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Inhabitat’s Week in Green: 3D printed boat, algae-based biofuel and a bus that does push-ups

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Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green.

Inhabitat's Week in Green: 3D printed boat, algae-based biofuel and a bus that does push-ups

The Olympic flame completed its tour through the UK this week as the 2012 Summer Games officially kicked off on Friday, and all eyes have been on London ever since. All week long we've been focusing on the Olympics, beginning with an overview of London's new Olympic Park, which is headlined by the Zaha Hadid-designed Aquatics Centre, and Anish Kapoor's controversial ArcelorMittal Orbit observation tower. For a deeper look at the venues that will be on display at the Olympics over the next two weeks, check out our roundup of the top six green buildings at the Olympics. In addition to the sports stadiums, Olympics visitors will also be treated to the sights and sounds of Coca-Cola's multi-sensory Beatbox Pavilion, an interactive sound and light display that responds to touch. But the art installation that we're most excited about is the one by artist David Cerny, who retrofitted a 6-ton London double-decker bus with a gigantic pair of human arms. Best of all, the arms are motorized, enabling the bus to do push-ups.

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Big Red Double Decker Bus Does Push-ups, Must Be Psyched for the Olympics

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Imagine if buses could do push-ups. Exercise equals good health, so cities would save a fortune on maintenance, right? Plus, we, as spectators would get to watch buff buses working out, which would be quite frankly awesome. Despite all of the missiles and other controversy, this double decker bus is pumped about the Olympic games this year.
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It was created to promote said games by Czech artist David Cerny. This big red rig, nicknamed the London Booster, does push-ups with the help of an engine powering a pair of robotic arms. It does this with recorded sounds of grunting and groaning like an athlete working out.

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If you want to take a look at it and get into a muscle flexing competition, it will be parked outside the Czech Olympic headquarters in London for the duration of the 2012 Olympic Games.

[Metro UK via Obvious Winner]