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Honk Honk Driving Less and Enjoying it More
Only 31 percent of American 16-year- olds had a driver’s license in 2008, down from 46 percent in 1983, according to a University of Michigan study published in the journal Traffic Injury Prevention. Eighteen-year-old legal drivers decreased from 80 to 65 percent over the same period, as did adults in their 20s and 30s, although by not as much. A new survey
by the car-sharing company Zipcar confirmed that those with licenses are trying to drive less, as well.
Altogether, more than half of drivers under the age of 44 are making efforts to reduce the time they spend in traf- fic. Factors supporting this trend include the high cost of gas and insurance, tighter restrictions on teen drivers in many states and congested roads.
In addition, Michael Sivak, a research professor at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, cites the importance of the Internet. “It is possible that the avail- ability of virtual contact through electronic means reduces the need for actual contact among young people.” He also points out that, “Some young people feel that driving interferes with texting and other electronic communication.” Public transit is filling part of the vacuum. The United States, which has long trailed other countries in mass transit usage, is catching on among younger generations.
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Bug Muscle Biomimicry Presents a Solution for Drought
With global tem- peratures continuing to rise and droughts expected to become more severe, Austra- lian Edward Lina- cre has designed a beetle-inspired device called Airdrop that is capable of extracting water from even the driest desert air. His
invention recently won the prestigious global James Dyson award. “Biomimicry is a powerful weapon in an engineer’s armory,” comments Dyson.
Linacre, a graduate of Swinburne University of Technol- ogy, in Melbourne, wanted to solve the drought problem af- flicting parts of his country. The lack of rain has brought dry, damaged soil, dead crops and mounting debt for farmers. Rather than using complex, energy-intensive meth- ods such as desalination or tapping into underground water sources, Airdrop’s source of water, the air, can be used anywhere in the world. The device delivers water to the roots of crops in dry areas by pushing air through a network of underground pipes and cooling it to the degree at which moisture condenses; then the water is pumped to the roots. Linacre was inspired by the Namib beetle, which survives in areas that receive just half an inch of rain per year by consuming the dew it collects on the hy- drophilic skin of its back.
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