Aquaflow successfully harvests wild algae

Aquaflow successfully harvests wild algae

Forget cellulosic ethanol: If you’ve been following the biofuel sector lately, you probably already know that algae is the hot new game in town. New Zealand-based Aquaflow Bionomic may be getting close to achieving its goal of becoming the world’s first company to viably produce large amounts of biofuel from wild algae.

Barrie Leay, Aquaflow’s chairman, said his company had successfully achieved “commercial-scale continuous harvesting of tons of wild algae” in a recent interview with Ethanol… Continue Reading

Guitarati aims to make mood music into a business

Guitarati aims to make mood music into a business

Lost in a world of tag clouds and numerical rankings, Guitarati set out to create a new way to help people find the music they want — with colors. Yes, you read that right.

On its main page, Guitarati lays out a series of colorful dots. Clicking on one of these takes you to a selection of music based around that color. This color/music link-up is set by what other users set as the color they… Continue Reading