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Green with Envy
Next Generation
Green with Envy

A Next Generation runner-up dreams up a sustainable taxi for Latin America. If only he would turn his attention to New York.  
The Freer Masons
The Freer Masons

Michael Silver’s new audio software liberates bricklayers from their paper plans.
Now Playing: Tomorrow, Today
Now Playing: Tomorrow, Today

­The Discovery Channel imagines a sunny future, with a little help from two Next Generation awardees.
A River Runs Through It
A River Runs Through It

It was four years in development, but this summer an idea for a pool on the Hudson finally comes to life.
2008 Next Generation Runners-up: Water Works
2008 Next Generation Runners-up: Water Works

This year’s competition looked for solutions to a global
problem that many experts are calling the next big
environmental crisis.
School Haze
School Haze

Could freeways hold the answer to Los Angeles schools’ pollution problem?
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