Alien Stingers

http://www.alienstingers.com

The New York Aquarium has an exhibit and website on Alien Stingers (cnidarians) including jellyfish. There is information about other cool creatures like corals and anenomes. Much of the scientific information is presented at the 7th grade level so it is a little tricky for grade-schoolers but still very cool.

*photo from http://www.alienstingers.com/stingerjellies

Jellyfish save the world from global warming

*Okay I really enjoy making headlines that are slightly deceptive and exaggerate. I am inspired by Science Insider.

There is a new household wind turbine named the Jellyfish Wind Appliance. It looks great. It is affordable and plugs right into a normal socket. Below is the information and website. Very cool stuff that could make saving the world cheaper and easier.

http://www.clariantechnologies.com/main/page_plugin_wind_power.html

The Jellyfish Wind Appliance is a new class of wind turbine that is affordable, quiet, reliable and safe, and that anyone can install.

While wind power is one of the more cost effective sources of renewable energy available, few of the systems available today are either practical or affordable - turn-key systems cost thousands of dollars and are difficult to install. As a result, they lack scale, there's no killer energy app out there - until now.

By developing an affordable wind appliance that is quiet, reliable, safe and that anyone can install, Clarian hopes to enable renewable energy generation of unprecedented scale - similar to the way the PC revolutionized the computing industry. Imagine a Jellyfish Wind Appliance for every household!

Jellyfish Find the Fountain of Youth

Not only are Jellyfish taking over the world but they are immortal too. They actually can age backwards. How cool is that? Here is the link to the article in National Geographic...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/01/090130-immortal-jellyfish-swarm.html