a formerly abandoned parking lot in southwest Detroit: http://bit.ly/MnIUbO

How is your garden coming along?

http://earth911.com/news/2012/08/06/gm-shipping-crate-garden-detroit/

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PEOPLE

 -New genetic study defines the genetic map of the Jewish Diasporas

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-genetic-jewish-diasporas.html

-Press freedom leads to happiness, environmental quality, study finds

http://phys.org/news/2012-08-freedom-happiness-environmental-quality.html

PLANTS

- Use Your Houseplant to Control Your Computer

http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/use-your-houseplant-to-control-your-computer.html

"BOTANICUS INTERACTICUS": Interactive Plant Technology

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcRSKEIucjk&feature=player_embedded

SCIENCE 

- Technological Singularity: Wormhole to The Future of Humanity and Civilization

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny_UiAfkbYI&feature=share

- Physicists gain new insights into the remote control of quantum systems http://phys.org/news/2012-08-physicists-gain-insights-remote-quantum.html

- Researchers unlock secret of the rare 'twinned rainbow'

http://phys.org/news/2012-08-secret-rare-twinned-rainbow.html

SOLAR 

- Germany Installs Over 4 Gigawatts of Solar Power in First Half of 2012

http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/germany-installs-over-4-gigawatts-solar-power-first-half-2012.html

SPACE 

-NASA rover lands on Mars (Update 4)

http://phys.org/news/2012-08-nasa-rover-mars.html

-New Mars rover sends higher-resolution image

http://phys.org/news/2012-08-mars-rover-higher-resolution-image.html

TECH 

- Introducing Google Fiber: The Next Chapter of the Internet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffHLIZh0PHg&feature=player_embedded

- Seeing Through Walls With Laser System
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120806130848.htm http://phys.org/news/2012-08-walls-laser-reconstructs-hidden-sight.html

- Use Your Houseplant to Control Your Computer

http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/use-your-houseplant-to-control-your-computer.html

- Increased productivity, not less energy use, results from more efficient lighting
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-productivity-energy-results-efficient.html

- Researcher use robot arm to print 3D sand structures
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-robot-arm-3d-sand.html

- Sun monitor set to go on the market

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-sun.html

URBAN 
- The Porch: Philadelphia Creates a New Public Space
http://www.treehugger.com/urban-design/porch-philadelphia-creates-new-public-space.html

WIND

 -Colorado Utility Got a Record 57% of Its Electricity From Wind Power

http://www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/colorado-utility-record-57-percent-electricity-wind-power.html