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An earthquake with a magnitude of 8.9 hit Japan today, resulting in tsunami warnings for 20 countries, as well as California and Hawaii.

Last year, Stratasys and Kor Ecologic introduced the first 3-D printed car .

Anyone who witnessed the wrath of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano last year knows that the country possesses ample geothermal resources. Iceland has so much geothermal energy, in fact, that it might build the world's longest undersea electric cable just to share energy with the rest of Europe.

Range anxiety, or the fear of running out of power while driving an electric car, is a common--if not overly hyped --source of stress for EV drivers. Xatori, a startup founded by Forrest North , the founder of Mission Motors and a former engineer at Tesla Motors, released an iPhone app today to change that. The PlugShare app serves two main functions: It allows users to browse a comprehensive list of nearby public charging stations, and it lets users share their own electric outlets and search for charge spots located inside or outside other people's garages.

In-home monitors detect behavioral patterns and predict medical emergencies. Simple hardware combined with behavioral mathematics is helping seniors live free of nursing homes. Intel and General Electric's joint healthcare product, QuietCare , uses infrared sensors, like those used for motion-sensing light switches, to monitor patients as they move throughout their home and alert medical staff to deviant behavior that suggests a medical threat.

Forget stomach stapling and lap band surgery. The next big thing in weight loss surgery may be the stomach pacemaker.

The folks behind the TED conference have a theory that ads don't have to be annoying; they can, if done well, be compelling enough to spur viewers to share them with friends. This week, TED announced the 10 winners of its Ads Worth Spreading challenge, which asked entrants to create ads that "raise the bar, elevate the craft and invent new forms of engagement, both online and in general." The winning ads range in length from 30 seconds to over 5 minutes, and come from notable ad agencies like Wieden + Kennedy and Ogilvy, as well as lesser-known shops like Venables Bell & Partners and Legs Media

Though automakers are scrambling to roll out hybrid and electric vehicles as fast as they can, BP believes that biofuels are the only way forward--at least for the time being. Olivier Mace, head of strategy, regulatory affairs and communications at BP Biofuels, explained at a London conference yesterday that demand in China and India, two of the fastest-growing markets, would make biofuels at least 12% of the worldwide road transport fuel mix by 2030